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

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[WAI-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Roger Cudney and Acting in Mexico". Westerns All Italiana. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[Mundo-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The curse is fulfilled: Actor Roger Cudney dies". MundoHispanico.com. Mundo Hispano Digital Network. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[How-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Warner, Amelia. "Roger Cudney Died: How Did Actor Die?". We Publish News. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[WSJ-4] 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)

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