PA
Pedro Armendáriz
Actor, Producer
Died June 18, 1963 (51 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2013 | John Ford et Monument Valley · as actor |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford · as actor 'Fort Apache' |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love · as Ali Kerim Bey |
| 1963 | Captain Sindbad · as El Kerim |
| 1962 | La bandida · as Roberto Herrera |
| 1962 | My Son, the Hero · as Cadmo |
| 1960 | Cuando ¡Viva Villa..! es la muerte · as Pancho Villa |
| 1960 | Calibre 44 · as Don Pedro |
| 1960 | La cárcel de Cananea · as Pedro |
| 1960 | Pancho Villa and Valentina · as Pancho Villa |
| 1960 | Two Disobedient Sons · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Reprieve · as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country · as Cipriano Castro |
| 1959 | The Soldiers of Pancho Villa · as Coronel Valentín Razo |
| 1959 | The Little Savage · as El Tiburón |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits · as Pepe Gamboa |
| 1959 | Ando volando bajo · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Las señoritas Vivanco · as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera |
| 1957 | The Big Boodle · as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz) |
| 1957 | Men and Wolves · as Giovanni |
| 1957 | Stowaway Girl · as Mario Constanza |
| 1957 | La mujer que no tuvo infancia · as Unknown |
| 1956 | The Conqueror · as Jamuga |
| 1956 | Diane · as King Francis I |
| 1956 | The Hidden One · as Felipe Rojano |
| 1955 | The Littlest Outlaw · as Gen. Torres |
| 1955 | Square Fortune · as Igricheff |
| 1954 | Border River · as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz) |
| 1954 | La rebelión de los colgados · as Cándido Castro |
| 1953 | El bruto · as Pedro |
| 1953 | Lucrèce Borgia · as César Borgia |
| 1953 | The Lovers of Toledo · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Soledad's Shawl · as Roque Suazo |
| 1952 | Carne de presidio · as Pablo González |
| 1951 | Tierra baja · as Manelic |
| 1950 | The Torch · as José Juan Reyes |
| 1950 | Rosauro Castro · as Rosauro Castro |
| 1949 | La malquerida · as Esteban |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers · as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Sgt. Beaufort |
| 1948 | Maclovia · as José María |
| 1948 | En la Hacienda de la Flor · as Unknown |
| 1947 | The Fugitive · as A Lieutenant of Police |
| 1947 | The Pearl · as Quino |
| 1947 | La casa colorada · as Unknown |
| 1946 | Enamorada · as Gen. José Juan Reyes |
| 1945 | The Abandoned · as Juan Gómez |
| 1945 | Bugambilia · as Ricardo Rojas |
| 1945 | El capitán Malacara · as Unknown |
| 1944 | Maria Candelaria · as Lorenzo Rafael |
| 1944 | The Black Pirate · as Unknown |
| 1944 | War of the Pastries · as Unknown |
| 1943 | Wild Flower · as José Luis Castro |
| 1943 | Konga Roja · as Federico Robles |
| 1942 | The Life of Simon Bolivar · as General Briceño Méndez |
| 1941 | Neither Blood Nor Sand · as Frank |
| 1941 | El secreto del sacerdote · as Unknown |
| 1940 | Mala yerba · as Chuy Rodríguez |
| 1940 | Pobre diablo · as Raúl Solares |
| 1937 | Amapola del camino · as Unknown |