Alfonso Bedoya
Acting
Born April 16, 1904, Vicam, Sonora, Mexico
Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas. Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industries in the 1930s to 1940s. During that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films. His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.
Filmography
- 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' — Gold Hat (archive footage)
- 1958The Big Country — Ramón Guiteras
- 1956La doncella de piedra
- 1955Ten Wanted Men — Hermando
- 1954Border River — Captain Vargas
- 1954Ricochet Romance — Alfredo Gonzáles
- 1954The Black Pirates — Garza
- 1953Sombrero — Don Inocente
- 1953The Stranger Wore a Gun — Degas
- 1952California Conquest — José Martínez
- 1952Por ellas aunque mal paguen — Don Lupe
- 1951Furia roja — Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
- 1951Man in the Saddle — Cultus Charley
- 1951Stronghold — Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
- 1950Fortunes of Captain Blood — Carmilio, Prison Overseer
- 1950The Black Rose — Lu Chung
- 1949Border Incident — Cuchillo
- 1949Streets of Laredo — Charley Calico
- 1949The Bewitched House — Vendedor de palomas
- 1948Angel in Exile — Ysidro Álvarez
- 1948Angel on the Amazon — Paulo
- 1948El último chinaco
- 1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Gold Hat
- 1947Albur de amor — (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
- 1947El tigre de Jalisco
- 1947Gran Casino — El Rayado
- 1947Si me han de matar mañana
- 1947The Pearl
- 1946It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro
- 1946La hija del payaso — Venadito
- 1945Canaima — Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
- 1945Hasta que perdió Jalisco
- 1945Me he de comer esa tuna
- 1945Rosalinda
- 1945The Abandoned — Gertrudis López, asistente
- 1944Me ha besado un hombre — Nacho
- 1944Mis hijos! — Borracho cantina (uncredited)
- 1944The Headless Woman — Preso (uncredited)
- 1943Doña Bárbara — Peasant
- 1943El rebelde (Romance de Antaño) — Bandido (uncredited)
- 1943María Eugenia — Pedro
- 1943Wild Flower — Teniente de Rogelio
- 1942I'm a Real Mexican — Tomás
- 1942La abuelita
- 1942The Three Musketeers — Gorila en cabaret
- 1942Virgen de medianoche — Esbirro (sin créditos)
- 1941El rápido de las 9.15 — Tripulación del tren (uncredited)
- 1941Rancho Alegre
- 1941The Unknown Policeman — Greñas (uncredited)
- 1940El charro Negro — Police Commander
- 1940Los olvidados de Dios — El Tejón
- 1940The Hawk — Pistoler
- 1940The Underdogs — El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
- 1939La China Hilaria
- 1938Mientras México duerme
- 1938Ojos tapatios
- 1937Almas rebeldes
- 1937La Adelita
- 1937La madrina del diablo
- 1937Las cuatro milpas
- 1937The Torment