Known For
Acting
Born
May 09, 1912
Died
Jun 18, 1963
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Credits
120 titles
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
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
La cárcel de Cananea
Pedro
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
El zarco
The Vivanco Ladies
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Café Colón
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
Los salvajes
Pedro Matías
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
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