Roger Cudney

Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cudney came to Mexico in the 1960s to play the lead in the musical Show Boat and ended up staying. He'd find steady work in both films and telenovelas, most often typecast as authoritarian characters and other "gringo" villains. He also appeared in the occasional Hollywood film. He died on July 5, 2021 of a heart attack following a car accident.

Known For

The Containment

Bishop

La Chacala

Profesor Von Derek

40 y 20

Arnold

Total Recall

Agent

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Arthur Cox

Rosa Salvaje

Botones en el hotel de Nueva York

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Chief Radio Operator

Licence to Kill

Wavekrest Captain

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Containment	Bishop
2018	Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo	Stuart
2017	Diario de un Mirrey
2017	Hysteria
2014	Happy Times	Dr. Guillermo Murray
2014	The Perfect Dictatorship	Embajador USA
2013	Instructions Not Included	Abogado Julie
2012	The Fantastic World of Juan Orol	Don Guillermo
2012	Outlaws - For Greater Glory	Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg
2009	Bajo tierra	Old gringo
2008	Julia
2007	Species: The Awakening	Leland Fisk
2007	The Wailer 2	Professor Tomas McBride
2007	Propiedad Ajena	Roger Cassey
2006	Fast Food Nation	Terry
2002	King of Texas	Smithwick
2001	The Pearl	Captain
2001	Warden of Red Rock	Prisoner
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Manuel de Moya
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Manuel De Moya
2000	Baño de Sangre	Coronel
1999	Little Saints	Scott Haines
1997	Dance with the Devil	Herbert
1996	The Arrival	JPL Official
1995	Una papa sin catsup
1994	El corresponsal	Colonel Cosmo
1994	Immortal Combat	Stan
1994	The Burning Season	Reporter
1992	Infernal Death
1990	Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back	Hofrax
1990	Demons of the Desert
1990	Total Recall	Agent
1989	Licence to Kill	Wavekrest Captain
1988	Con el odio en la piel
1988	Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell	Inaros
1987	Ghost Fever	TV Announcer
1986	Oceans of Fire	Tool Pusher
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	FBI Agent
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Chief Radio Operator
1984	El Carro de la Muerte
1984	The Evil That Men Do	Cannell
1984	Escuela de Placer	Cliente
1984	Wild Dogs
1984	Hombres de acción
1983	Triumphs of a Man Called Horse	Durand
1982	Computercide	Robbins
1982	Quell and Co.	Ames
1982	Amityville II: The Possession	Prosecutor (uncredited)
1982	Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
1980	The Fearless Man	Mr. Brown
1980	The Border	Slaughterhouse Foreman
1979	357 Magnum	Mario Frasca
1979	Roots of Blood	Factory foreman
1978	The Bees	Blankeley
1978	Cananea	Ted Nolan
1977	Brothers of the Wind	Conductor
1977	Mina, viento de libertad
1976	The Aztec Karate Fighter	Calvin
1975	Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary	Howard Miller
1975	Nevada Smith	Perkins
1972	Ni solteros, ni casados
1971	Eye for an Eye

Year	TV Show	Role
2016	40 y 20	Arnold
1997	La Chacala	Profesor Von Derek
1993	Acapulco H.E.A.T.	Arthur Cox
1987	Rosa Salvaje	Botones en el hotel de Nueva York