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