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
3 Godfathers
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Fort Apache
Sgt. Beaufort
Francis of Assisi
The Sultan
El abandonado
1949
Manuela
Mario Constanza
Another Dawn
Octavio
The Wonderful Country
Cipriano Castro
Lucrèce Borgia
César Borgia
The Conqueror
Jamuga
Border River
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
El jefe máximo
1940
The Brute
Pedro
The Fugitive
A Lieutenant of Police
Tulsa
Jim Redbird
My Son, the Hero
Cadmo
We Were Strangers
Armando Ariete
Captain Sindbad
El Kerim
The Lovers of Toledo
Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Mi candidato
1937
Mala yerba
Chuy Rodríguez
Maria Candelaria
Lorenzo Rafael
Enamorada
Gen. José Juan Reyes
Diane
King Francis I
My Son, the Hero
General
Juan Charrasqueado
Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
The Hidden One
Felipe Rojano
Maclovia
José María
The Pearl
Quino
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Thirst for Love
Pedro Ortiz
Men and Wolves
Giovanni
La Cucaracha
Coronel Valentín Razo
Rebellion of the Hanged
Cándido Castro
The Big Boodle
Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
La China Hilaria
1939
Weddings of fire
1951
The Littlest Outlaw
Gen. Torres
Ni sangre ni arena
Frank
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
The Torch
José Juan Reyes
El capitán Malacara
1945
Los valientes no mueren
1962
El Zorro de Jalisco
Leonardo Torres
Soledad's Shawl
Roque Suazo
Late Afternoon
Sebastian del Llano
Allá en el bajio
Juan Hernández
Meat in Prison
Pablo González
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Pancho Villa
Miracles Weaver
Señor Cura
I'm a Real Mexican
Guadalupe Padilla
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Pancho Villa
Bugambilia
Ricardo Rojas
La Adelita
1937
The Skulls of Terror
1944
The Abandoned
Juan Gómez
Violent Summer
Francisco Peña
Wild Flower
José Luis Castro
Night Falls
Marcos Arizmendi
Rosauro Castro
Rosauro Castro
Albur de amor
1947
By the False Door
Bernardo Celis
El charro Negro
Ramón
La Bandida
Roberto Herrera
Reto a la vida
Diego Maldonado
El impostor
Profesor César Rubio
Fortune carrée
Igricheff
Beyond All Limits
Pepe Gamboa
Hell Road
Pedro Uribe
Rayando el sol
1946
El indulto
Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Native Drums
Martinez
La casa colorada
1947
Passion Island
El Toro
Dos mundos y un amor
Ricardo Anaya
Calibre 44
Don Pedro
Tierra baja
Manelic
Canto a mi tierra
Antonio
Konga Roja
Federico Robles
El corsario negro
1944
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
Our Daily Hunger
Macario Férnandez
For Loving a Woman
1951
Los olvidados de Dios
Zenón Rojas
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Pancho Villa
Los tres alegres compadres
Baldomero Mireles
Dos hijos desobedientes
Pedro
Las cuatro milpas
1937
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
El indio
1938
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carlos Cosio
Pobre diablo
Raúl Solares
Simón Bolívar
General Briceño Méndez
Entre hermanos
Ramón Arellano
La loca de la casa
José María Cruz
The Little Savage
El Tiburón
Los millones de Chaflán
Antonio
Ella y yo
Pedro Muñóz
The Vivanco Ladies
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
Los desarraigados
1960
Yo pecador
1959
Del rancho a la capital
1942
I'm flying low
1959
Amapola Del Camino
1937
Mulata
Martín
El charro y la dama
1949
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
Una luz en mi camino
Daniel
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
