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