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Pedro Armendáriz

Actor, Producer
Born May 9, 1912Died 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Tulsa

Known For

  • From Russia with Love
  • 3 Godfathers
  • Fort Apache
  • The Brute
  • The Conqueror
  • The Pearl
  • The Fugitive
  • Maria Candelaria
  • Enamorada
  • We Were Strangers
  • The Wonderful Country
  • Tulsa
  • Captain Sindbad
  • The Littlest Outlaw
  • Night Falls
  • Diane
  • The Big Boodle
  • Border River
  • La rebelión de los colgados
  • Another Dawn
  • Rosauro Castro
  • Wild Flower
  • The Torch
  • Maclovia

Filmography

2013
1982
Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies · as Actor In 'fort Apache'
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
El tejedor de milagros · as Señor Cura
1962
1962
My Son, the Hero · as Cadmo
1961
My Son, the Hero · as General
1961
Francis of Assisi · as The Sultan
1960
1960
Verano violento · as Francisco Peña
1960
The Reprieve · as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
1960
1960
1960
1960
Pancho Villa and Valentina · as Pancho Villa
1960
Calibre 44 · as Don Pedro
1959
El hambre nuestra de cada día · as Macario Férnandez
1959
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa · as Coronel Valentín Razo
1959
The Wonderful Country · as Cipriano Castro
1959
Beyond All Limits · as Pepe Gamboa
1959
Las señoritas Vivanco · as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
1959
The Little Savage · as El Tiburón
1959
1958
1957
Stowaway Girl · as Mario Constanza
1957
The Big Boodle · as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
1957
Men and Wolves · as Giovanni
1957
This Was Pancho Villa · as Pancho Villa
1956
Canasta de cuentos mexicanos · as Carlos Cosio
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Montez
1956
Viva Revolution · as Felipe Rojano
1956
The Conqueror · as Jamuga
1956
Diane · as King Francis I
1955
The Littlest Outlaw · as Gen. Torres
1955
Square Fortune · as Igricheff
1954
La rebelión de los colgados · as Cándido Castro
1954
Mulata · as Martín
1954
1954
Dos mundos y un amor · as Ricardo Anaya
1954
Border River · as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
1953
Lucrèce Borgia · as César Borgia
1953
The Brute · as Pedro
1953
The Lovers of Toledo · as Don Alvaro Blas Basto Y Mosquera
1952
Soledad's Shawl · as Roque Suazo
1952
Carne de presidio · as Pablo González
1952
Night Falls · as Marcos Arizmendi
1952
1951
Ella y yo · as Pedro Muñóz
1951
1951
Camino del infierno · as Pedro Uribe
1951
Tierra baja · as Manelic
1950
Rosauro Castro · as Rosauro Castro
1950
By the False Door · as Bernardo Celis
1950
The Torch · as José Juan Reyes
1950
1949
La malquerida · as Esteban
1949
Al caer la tarde... · as Sebastian Del Llano
1949
Tulsa · as Jim Redbird
1949
We Were Strangers · as Armando Ariete
1948
3 Godfathers · as Pedro 'pete' Roca Fuerte
1948
Maclovia · as José María
1948
1948
Fort Apache · as Sgt. Beaufort
1948
1947
The Fugitive · as A Lieutenant Of Police
1947
The Pearl · as Quino
1947
1946
Enamorada · as Gen. José Juan Reyes
1946
1945
Bugambilia · as Ricardo Rojas
1945
1945
The Abandoned · as Juan Gómez
1944
1944
Maria Candelaria · as Lorenzo Rafael
1943
Another Dawn · as Octavio
1943
Konga Roja · as Federico Robles
1943
1943
Wild Flower · as José Luis Castro
1942
The Life of Simon Bolivar · as General Briceño Méndez
1941
1941
1940
Mala yerba · as Chuy Rodríguez
1940
El charro Negro · as Ramón
1940
Pobre diablo · as Raúl Solares
1939
1939
1938
Canto a mi tierra · as Antonio
1938
1937
1937
1937

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