Roger Cudney
Roger Cudney (June 22, 1936 – July 5, 2021) was an American actor, singer, dubbing director, radio and television announcer.[1]
Biography[]
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cudney was known for starring in numerous Mexican films and telenovelas[2] where he portrayed numerous different characters.[3][4] In 2003, The Wall Street Journal described his career playing 'unpopular gringos':
MEXICO CITY -- Roger Cudney, a smallish, 66-year-old with a receding hairline and a gleaming smile, may be the most notorious gringo in Mexico. Some Mexicans know him as a plunderer of ancient archaeological treasures. Others remember him as the union-busting manager of a sweatshop. Still others recognize Mr. Cudney as a pathologically nasty Texas ranger or a meddling diplomat.
Mr. Cudney had been all of these things and more in a 30-year acting career in Mexican TV and movies. The Ohio-born Mr. Cudney came to Mexico in the 1960s to play the lead in the musical Show Boat but he soon found a different dramatic calling. "Roger Cudney is the epitome of the bad gringo, a blending of all the worst American stereotypes," says David Wilt, who compiled the Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers.
On the [2001] Mexican soap opera, Amigas y rivales (Friends and Rivals), Mr. Cudney was a racist South Texas rancher who caught a couple of illegal Mexican immigrants trespassing on his property, shortly after the World Trade Center attack. "Git off of my land," the actor snarled, waving a shotgun. Then, in his distinctively accented Spanish, he ad-libbed: "Thousands of Americans have just died in New York. They shouldn't let anyone enter my country anymore."[4]
Cudney also had parts in mainstream Hollywood films including a co-starring role opposite Charles Bronson in The Evil That Men Do, Total Recall, Rambo: First Blood Part II, the James Bond film Licence to Kill, Julia, Perdita Durango and Original Sin.[1] He portrayed the part of the United States Ambassador to Mexico in La Dictadura Perfecta.
Cudney was married,[3] with three sons and one daughter.
He died on July 5, 2021, of a heart attack following a car accident.[2][3]
Selected Filmography[]
- El sabor de la venganza - Eye for an Eye (1971)
- Ni solteros, ni casados (1972)
- The Revengers (1972) - Sheriff (uncredited)
- Slaughter (1972) - Gio
- Nevada Smith (1975, TV Movie) - Perkins
- Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) - Howard Miller
- McCloud (1975, TV Series, episode "Lady on the Run") - Drake
- Lucky Lady (1975) - Hotel Clerk
- Swashbuckler (1976) - Guard (uncredited)
- El karateca azteca (1976) - Calvin
- Mina, Wind of Freedom (1977) - Colonel Young
- Los hermanos del viento (1977)
- Roots of Blood (1978) - Factory foreman
- El recurso del método (1978) - Army captain
- Cananea (1978) - Ted Nolan
- The Bees (1978) - Blankeley
- Border Cop (1980) - Slaughterhouse Foreman
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980) - Capps
- El hombre sin miedo (1980) - Mr. Brown
- 357 magnum (1981)
- Priest of Love (1981)
- Krasnye kolokola, film pervyy - Meksika v ogne (1982)
- Amityville II: The Possession (1982) - Prosecutor (uncredited)
- Showdown at Eagle Gap (1982) - Ames
- Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983) - Durand
- The Evil That Men Do (1984) - Cannell
- Escuela de placer (1984)
- El mexicano feo (1984)
- Toy Soldiers (1984) - Mr. Green
- Hombres de acción (1984)
- Perros salvajes (1984)
- El traficante II (1984)
- El carro de la muerte (1984)
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) - FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) - Chief Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) - Captain Young
- Miracles (1986) - Captain Irvine
- On Wings Of Eagles (1986, TV miniseries) - General Jerome O'Malley
- La venganza del rojo (1986) - Callahan
- Ghost Fever (1986) - TV Announcer
- Murieron a la mitad del rio (1987) - Mr. Smith
- A Walk on the Moon (1987)
- Hot Pursuit (1987) - Bartender
- Ratas de la frontera (1987)
- Con el odio en la piel (1988)
- Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988) - Inaros
- Con el niño atravesado (1988) - Banker
- Licence to Kill (1989) - Wavekrest Captain
- Total Recall (1990) - Agent
- El fiscal de hierro 2: La venganza de Ramona (1990)
- Los demonios del desierto (1990)
- Muerte infernal (1992) - Dr. Emmanuel Richter
- The Cisco Kid (1994, TV Movie) - Alcott
- Juana la Cubana (1994)
- Immortal Combat (1994) - Stan
- The Burning Season (1994, TV Movie) - Reporter
- Una papa sin catsup (1995)
- The Arrival (1996) - JPL Official
- Perdita Durango (1997) - Herbert
- Henequen (1997) - Ranch foreman
- Santitos (1999) - Scott Haines
- One Man's Hero (1999) - Col. Harney
- Blind Heat (2001) - Bautista
- Original Sin (2001) - Ship's captain
- The Pearl (2001) - Captain
- Amigas y rivales (2001, TV Series) - Mr. Jones
- King of Texas (2002, TV Movie) - Smithwick
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004) - Bill the Bartender
- Los pajarracos (2006) - Minuteman
- Fast Food Nation (2006) - Terry
- Propiedad ajena (2007) - Roger Cassey
- Julia (2008) - Frank
- (2011) - Paddy O'Brien
- Soul Walker (2012) - Donato
- Z-Baw (2012) - Great Chancellor (English version, voice)
- For Greater Glory (2012) - Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg
- Portion (2012) - Art
- El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol (2012) - Don Guillermo
- Instructions Not Included (2013) - Abogado Julie
- Cesar Chavez (2014) - Grower
- Cantinflas (2014) - John
- La dictadura perfecta (2014) - Embajador de USA
- Happy Times (2014) - Dr. Guillermo Murray
- Hasta el fin del mundo (2015, Telenovela) - Mike Stone
- Hysteria (2016) - Stephen
- Diario de un Mirrey (2017) - Don Steven Rice
- La rosa de Guadalupe (2018, Episode: "Nuevecitos sin estrenar") - Gringo
- Más sabe el Diablo por viejo (2018) - Stuart Young
- El corazón nunca se equivoca (2019, TV Series) - Isarnio Caballero
- Mentada de padre (2019) - Williams
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Roger Cudney and Acting in Mexico". Westerns All Italiana. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The curse is fulfilled: Actor Roger Cudney dies". MundoHispanico.com. Mundo Hispano Digital Network. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Warner, Amelia. "Roger Cudney Died: How Did Actor Die?". We Publish News. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cordoba, Jose; Moffett, Matt. "Ohio Native Finds Stardom Acting South of the Border : Roger Cudney Makes a Career in Mexican Film By Playing Bad Guys From North of the Border". wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 January 2003.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[]
- Roger Cudney at IMDb
- 1936 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Cleveland
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Male actors from Ohio
- American male film actors
- American actor stubs