Pedro Armendáriz
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.
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Movies (124)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Self (archive footage)
From Russia with Love
1963 · Ali Kerim Bey
Captain Sindbad
1963 · El Kerim
La Bandida
1963 · Roberto Herrera
Miracles Weaver
1962 · Señor Cura
My Son, the Hero
1962 · Cadmo
Los valientes no mueren
1962
My Son, the Hero
1961 · General
Francis of Assisi
1961 · The Sultan
La cárcel de Cananea
1960 · Pedro
Violent Summer
1960 · Francisco Peña
El indulto
1960 · Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Los desarraigados
1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960 · Pedro
El impostor
1960 · Profesor César Rubio
Calibre 44
1960 · Don Pedro
Our Daily Hunger
1960 · Macario Férnandez
La Cucaracha
1959 · Coronel Valentín Razo
The Wonderful Country
1959 · Cipriano Castro
Yo pecador
1959
Thirst for Love
1959 · Pedro Ortiz
Beyond All Limits
1959 · Pepe Gamboa
El zarco
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
1959 · Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Café Colón
1959
The Little Savage
1959 · El Tiburón
I'm flying low
1959
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958 · Pancho Villa
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958 · Pancho Villa
Yo quiero ser artista
1958 · Self
Los salvajes
1958 · Pedro Matías
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957
Manuela
1957 · Mario Constanza
The Big Boodle
1957 · Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Men and Wolves
1957 · Giovanni
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957 · Pancho Villa
The Hidden One
1956 · Felipe Rojano
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956 · Carlos Cosio
The Conqueror
1956 · Jamuga
Diane
1956 · King Francis I
The Littlest Outlaw
1955 · Gen. Torres
Native Drums
1955 · Martinez
Fortune carrée
1955 · Igricheff
Mulata
1954 · Martín
Border River
1954 · General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Reto a la vida
1954 · Diego Maldonado
Dos mundos y un amor
1954 · Ricardo Anaya
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954 · Cándido Castro
Lucrèce Borgia
1953 · César Borgia
The Brute
1953 · Pedro
The Lovers of Toledo
1953 · Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Soledad's Shawl
1952 · Roque Suazo
Meat in Prison
1952 · Pablo González
Night Falls
1952 · Marcos Arizmendi
Los tres alegres compadres
1952 · Baldomero Mireles
Ella y yo
1951 · Pedro Muñóz
For Loving a Woman
1951
Hell Road
1951 · Pedro Uribe
Weddings of fire
1951
Tierra baja
1951 · Manelic
Rosauro Castro
1950 · Rosauro Castro, Producer
By the False Door
1950 · Bernardo Celis
La loca de la casa
1950 · José María Cruz
The Torch
1950 · José Juan Reyes
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
El charro y la dama
1949
The Unloved Woman
1949 · Esteban
El abandonado
1949
Late Afternoon
1949 · Sebastian del Llano
We Were Strangers
1949 · Armando Ariete
Tulsa
1949 · Jim Redbird
3 Godfathers
1948 · Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Maclovia
1948 · José María
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
Fort Apache
1948 · Sgt. Beaufort
Juan Charrasqueado
1948 · Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
The Fugitive
1947 · A Lieutenant of Police
The Pearl
1947 · Quino
Albur de amor
1947
La casa colorada
1947
Enamorada
1946 · Gen. José Juan Reyes
Rayando el sol
1946
Bugambilia
1945 · Ricardo Rojas
El capitán Malacara
1945
The Abandoned
1945 · Juan Gómez
Entre hermanos
1945 · Ramón Arellano
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
The Skulls of Terror
1944
El corsario negro
1944
Maria Candelaria
1944 · Lorenzo Rafael
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
Alma de bronce
1944
Another Dawn
1943 · Octavio
Konga Roja
1943 · Federico Robles
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
Wild Flower
1943 · José Luis Castro
I'm a Real Mexican
1942 · Guadalupe Padilla
Passion Island
1942 · El Toro
Del rancho a la capital
1942
Allá en el bajio
1942 · Juan Hernández
Simón Bolívar
1942 · General Briceño Méndez
The Epic of the Journey
1942 · Raúl García
Neither Blood Nor Sand
1941 · Frank
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941 · Leonardo Torres
El secreto del sacerdote
1941 · Capitán Luis
El jefe máximo
1940
Mala yerba
1940 · Chuy Rodríguez
El charro Negro
1940 · Ramón
Pobre diablo
1940 · Raúl Solares
Los olvidados de Dios
1940 · Zenón Rojas
Una luz en mi camino
1939 · Daniel
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
La China Hilaria
1939
La reina del río
1939 · Pescador joven
Canto a mi tierra
1938 · Antonio
Los millones de Chaflán
1938 · Antonio
El indio
1938
La Adelita
1937
Amapola Del Camino
1937
Las cuatro milpas
1937
Mi candidato
1937
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
María Elena
1936 · Eduardo
Rosario
1935 · Enrique
