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