Biography
Roger Cudney (June 22, 1936 – July 5, 2021) was an American actor, singer, dubbing director, radio and television announcer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cudney was known for starring in numerous Mexican films and telenovelas in which he often portrayed authoritarian characters or other villains. 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 has 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 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."
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. He portrayed the part of the United States Ambassador to Mexico in La Dictadura Perfecta.
Cudney was married, with three sons and one daughter.
He died on July 5, 2021, of a heart attack following a car accident.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 60
TV Shows 3
The Containment (2021)
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo (2018)
Hysteria (2017)
Diario de un Mirrey (2017)
Happy Times (2014)
The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
Instructions Not Included (2013)
The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (2012)
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
Z-Baw (2012)
Soul Walker (2012)
La noche del pirata (2011)
Bajo tierra (2009)
Julia (2008)
Propiedad Ajena (2007)
The Wailer 2 (2007)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
Fast Food Nation (2006)
King of Texas (2002)
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
Warden of Red Rock (2001)
The Pearl (2001)
Baño de sangre (2000)
Santitos (1999)
La Chacala (1997)
Dance with the Devil (1997)
Henequen (1996)
The Arrival (1996)
Una papa sin catsup (1995)
The Burning Season (1994)
Immortal Combat (1994)
Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993)
Infernal Death (1992)
Rosa Salvaje (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
Demons of the Desert (1990)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Con el odio en la piel (1988)
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)
Ghost Fever (1987)
A Walk on the Moon (1987)
Oceans of Fire (1986)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Hombres de acción (1984)
Escuela de Placer (1984)
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Wild Dogs (1984)
El Carro de la Muerte (1984)
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire (1982)
Computercide (1982)
El hombre sin miedo (1980)
357 Magnum (1979)
The Bees (1978)
Cananea (1978)
Roots of Blood (1978)
El karateca azteca (1976)
Nevada Smith (1975)
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
Ni solteros, ni casados (1972)
Eye for an Eye (1971)
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GenderMale
CitizenshipsMexico
Also Known AsRoger Cutney Erlen Meyer, Roger Cudney Jr., Robert Cudney, Roger C. Cudney, Roger G. Cudney, Roger Cundey
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