Pedro Armendáriz
Acting
- Born:
- 1912-05-09
- Died:
- 1963-06-18
- Place of birth:
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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
Filmography
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
From Russia with Love
Captain Sindbad
La Bandida
Miracles Weaver
My Son, the Hero
Los valientes no mueren
My Son, the Hero
Francis of Assisi
La cárcel de Cananea
Violent Summer
El indulto
Los desarraigados
Dos hijos desobedientes
El impostor
Calibre 44
Our Daily Hunger
La Cucaracha
The Wonderful Country
Yo pecador
Thirst for Love
Beyond All Limits
El zarco
The Vivanco Ladies
Café Colón
The Little Savage
I'm flying low
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Yo quiero ser artista
Los salvajes
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Manuela
The Big Boodle
Men and Wolves
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
The Hidden One
Basket of Mexican Tales
The Conqueror
Diane
The Littlest Outlaw
Native Drums
Fortune carrée
Mulata
Border River
Reto a la vida
Dos mundos y un amor
Rebellion of the Hanged
Lucrèce Borgia
The Brute
The Lovers of Toledo
Soledad's Shawl
Meat in Prison
Night Falls
Los tres alegres compadres
Ella y yo
For Loving a Woman
Hell Road
Weddings of fire
Tierra baja
Rosauro Castro
By the False Door
La loca de la casa
The Torch
Pancho Villa vuelve
El charro y la dama
The Unloved Woman
El abandonado
Late Afternoon
We Were Strangers
Tulsa
3 Godfathers
Maclovia
En la Hacienda de la Flor
Fort Apache
Juan Charrasqueado
The Fugitive
The Pearl
Albur de amor
La casa colorada
Enamorada
Rayando el sol
Bugambilia
El capitán Malacara
The Abandoned
Entre hermanos
The Skulls of Terror Return
The Skulls of Terror
El corsario negro
Maria Candelaria
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Another Dawn
Konga Roja
Tierra De Pasiones
Wild Flower
I'm a Real Mexican
Passion Island
Del rancho a la capital
Allá en el bajio
Simón Bolívar
Neither Blood Nor Sand
El Zorro de Jalisco
El secreto del sacerdote
El jefe máximo
Mala yerba
El charro Negro
Pobre diablo
Los olvidados de Dios
Una luz en mi camino
Con Los Dorados De Villa
La China Hilaria
Canto a mi tierra
Los millones de Chaflán
El indio
La Adelita
Amapola Del Camino
Las cuatro milpas
Mi candidato
Jalisco nunca pierde