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