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.
Acting (113 movies)
From Russia with Love
1963
Francis of Assisi
1961
The Conqueror
1956
3 Godfathers
1948
Captain Sindbad
1963
The Brute
1953
Maria Candelaria
1944
Fort Apache
1948
The Fugitive
1947
The Big Boodle
1957
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
We Were Strangers
1949
Fortune carrée
1955
Calibre 44
1960
La Bandida
1963
Tulsa
1949
Wild Flower
1943
The Abandoned
1945
Bugambilia
1945
Border River
1954
My Son, the Hero
1962
Enamorada
1946
Another Dawn
1943
Maclovia
1948
The Little Savage
1959
Men and Wolves
1957
Diane
1956
Simón Bolívar
1942
The Torch
1950
El tejedor de milagros
1962
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
Soledad's Shawl
1952
Weddings of fire
1951
Entre hermanos
1945
Allá en el bajio
1942
Amapola Del Camino
1937
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Canto a mi tierra
1938
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941
El charro Negro
1940
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
Konga Roja
1943
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
La China Hilaria
1939
El abandonado
1949
Late Afternoon
1949
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Dos mundos y un amor
1954
El capitán Malacara
1945
La malquerida
1949
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958
El indio
1938
Rosauro Castro
1950
Ella y Yo
1951
Albur de amor
1947
El charro y la dama
1949
Hell Road
1951
Meat in Prison
1952
By the False Door
1950
Tierra baja
1951
Violent Summer
1960
El impostor
1960
Mi candidato
1937
Our Daily Hunger
1960
La casa colorada
1947
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
Por querer a una mujer
1951
Los tres alegres compadres
1952
I'm flying low
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
Manuela
1957
Del rancho a la capital
1942
La loca de la casa
1950
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
Mala yerba
1940
Los millones de Chaflán
1938
Los valientes no mueren
1962
Juan Charrasqueado
1948
Mulata
1954
Soy puro mexicano
1942
The Pearl
1947
Pobre diablo
1940
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
Yo pecador
1959
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
The Littlest Outlaw
1955
La Cucaracha
1959
My Son, the Hero
1961
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954
El indulto
1960
Los olvidados de Dios
1940
El jefe máximo
1940
The Hidden One
1956
La Adelita
1937
Los desarraigados
1960
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Rosauro Castro | 1950 | Producer |