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