Pedro Armendáriz
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-05-09
Day of Death
1963-06-18 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Pedro Armendáriz
Biography
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
Acting
(2024)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
(1963)
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
(1963)
Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
(1963)
La Bandida
as Roberto Herrera
(1962)
My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
(1962)
El tejedor de milagros
as Señor Cura
(1962)
(1961)
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
(1961)
My Son, the Hero
as General
(1960)
El indulto
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
(1960)
Dos hijos desobedientes
as Pedro
(1960)
Violent Summer
as Francisco Peña
(1960)
Calibre 44
as Don Pedro
(1960)
La cárcel de Cananea
as Pedro
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Our Daily Hunger
as Macario Férnandez
(1959)
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
(1959)
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo
(1959)
The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
(1959)
Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
(1959)
Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
The Little Savage
as El Tiburón
(1959)
(1958)
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1958)
Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
(1958)
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1958)
Los salvajes
as Pedro Matías
(1957)
Manuela
as Mario Constanza
(1957)
Men and Wolves
as Giovanni
(1957)
The Big Boodle
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
(1957)
(1957)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1956)
The Conqueror
as Jamuga
(1956)
Diane
as King Francis I
(1956)
The Hidden One
as Felipe Rojano
(1956)
Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carlos Cosio
(1955)
The Littlest Outlaw
as Gen. Torres
(1955)
Fortune carrée
as Igricheff
(1955)
(1954)
Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
(1954)
Rebellion of the Hanged
as Cándido Castro
(1954)
Mulata
as Martín
(1954)
(1954)
Dos mundos y un amor
as Ricardo Anaya
(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)
Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
(1952)
Meat in Prison
as Pablo González
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
Ella y Yo
as Pedro Muñóz
(1951)
Tierra baja
as Manelic
(1951)
Hell Road
as Pedro Uribe
(1951)
(1950)
The Torch
as José Juan Reyes
(1950)
By the False Door
as Bernardo Celis
(1950)
Rosauro Castro
as Rosauro Castro
(1950)
La loca de la casa
as José María Cruz
(1950)
(1949)
Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
(1949)
We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
(1949)
La malquerida
as Esteban
(1949)
Late Afternoon
as Sebastian del Llano
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
(1948)
3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
(1948)
Maclovia
as José María
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
(1947)
The Pearl
as Quino
(1947)
(1947)
(1946)
Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
(1946)
(1945)
The Abandoned
as Juan Gómez
(1945)
Bugambilia
as Ricardo Rojas
(1945)
(1945)
Entre hermanos
as Ramón Arellano
(1944)
Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1943)
Another Dawn
as Octavio
(1943)
Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
(1943)
(1943)
Konga Roja
as Federico Robles
(1942)
Simón Bolívar
as General Briceño Méndez
(1942)
Allá en el bajio
as Juan Hernández
(1942)
(1942)
Passion Island
as El Toro
(1942)
(1941)
Ni sangre ni arena
as Frank
(1941)
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Leonardo Torres
(1941)
(1940)
Mala yerba
as Chuy Rodríguez
(1940)
Pobre diablo
as Raúl Solares
(1940)
El charro Negro
as Ramón
(1940)
Los olvidados de Dios
as Zenón Rojas
(1940)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
Canto a mi tierra
as Antonio
(1938)
(1938)
Los millones de Chaflán
as Antonio
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
Crew
(1950)
Rosauro Castro
Producer