Acting
Pedro Armendáriz
EN, ES, IT, FR cinema · 119 credits
Born
9 May 1912
Died
18 June 1963 (aged 51)
Birthplace
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as Pedro Armendariz · Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings · Pedro Armendáriz Hastings
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
as Self (archive footage)
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
La Bandida
as Roberto Herrera
My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
Miracles Weaver
as Señor Cura
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
My Son, the Hero
as General
Calibre 44
as Don Pedro
Violent Summer
as Francisco Peña
El impostor
as Profesor César Rubio
Our Daily Hunger
as Macario Férnandez
El indulto
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
The Little Savage
as El Tiburón
The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo
Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
Los salvajes
1958
Los salvajes
as Pedro Matías
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa
The Big Boodle
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Men and Wolves
as Giovanni
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa
Manuela
as Mario Constanza
The Conqueror
as Jamuga
Diane
as King Francis I
Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carlos Cosio
The Hidden One
as Felipe Rojano
Fortune carrée
as Igricheff
The Littlest Outlaw
as Gen. Torres
Native Drums
as Martinez
Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Dos mundos y un amor
as Ricardo Anaya
Mulata
as Martín
Rebellion of the Hanged
as Cándido Castro
Reto a la vida
as Diego Maldonado
The Brute
as Pedro
Lucrèce Borgia
as César Borgia
The Lovers of Toledo
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Soledad's Shawl
as Roque Suazo
Meat in Prison
as Pablo González
Los tres alegres compadres
as Baldomero Mireles
Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
Ella y yo
as Pedro Muñóz
Hell Road
as Pedro Uribe
Tierra baja
as Manelic
The Torch
as José Juan Reyes
Rosauro Castro
as Rosauro Castro, Producer
By the False Door
as Bernardo Celis
La loca de la casa
as José María Cruz
We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
Late Afternoon
as Sebastian del Llano
3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
Maclovia
as José María
Juan Charrasqueado
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
The Pearl
as Quino
Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
The Abandoned
as Juan Gómez
Bugambilia
as Ricardo Rojas
Entre hermanos
as Ramón Arellano
Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
Another Dawn
as Octavio
Konga Roja
as Federico Robles
Simón Bolívar
as General Briceño Méndez
Allá en el bajio
as Juan Hernández
I'm a Real Mexican
as Guadalupe Padilla
Passion Island
as El Toro
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Leonardo Torres
El secreto del sacerdote
as Capitán Luis
El charro Negro
as Ramón
Mala yerba
as Chuy Rodríguez
Pobre diablo
as Raúl Solares
Los olvidados de Dios
as Zenón Rojas
Una luz en mi camino
as Daniel
Canto a mi tierra
as Antonio
El indio
Actor
Los millones de Chaflán
as Antonio
