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)
El tejedor de milagros
as Señor Cura
(1962)
My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
(1962)
(1961)
My Son, the Hero
as General
(1961)
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
(1960)
Dos hijos desobedientes
as Pedro
(1960)
(1960)
Our Daily Hunger
as Macario Férnandez
(1960)
El indulto
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
(1960)
(1960)
Violent Summer
as Francisco Peña
(1960)
La cárcel de Cananea
as Pedro
(1960)
Calibre 44
as Don Pedro
(1959)
Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
(1959)
The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
(1959)
(1959)
The Little Savage
as El Tiburón
(1959)
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
(1959)
(1959)
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz
(1958)
Los salvajes
as Pedro Matías
(1958)
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1958)
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1958)
Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
(1957)
Manuela
as Mario Constanza
(1957)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa
(1957)
The Big Boodle
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
(1957)
(1957)
Men and Wolves
as Giovanni
(1956)
Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carlos Cosio
(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)
Fortune carrée
as Igricheff
(1955)
(1954)
Dos mundos y un amor
as Ricardo Anaya
(1954)
Rebellion of the Hanged
as Cándido Castro
(1954)
(1954)
Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
(1954)
Mulata
as Martín
(1953)
The Lovers of Toledo
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
(1953)
The Brute
as Pedro
(1953)
Lucrèce Borgia
as César Borgia
(1952)
Meat in Prison
as Pablo González
(1952)
Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
(1952)
Soledad's Shawl
as Roque Suazo
(1952)
(1951)
Hell Road
as Pedro Uribe
(1951)
Tierra baja
as Manelic
(1951)
Ella y Yo
as Pedro Muñóz
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
The Torch
as José Juan Reyes
(1950)
Rosauro Castro
as Rosauro Castro
(1950)
By the False Door
as Bernardo Celis
(1950)
(1950)
La loca de la casa
as José María Cruz
(1949)
Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
(1949)
La malquerida
as Esteban
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
Late Afternoon
as Sebastian del Llano
(1949)
We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
(1948)
Maclovia
as José María
(1948)
3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
(1947)
The Pearl
as Quino
(1947)
(1947)
The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
(1946)
Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
(1946)
(1945)
The Abandoned
as Juan Gómez
(1945)
Bugambilia
as Ricardo Rojas
(1945)
Entre hermanos
as Ramón Arellano
(1945)
(1944)
(1944)
Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1943)
Konga Roja
as Federico Robles
(1943)
(1943)
Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
(1943)
Another Dawn
as Octavio
(1942)
Simón Bolívar
as General Briceño Méndez
(1942)
Passion Island
as El Toro
(1942)
(1942)
Allá en el bajio
as Juan Hernández
(1942)
(1941)
Ni sangre ni arena
as Frank
(1941)
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Leonardo Torres
(1941)
(1940)
(1940)
Pobre diablo
as Raúl Solares
(1940)
Los olvidados de Dios
as Zenón Rojas
(1940)
El charro Negro
as Ramón
(1940)
Mala yerba
as Chuy Rodríguez
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
(1938)
Los millones de Chaflán
as Antonio
(1938)
Canto a mi tierra
as Antonio
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
Crew
(1950)
Rosauro Castro
Producer