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
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Beaufort
Tulsa (1949)
as Jim Redbird
The Fugitive (1947)
as A Lieutenant of Police
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
as César Borgia
The Conqueror (1956)
as Jamuga
Captain Sindbad (1963)
as El Kerim
Manuela (1957)
as Mario Constanza
The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Cipriano Castro
We Were Strangers (1949)
as Armando Ariete
Diane (1956)
as King Francis I
Maria Candelaria (1944)
as Lorenzo Rafael
Border River (1954)
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Café Colón (1959)
Actor
The Torch (1950)
as José Juan Reyes
My Son, the Hero (1962)
as Cadmo
Another Dawn (1943)
as Octavio
La Cucaracha (1959)
as Coronel Valentín Razo
Los valientes no mueren (1962)
Actor
Francis of Assisi (1961)
as The Sultan
Mi candidato (1937)
Actor
Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)
as Cándido Castro
The Brute (1953)
as Pedro
The Pearl (1947)
as Quino
The Unloved Woman (1949)
as Esteban
The Hidden One (1956)
as Felipe Rojano
Juan Charrasqueado (1948)
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
Mala yerba (1940)
as Chuy Rodríguez
Enamorada (1946)
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
Ni sangre ni arena (1941)
as Frank
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Pepe Gamboa
Bugambilia (1945)
as Ricardo Rojas
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
as Carlos Cosio
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
My Son, the Hero (1961)
as General
Ella y Yo (1951)
as Pedro Muñóz
The Big Boodle (1957)
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
El abandonado (1949)
Actor
El zarco (1959)
Actor
Hell Road (1951)
as Pedro Uribe
Calibre 44 (1960)
as Don Pedro
Rosauro Castro (1950)
as Rosauro Castro
Yo pecador (1959)
Actor
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter (1957)
as Pancho Villa
Canto a mi tierra (1938)
as Antonio
Yo quiero ser artista (1958)
as Self
Violent Summer (1960)
as Francisco Peña
El jefe máximo (1940)
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Soledad's Shawl (1952)
as Roque Suazo
Wild Flower (1943)
as José Luis Castro
By the False Door (1950)
as Bernardo Celis
Tierra baja (1951)
as Manelic
Miracles Weaver (1962)
as Señor Cura
Los millones de Chaflán (1938)
as Antonio
El indulto (1960)
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
El corsario negro (1944)
Actor
Thirst for Love (1959)
as Pedro Ortiz
The Vivanco Ladies (1959)
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Una luz en mi camino (1939)
as Daniel
Maclovia (1948)
as José María
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
as Gen. Torres
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
Jalisco nunca pierde (1937)
Actor
El indio (1938)
Actor
The Abandoned (1945)
as Juan Gómez
Reto a la vida (1954)
as Diego Maldonado
La Bandida (1963)
as Roberto Herrera
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
as Pedro
The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Albur de amor (1947)
Actor
Los tres alegres compadres (1952)
as Baldomero Mireles
Late Afternoon (1949)
as Sebastian del Llano
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
Rayando el sol (1946)
Actor
Men and Wolves (1957)
as Giovanni
Passion Island (1942)
as El Toro
Del rancho a la capital (1942)
Actor
El secreto del sacerdote (1941)
Actor
For Loving a Woman (1951)
Actor
La cárcel de Cananea (1960)
as Pedro
El Zorro de Jalisco (1941)
as Leonardo Torres
El charro Negro (1940)
as Ramón
Los salvajes (1958)
as Pedro Matías
Night Falls (1952)
as Marcos Arizmendi
Simón Bolívar (1942)
as General Briceño Méndez
La loca de la casa (1950)
as José María Cruz
Konga Roja (1943)
as Federico Robles
El impostor (1960)
as Profesor César Rubio
Tierra De Pasiones (1943)
Actor
The Skulls of Terror (1944)
Actor
The Little Savage (1959)
as El Tiburón
Pobre diablo (1940)
as Raúl Solares
The Skulls of Terror Return (1944)
Actor
La mujer que no tuvo infancia (1957)
Actor
Fortune carrée (1955)
as Igricheff
El capitán Malacara (1945)
Actor
Native Drums (1955)
as Martinez
El charro y la dama (1949)
Actor
Mulata (1954)
as Martín
En la Hacienda de la Flor (1948)
Actor
Dos mundos y un amor (1954)
as Ricardo Anaya
I'm a Real Mexican (1942)
as Guadalupe Padilla
La Adelita (1937)
Actor
Entre hermanos (1945)
as Ramón Arellano
Con Los Dorados De Villa (1939)
Actor
La China Hilaria (1939)
Actor
Allá en el bajio (1942)
as Juan Hernández
Meat in Prison (1952)
as Pablo González
Amapola Del Camino (1937)
Actor
La casa colorada (1947)
Actor
I'm flying low (1959)
Actor
Pancho Villa vuelve (1950)
Actor
Weddings of fire (1951)
Actor
Los olvidados de Dios (1940)
as Zenón Rojas
Our Daily Hunger (1960)
as Macario Férnandez
Las cuatro milpas (1937)
Actor
Los desarraigados (1960)
Actor
La Guerra de los Pasteles (1944)
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