Pedro Armendáriz
Acting
Born May 9, 1912, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Filmography
- 1963Captain Sindbad — El Kerim
- 1963From Russia with Love — Ali Kerim Bey
- 1963La Bandida — Roberto Herrera
- 1962Los valientes no mueren
- 1962Miracles Weaver — Señor Cura
- 1962My Son, the Hero — Cadmo
- 1961Francis of Assisi — The Sultan
- 1961My Son, the Hero — General
- 1960Calibre 44 — Don Pedro
- 1960Dos hijos desobedientes — Pedro
- 1960El impostor — Profesor César Rubio
- 1960El indulto — Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
- 1960La cárcel de Cananea — Pedro
- 1960Los desarraigados
- 1960Our Daily Hunger — Macario Férnandez
- 1960Violent Summer — Francisco Peña
- 1959Beyond All Limits — Pepe Gamboa
- 1959Café Colón
- 1959El zarco
- 1959I'm flying low
- 1959La Cucaracha — Coronel Valentín Razo
- 1959The Little Savage — El Tiburón
- 1959The Vivanco Ladies — Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
- 1959The Wonderful Country — Cipriano Castro
- 1959Thirst for Love — Pedro Ortiz
- 1959Yo pecador
- 1958Los salvajes — Pedro Matías
- 1958This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter — Pancho Villa
- 1958This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter — Pancho Villa
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1957La mujer que no tuvo infancia
- 1957Manuela — Mario Constanza
- 1957Men and Wolves — Giovanni
- 1957The Big Boodle — Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
- 1957This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter — Pancho Villa
- 1956Basket of Mexican Tales — Carlos Cosio
- 1956Diane — King Francis I
- 1956The Conqueror — Jamuga
- 1956The Hidden One — Felipe Rojano
- 1955Fortune carrée — Igricheff
- 1955Native Drums — Martinez
- 1955The Littlest Outlaw — Gen. Torres
- 1954Border River — General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
- 1954Dos mundos y un amor — Ricardo Anaya
- 1954Mulata — Martín
- 1954Rebellion of the Hanged — Cándido Castro
- 1954Reto a la vida — Diego Maldonado
- 1953Lucrèce Borgia — César Borgia
- 1953The Brute — Pedro
- 1953The Lovers of Toledo — Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
- 1952Los tres alegres compadres — Baldomero Mireles
- 1952Meat in Prison — Pablo González
- 1952Night Falls — Marcos Arizmendi
- 1952Soledad's Shawl — Roque Suazo
- 1951Ella y yo — Pedro Muñóz
- 1951For Loving a Woman
- 1951Hell Road — Pedro Uribe
- 1951Tierra baja — Manelic
- 1951Weddings of fire
- 1950By the False Door — Bernardo Celis
- 1950La loca de la casa — José María Cruz
- 1950Pancho Villa vuelve
- 1950Rosauro Castro — Rosauro Castro, Producer
- 1950The Torch — José Juan Reyes
- 1949El abandonado
- 1949El charro y la dama
- 1949Late Afternoon — Sebastian del Llano
- 1949The Unloved Woman — Esteban
- 1949Tulsa — Jim Redbird
- 1949We Were Strangers — Armando Ariete
- 19483 Godfathers — Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
- 1948En la Hacienda de la Flor
- 1948Fort Apache — Sgt. Beaufort
- 1948Juan Charrasqueado — Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
- 1948Maclovia — José María
- 1947Albur de amor
- 1947La casa colorada
- 1947The Fugitive — A Lieutenant of Police
- 1947The Pearl — Quino
- 1946Enamorada — Gen. José Juan Reyes
- 1946Rayando el sol
- 1945Bugambilia — Ricardo Rojas
- 1945El capitán Malacara
- 1945Entre hermanos — Ramón Arellano
- 1945The Abandoned — Juan Gómez
- 1944El corsario negro
- 1944La Guerra de los Pasteles
- 1944Maria Candelaria — Lorenzo Rafael
- 1944The Skulls of Terror
- 1944The Skulls of Terror Return
- 1943Another Dawn — Octavio
- 1943Konga Roja — Federico Robles
- 1943Tierra De Pasiones
- 1943Wild Flower — José Luis Castro
- 1942Allá en el bajio — Juan Hernández
- 1942Del rancho a la capital
- 1942I'm a Real Mexican — Guadalupe Padilla
- 1942Passion Island — El Toro
- 1942Simón Bolívar — General Briceño Méndez
- 1941El Zorro de Jalisco — Leonardo Torres
- 1941El secreto del sacerdote — Capitán Luis
- 1941Neither Blood Nor Sand — Frank
- 1940El charro Negro — Ramón
- 1940El jefe máximo
- 1940Los olvidados de Dios — Zenón Rojas
- 1940Mala yerba — Chuy Rodríguez
- 1940Pobre diablo — Raúl Solares
- 1939Con Los Dorados De Villa
- 1939La China Hilaria
- 1939Una luz en mi camino — Daniel
- 1938Canto a mi tierra — Antonio
- 1938El indio
- 1938Los millones de Chaflán — Antonio
- 1937Amapola Del Camino
- 1937Jalisco nunca pierde
- 1937La Adelita
- 1937Las cuatro milpas
- 1937Mi candidato
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2024The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout — Self (archive footage)
- 1958Yo quiero ser artista — Self