Pedro Armendáriz
Acting • Born 1912-05-09 – Died 1963-06-18
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.
Filmography
120 credits
From Russia with Love
Movie • 1963
Ali Kerim Bey
Francis of Assisi
Movie • 1961
The Sultan
The Conqueror
Movie • 1956
Jamuga
3 Godfathers
Movie • 1948
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Captain Sindbad
Movie • 1963
El Kerim
The Brute
Movie • 1953
Pedro
Maria Candelaria
Movie • 1944
Lorenzo Rafael
Fort Apache
Movie • 1948
Sgt. Beaufort
The Fugitive
Movie • 1947
A Lieutenant of Police
The Big Boodle
Movie • 1957
Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Lucrèce Borgia
Movie • 1953
César Borgia
We Were Strangers
Movie • 1949
Armando Ariete
Fortune carrée
Movie • 1955
Igricheff
Calibre 44
Movie • 1960
Don Pedro
La Bandida
Movie • 1963
Roberto Herrera
Tulsa
Movie • 1949
Jim Redbird
Wild Flower
Movie • 1943
José Luis Castro
The Abandoned
Movie • 1945
Juan Gómez
Bugambilia
Movie • 1945
Ricardo Rojas
Border River
Movie • 1954
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
My Son, the Hero
Movie • 1962
Cadmo
Enamorada
Movie • 1946
Gen. José Juan Reyes
Another Dawn
Movie • 1943
Octavio
Maclovia
Movie • 1948
José María
The Little Savage
Movie • 1959
El Tiburón
Men and Wolves
Movie • 1957
Giovanni
Diane
Movie • 1956
King Francis I
Simón Bolívar
Movie • 1942
General Briceño Méndez
The Torch
Movie • 1950
José Juan Reyes
Miracles Weaver
Movie • 1962
Señor Cura
The Lovers of Toledo
Movie • 1953
Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Los salvajes
Movie • 1958
Pedro Matías
Basket of Mexican Tales
Movie • 1956
Carlos Cosio
Soledad's Shawl
Movie • 1952
Roque Suazo
Weddings of fire
Movie • 1951
Entre hermanos
Movie • 1945
Ramón Arellano
Allá en el bajio
Movie • 1942
Juan Hernández
Amapola Del Camino
Movie • 1937
Con Los Dorados De Villa
Movie • 1939
Canto a mi tierra
Movie • 1938
Antonio
El Zorro de Jalisco
Movie • 1941
Leonardo Torres
El charro Negro
Movie • 1940
Ramón
El secreto del sacerdote
Movie • 1941
Tierra De Pasiones
Movie • 1943
Konga Roja
Movie • 1943
Federico Robles
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Movie • 1944
La cárcel de Cananea
Movie • 1960
Pedro
La China Hilaria
Movie • 1939
Late Afternoon
Movie • 1949
Sebastian del Llano
El abandonado
Movie • 1949
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Dos mundos y un amor
Movie • 1954
Ricardo Anaya
El capitán Malacara
Movie • 1945
The Unloved Woman
Movie • 1949
Esteban
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Movie • 1957
Pancho Villa
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Movie • 1958
Pancho Villa
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Movie • 1958
Pancho Villa
El indio
Movie • 1938
Rosauro Castro
Movie • 1950
Rosauro Castro
Ella y Yo
Movie • 1951
Pedro Muñóz
Albur de amor
Movie • 1947
El charro y la dama
Movie • 1949
Hell Road
Movie • 1951
Pedro Uribe
Meat in Prison
Movie • 1952
Pablo González
Tierra baja
Movie • 1951
Manelic
By the False Door
Movie • 1950
Bernardo Celis
Violent Summer
Movie • 1960
Francisco Peña
El impostor
Movie • 1960
Profesor César Rubio
Mi candidato
Movie • 1937
Our Daily Hunger
Movie • 1960
Macario Férnandez
La casa colorada
Movie • 1947
The Skulls of Terror Return
Movie • 1944
Pancho Villa vuelve
Movie • 1950
Por querer a una mujer
Movie • 1951
Los tres alegres compadres
Movie • 1952
I'm flying low
Movie • 1959
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Movie • 1957
The Vivanco Ladies
Movie • 1959
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
El zarco
Movie • 1959
Café Colón
Movie • 1959
Dos hijos desobedientes
Movie • 1960
Pedro
Manuela
Movie • 1957
Mario Constanza
La loca de la casa
Movie • 1950
José María Cruz
Del rancho a la capital
Movie • 1942
Jalisco nunca pierde
Movie • 1937
Mala yerba
Movie • 1940
Chuy Rodríguez
Los millones de Chaflán
Movie • 1938
Antonio
Los valientes no mueren
Movie • 1962
Juan Charrasqueado
Movie • 1948
Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
Mulata
Movie • 1954
Martín
Soy puro mexicano
Movie • 1942
Guadalupe Padilla
The Pearl
Movie • 1947
Quino
Pobre diablo
Movie • 1940
Raúl Solares
Ni sangre ni arena
Movie • 1941
Frank
Yo pecador
Movie • 1959
En la Hacienda de la Flor
Movie • 1948
The Littlest Outlaw
Movie • 1955
Gen. Torres
La Cucaracha
Movie • 1959
Coronel Valentín Razo
My Son, the Hero
Movie • 1961
General
Rebellion of the Hanged
Movie • 1954
Cándido Castro
El indulto
Movie • 1960
Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Los olvidados de Dios
Movie • 1940
Zenón Rojas
El jefe máximo
Movie • 1940
The Hidden One
Movie • 1956
Felipe Rojano
La Adelita
Movie • 1937
Los desarraigados
Movie • 1960
El corsario negro
Movie • 1944
Una luz en mi camino
Movie • 1939
Las cuatro milpas
Movie • 1937
The Skulls of Terror
Movie • 1944
Rayando el sol
Movie • 1946
Reto a la vida
Movie • 1954
Diego Maldonado
Native Drums
Movie • 1955
Martinez
Passion Island
Movie • 1942
El Toro
Beyond All Limits
Movie • 1959
Pepe Gamboa
Night Falls
Movie • 1952
Marcos Arizmendi
Thirst for Love
Movie • 1959
Pedro Ortiz
The Wonderful Country
Movie • 1959
Cipriano Castro
Yo quiero ser artista
Movie • 1958
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958