Pedro Armendáriz
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
120
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-05-09
Day of death
1963-06-18 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Known For
From Russia with Love
The Fugitive
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Bugambilia
The Hidden One
Enamorada
The Abandoned
La Bandida
La malquerida
Native Drums
Rosauro Castro
The Conqueror
La Cucaracha
Fort Apache
3 Godfathers
Mala yerba
The Brute
Captain Sindbad
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Los desarraigados
El zarco
Entre hermanos
Pobre diablo
Diane
Tulsa
Wild Flower
Border River
Yo pecador
El abandonado
The Torch
Violent Summer
El impostor
Fortune carrée
Tierra baja
Simón Bolívar
La Adelita
Los salvajes
Konga Roja
Another Dawn
Dos mundos y un amor
Manuela
Juan Charrasqueado
The Pearl
Mulata
Por querer a una mujer
The Vivanco Ladies
The Wonderful Country
My Son, the Hero
Canto a mi tierra
La loca de la casa
Passion Island
Our Daily Hunger
Los tres alegres compadres
Los olvidados de Dios
Rebellion of the Hanged
My Son, the Hero
Maria Candelaria
El tejedor de milagros
The Lovers of Toledo
By the False Door
The Littlest Outlaw
The Little Savage
El charro y la dama
Soledad's Shawl
Night Falls
Beyond All Limits
Albur de amor
Hell Road
El corsario negro
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Francis of Assisi
Lucrèce Borgia
Los millones de Chaflán
Basket of Mexican Tales
Weddings of fire
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Tierra De Pasiones
Ni sangre ni arena
Soy puro mexicano
Amapola Del Camino
El charro Negro
El jefe máximo
Ella y Yo
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Reto a la vida
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Meat in Prison
Rayando el sol
The Big Boodle
I'm flying low
Una luz en mi camino
El Zorro de Jalisco
The Skulls of Terror
En la Hacienda de la Flor
La cárcel de Cananea
The Skulls of Terror Return
We Were Strangers
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Thirst for Love
Yo quiero ser artista
El secreto del sacerdote
Del rancho a la capital
Men and Wolves
El capitán Malacara
Café Colón
Los valientes no mueren
Dos hijos desobedientes
Maclovia
Late Afternoon
La casa colorada
La China Hilaria
Jalisco nunca pierde
Calibre 44
Las cuatro milpas
El indulto
Mi candidato
Pancho Villa vuelve
Allá en el bajio
Con Los Dorados De Villa
El indio
