Pedro Armendáriz
Acting
Born: May 9, 1912 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Died: June 18, 1963 (aged 51)
Highest Rated
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
From Russia with Love
1963
Fort Apache
1948
3 Godfathers
1948
The Wonderful Country
1959
The Brute
1953
Enamorada
1946
The Conqueror
1956
The Fugitive
1947
The Pearl
1947
Maria Candelaria
1944
Francis of Assisi
1961
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
Photos (2)
Movies (111)
From Russia with Love
Ali Kerim Bey
Fort Apache
Sgt. Beaufort
3 Godfathers
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
The Fugitive
A Lieutenant of Police
Diane
King Francis I
The Wonderful Country
Cipriano Castro
Neither Blood Nor Sand
Frank
Border River
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Men and Wolves
Giovanni
The Conqueror
Jamuga
Another Dawn
Octavio
The Littlest Outlaw
Gen. Torres
The Brute
Pedro
Tulsa
Jim Redbird
Manuela
Mario Constanza
Captain Sindbad
El Kerim
We Were Strangers
Armando Ariete
Lucrèce Borgia
César Borgia
Rebellion of the Hanged
Cándido Castro
My Son, the Hero
Cadmo
Maria Candelaria
Lorenzo Rafael
Dos mundos y un amor
Ricardo Anaya
The Lovers of Toledo
Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Francis of Assisi
The Sultan
Late Afternoon
Sebastian del Llano
The Hidden One
Felipe Rojano
Enamorada
Gen. José Juan Reyes
Miracles Weaver
Señor Cura
Reto a la vida
Diego Maldonado
My Son, the Hero
General
Los valientes no mueren
1962
Mala yerba
Chuy Rodríguez
El abandonado
1949
Beyond All Limits
Pepe Gamboa
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Pancho Villa
Passion Island
El Toro
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carlos Cosio
Del rancho a la capital
1942
The Skulls of Terror
1944
El secreto del sacerdote
Capitán Luis
La Cucaracha
Coronel Valentín Razo
The Pearl
Quino
The Torch
José Juan Reyes
Soledad's Shawl
Roque Suazo
El corsario negro
1944
Mi candidato
1937
Violent Summer
Francisco Peña
Allá en el bajio
Juan Hernández
Juan Charrasqueado
Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
La loca de la casa
José María Cruz
Thirst for Love
Pedro Ortiz
Bugambilia
Ricardo Rojas
By the False Door
Bernardo Celis
El Zorro de Jalisco
Leonardo Torres
The Big Boodle
Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
La Adelita
1937
La Bandida
Roberto Herrera
Los olvidados de Dios
Zenón Rojas
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Maclovia
José María
Our Daily Hunger
Macario Férnandez
The Abandoned
Juan Gómez
Los tres alegres compadres
Baldomero Mireles
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Pancho Villa
Tierra baja
Manelic
Una luz en mi camino
Daniel
Meat in Prison
Pablo González
Wild Flower
José Luis Castro
El capitán Malacara
1945
For Loving a Woman
1951
El jefe máximo
1940
Mulata
Martín
Rosauro Castro
Rosauro Castro
El charro Negro
Ramón
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Pancho Villa
El charro y la dama
1949
Los millones de Chaflán
Antonio
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
Fortune carrée
Igricheff
Canto a mi tierra
Antonio
La casa colorada
1947
Dos hijos desobedientes
Pedro
Konga Roja
Federico Robles
The Vivanco Ladies
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Pobre diablo
Raúl Solares
La China Hilaria
1939
Ella y yo
Pedro Muñóz
Calibre 44
Don Pedro
Night Falls
Marcos Arizmendi
Weddings of fire
1951
Las cuatro milpas
1937
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
Hell Road
Pedro Uribe
El impostor
Profesor César Rubio
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
El indulto
Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Yo pecador
1959
I'm flying low
1959
Simón Bolívar
General Briceño Méndez
I'm a Real Mexican
Guadalupe Padilla
The Little Savage
El Tiburón
Native Drums
Martinez
Albur de amor
1947
Los desarraigados
1960
Rayando el sol
1946
Amapola Del Camino
1937
Entre hermanos
Ramón Arellano
El indio
1938
