Pedro Armendáriz
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Born in Churubusco, a suburb of Mexico City, and raised in Texas, he studied at California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with an engineering degree. He began his acting career at the stage in Mexico City, entering films there in 1935. During the next years he made 42 Spanish-language films, among them "Maria Candelaria" (1943) and "La Perla" (1947), becoming one of Mexico`s top film stars. His first American film was "The Fugitive" for RKO in 1947. Since then he costarred in more than 80 films in Hollywood, England, France, Germany and Italy. Credits include "Fort Apache" (1948), "Three Godfathers", "We Were Strangers" (1949), "El Bruto" (1952), "The Littlest Outlaw" (1955), "The Conqueror" (1956), "La Cucaracha" (1958) and "The Wonderful Country" (1959). When Armendariz was taken ill while filming the second James Bond film "From Russia With Love" his scenes were rushed through so he could return to L.A. for treatment and he entered UCLA Medical Center. Learning he had terminal cancer he killed himself there with a gunshot.
Known for
Credits
From Russia with Love (1963)
as Ali Kerim Bey
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Beaufort
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
El abandonado (1949)
Actor
Manuela (1957)
as Mario Constanza
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
as César Borgia
Neither Blood Nor Sand (1941)
as Frank
The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Cipriano Castro
Los valientes no mueren (1962)
Actor
We Were Strangers (1949)
as Armando Ariete
El capitán Malacara (1945)
Actor
Juan Charrasqueado (1948)
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
Café Colón (1959)
Actor
The Conqueror (1956)
as Jamuga
Mala yerba (1940)
as Chuy Rodríguez
Thirst for Love (1959)
as Pedro Ortiz
The Fugitive (1947)
as A Lieutenant of Police
Another Dawn (1943)
as Octavio
Enamorada (1946)
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Late Afternoon (1949)
as Sebastian del Llano
Diane (1956)
as King Francis I
Mi candidato (1937)
Actor
El Zorro de Jalisco (1941)
as Leonardo Torres
Maria Candelaria (1944)
as Lorenzo Rafael
El secreto del sacerdote (1941)
as Capitán Luis
Captain Sindbad (1963)
as El Kerim
Border River (1954)
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
My Son, the Hero (1962)
as Cadmo
The Brute (1953)
as Pedro
Con Los Dorados De Villa (1939)
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Francis of Assisi (1961)
as The Sultan
The Skulls of Terror (1944)
Actor
Passion Island (1942)
as El Toro
Tulsa (1949)
as Jim Redbird
Weddings of fire (1951)
Actor
The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)
as Cándido Castro
La casa colorada (1947)
Actor
The Big Boodle (1957)
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Yo quiero ser artista (1958)
as Self
El jefe máximo (1940)
Actor
By the False Door (1950)
as Bernardo Celis
The Torch (1950)
as José Juan Reyes
My Son, the Hero (1961)
as General
La Adelita (1937)
Actor
El charro y la dama (1949)
Actor
The Hidden One (1956)
as Felipe Rojano
La mujer que no tuvo infancia (1957)
Actor
Los millones de Chaflán (1938)
as Antonio
Men and Wolves (1957)
as Giovanni
La China Hilaria (1939)
Actor
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
as Carlos Cosio
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
as Gen. Torres
Allá en el bajio (1942)
as Juan Hernández
Wild Flower (1943)
as José Luis Castro
The Pearl (1947)
as Quino
Una luz en mi camino (1939)
as Daniel
Reto a la vida (1954)
as Diego Maldonado
Dos mundos y un amor (1954)
as Ricardo Anaya
Calibre 44 (1960)
as Don Pedro
Soledad's Shawl (1952)
as Roque Suazo
Our Daily Hunger (1960)
as Macario Férnandez
Yo pecador (1959)
Actor
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
La Cucaracha (1959)
as Coronel Valentín Razo
En la Hacienda de la Flor (1948)
Actor
Jalisco nunca pierde (1937)
Actor
Del rancho a la capital (1942)
Actor
Canto a mi tierra (1938)
as Antonio
Rosauro Castro (1950)
as Rosauro Castro
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
Los olvidados de Dios (1940)
as Zenón Rojas
Maclovia (1948)
as José María
El indulto (1960)
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Fortune carrée (1955)
as Igricheff
The Skulls of Terror Return (1944)
Actor
Konga Roja (1943)
as Federico Robles
The Little Savage (1959)
as El Tiburón
The Abandoned (1945)
as Juan Gómez
Mulata (1954)
as Martín
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter (1957)
as Pancho Villa
Bugambilia (1945)
as Ricardo Rojas
La Bandida (1963)
as Roberto Herrera
Miracles Weaver (1962)
as Señor Cura
Hell Road (1951)
as Pedro Uribe
La cárcel de Cananea (1960)
as Pedro
Native Drums (1955)
as Martinez
Rayando el sol (1946)
Actor
For Loving a Woman (1951)
Actor
El zarco (1959)
Actor
The Vivanco Ladies (1959)
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
El charro Negro (1940)
as Ramón
Los tres alegres compadres (1952)
as Baldomero Mireles
Simón Bolívar (1942)
as General Briceño Méndez
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Pepe Gamboa
I'm flying low (1959)
Actor
La loca de la casa (1950)
as José María Cruz
Meat in Prison (1952)
as Pablo González
Amapola Del Camino (1937)
Actor
The Unloved Woman (1949)
as Esteban
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
as Pedro
Violent Summer (1960)
as Francisco Peña
La Guerra de los Pasteles (1944)
Actor
I'm a Real Mexican (1942)
as Guadalupe Padilla
Night Falls (1952)
as Marcos Arizmendi
Tierra De Pasiones (1943)
Actor
Albur de amor (1947)
Actor
Ella y yo (1951)
as Pedro Muñóz
Pancho Villa vuelve (1950)
Actor
Los desarraigados (1960)
Actor
El corsario negro (1944)
Actor
El impostor (1960)
as Profesor César Rubio
Entre hermanos (1945)
as Ramón Arellano
Tierra baja (1951)
as Manelic
Las cuatro milpas (1937)
Actor
Pobre diablo (1940)
as Raúl Solares
El indio (1938)
Actor
Los salvajes (1958)
as Pedro Matías