Pedro Armendáriz
Actor
Born May 9, 1912 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
From Russia with Love
Ali Kerim Bey
Captain Sindbad
El Kerim
La Bandida
Roberto Herrera
Miracles Weaver
Señor Cura
My Son, the Hero
Cadmo
Los valientes no mueren
My Son, the Hero
General
Francis of Assisi
The Sultan
Violent Summer
Francisco Peña
El indulto
Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Los desarraigados
Dos hijos desobedientes
Pedro
El impostor
Profesor César Rubio
Calibre 44
Don Pedro
Our Daily Hunger
Macario Férnandez
La Cucaracha
Coronel Valentín Razo
The Wonderful Country
Cipriano Castro
Yo pecador
Thirst for Love
Pedro Ortiz
Beyond All Limits
Pepe Gamboa
The Vivanco Ladies
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
The Little Savage
El Tiburón
I'm flying low
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Pancho Villa
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Pancho Villa
Yo quiero ser artista
Self
Manuela
Mario Constanza
The Big Boodle
Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Men and Wolves
Giovanni
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Pancho Villa
The Hidden One
Felipe Rojano
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carlos Cosio
The Conqueror
Jamuga
Diane
King Francis I
The Littlest Outlaw
Gen. Torres
Native Drums
Martinez
Fortune carrée
Igricheff
Mulata
Martín
Border River
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Reto a la vida
Diego Maldonado
Dos mundos y un amor
Ricardo Anaya
Rebellion of the Hanged
Cándido Castro
Lucrèce Borgia
César Borgia
The Brute
Pedro
The Lovers of Toledo
Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Soledad's Shawl
Roque Suazo
Meat in Prison
Pablo González
Night Falls
Marcos Arizmendi
Los tres alegres compadres
Baldomero Mireles
Ella y yo
Pedro Muñóz
For Loving a Woman
Hell Road
Pedro Uribe
Weddings of fire
Tierra baja
Manelic
Rosauro Castro
Rosauro Castro
By the False Door
Bernardo Celis
La loca de la casa
José María Cruz
The Torch
José Juan Reyes
Pancho Villa vuelve
El charro y la dama
El abandonado
Late Afternoon
Sebastian del Llano
We Were Strangers
Armando Ariete
Tulsa
Jim Redbird
3 Godfathers
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Maclovia
José María
En la Hacienda de la Flor
Fort Apache
Sgt. Beaufort
Juan Charrasqueado
Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
The Fugitive
A Lieutenant of Police
The Pearl
Quino
Albur de amor
La casa colorada
Enamorada
Gen. José Juan Reyes
Rayando el sol
Bugambilia
Ricardo Rojas
El capitán Malacara
The Abandoned
Juan Gómez
Entre hermanos
Ramón Arellano
The Skulls of Terror Return
The Skulls of Terror
El corsario negro
Maria Candelaria
Lorenzo Rafael
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Another Dawn
Octavio
Konga Roja
Federico Robles
Tierra De Pasiones
Wild Flower
José Luis Castro
I'm a Real Mexican
Guadalupe Padilla
Passion Island
El Toro
Del rancho a la capital
Allá en el bajio
Juan Hernández
Simón Bolívar
General Briceño Méndez
Ni sangre ni arena
Frank
El Zorro de Jalisco
Leonardo Torres
El secreto del sacerdote
El jefe máximo
Mala yerba
Chuy Rodríguez
El charro Negro
Ramón
Pobre diablo
Raúl Solares
Los olvidados de Dios
Zenón Rojas
Una luz en mi camino
Daniel
Con Los Dorados De Villa
La China Hilaria
Canto a mi tierra
Antonio
Los millones de Chaflán
Antonio
El indio
La Adelita
Amapola Del Camino
Las cuatro milpas
Mi candidato
Jalisco nunca pierde