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
Neither Blood Nor Sand (1941)
as Frank
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Beaufort
The Fugitive (1947)
as A Lieutenant of Police
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
as César Borgia
The Conqueror (1956)
as Jamuga
We Were Strangers (1949)
as Armando Ariete
Manuela (1957)
as Mario Constanza
The Brute (1953)
as Pedro
Francis of Assisi (1961)
as The Sultan
The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Cipriano Castro
My Son, the Hero (1962)
as Cadmo
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Café Colón (1959)
Actor
Tulsa (1949)
as Jim Redbird
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter (1957)
as Pancho Villa
Another Dawn (1943)
as Octavio
El secreto del sacerdote (1941)
as Capitán Luis
Captain Sindbad (1963)
as El Kerim
My Son, the Hero (1961)
as General
Maria Candelaria (1944)
as Lorenzo Rafael
Diane (1956)
as King Francis I
Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)
as Cándido Castro
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
La cárcel de Cananea (1960)
as Pedro
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
as Carlos Cosio
Los olvidados de Dios (1940)
as Zenón Rojas
Soledad's Shawl (1952)
as Roque Suazo
Mala yerba (1940)
as Chuy Rodríguez
By the False Door (1950)
as Bernardo Celis
The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Our Daily Hunger (1960)
as Macario Férnandez
Mi candidato (1937)
Actor
El abandonado (1949)
Actor
Late Afternoon (1949)
as Sebastian del Llano
Allá en el bajio (1942)
as Juan Hernández
Dos mundos y un amor (1954)
as Ricardo Anaya
Los valientes no mueren (1962)
Actor
Border River (1954)
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Miracles Weaver (1962)
as Señor Cura
Juan Charrasqueado (1948)
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
Una luz en mi camino (1939)
as Daniel
Men and Wolves (1957)
as Giovanni
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
as Gen. Torres
The Hidden One (1956)
as Felipe Rojano
El Zorro de Jalisco (1941)
as Leonardo Torres
Los millones de Chaflán (1938)
as Antonio
Reto a la vida (1954)
as Diego Maldonado
Passion Island (1942)
as El Toro
Canto a mi tierra (1938)
as Antonio
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Pepe Gamboa
Los tres alegres compadres (1952)
as Baldomero Mireles
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter (1958)
as Pancho Villa
Yo quiero ser artista (1958)
as Self
Con Los Dorados De Villa (1939)
Actor
The Pearl (1947)
as Quino
The Big Boodle (1957)
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Thirst for Love (1959)
as Pedro Ortiz
La mujer que no tuvo infancia (1957)
Actor
El jefe máximo (1940)
Actor
Rosauro Castro (1950)
as Rosauro Castro
Del rancho a la capital (1942)
Actor
Fortune carrée (1955)
as Igricheff
La loca de la casa (1950)
as José María Cruz
The Unloved Woman (1949)
as Esteban
La Guerra de los Pasteles (1944)
Actor
Maclovia (1948)
as José María
Night Falls (1952)
as Marcos Arizmendi
Violent Summer (1960)
as Francisco Peña
El charro y la dama (1949)
Actor
The Skulls of Terror Return (1944)
Actor
La Cucaracha (1959)
as Coronel Valentín Razo
For Loving a Woman (1951)
Actor
El corsario negro (1944)
Actor
Hell Road (1951)
as Pedro Uribe
The Torch (1950)
as José Juan Reyes
Weddings of fire (1951)
Actor
En la Hacienda de la Flor (1948)
Actor
Jalisco nunca pierde (1937)
Actor
Enamorada (1946)
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
The Skulls of Terror (1944)
Actor
Wild Flower (1943)
as José Luis Castro
El capitán Malacara (1945)
Actor
Bugambilia (1945)
as Ricardo Rojas
La China Hilaria (1939)
Actor
Tierra De Pasiones (1943)
Actor
Mulata (1954)
as Martín
El indulto (1960)
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
La Bandida (1963)
as Roberto Herrera
Rayando el sol (1946)
Actor
I'm a Real Mexican (1942)
as Guadalupe Padilla
The Abandoned (1945)
as Juan Gómez
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
as Pedro
Native Drums (1955)
as Martinez
Simón Bolívar (1942)
as General Briceño Méndez
Pobre diablo (1940)
as Raúl Solares
La Adelita (1937)
Actor
Ella y yo (1951)
as Pedro Muñóz
Meat in Prison (1952)
as Pablo González
Yo pecador (1959)
Actor
Tierra baja (1951)
as Manelic
El zarco (1959)
Actor
Amapola Del Camino (1937)
Actor
The Little Savage (1959)
as El Tiburón
I'm flying low (1959)
Actor
Pancho Villa vuelve (1950)
Actor
Las cuatro milpas (1937)
Actor
Albur de amor (1947)
Actor
Konga Roja (1943)
as Federico Robles
The Vivanco Ladies (1959)
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
El indio (1938)
Actor
El charro Negro (1940)
as Ramón
Los desarraigados (1960)
Actor
Calibre 44 (1960)
as Don Pedro
Entre hermanos (1945)
as Ramón Arellano
El impostor (1960)
as Profesor César Rubio
La casa colorada (1947)
Actor
Los salvajes (1958)
as Pedro Matías