Pedro Armendáriz
09 May 1912 (112 years old) in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 · From Russia with Love as Ali Kerim Bey
- 1963 · Captain Sindbad as El Kerim
- 1963 · La Bandida as Roberto Herrera
- 1962 · El tejedor de milagros as Señor Cura
- 1962 · My Son, the Hero as Cadmo
- 1962 · Los valientes no mueren as
- 1961 · My Son, the Hero as General
- 1961 · Francis of Assisi as The Sultan
- 1960 · La cárcel de Cananea as Pedro
- 1960 · Violent Summer as Francisco Peña
- 1960 · El indulto as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
- 1960 · Los desarraigados as
- 1960 · Dos hijos desobedientes as Pedro
- 1960 · El impostor as
- 1960 · Calibre 44 as Don Pedro
- 1960 · Our Daily Hunger as Macario Férnandez
- 1959 · La Cucaracha as Coronel Valentín Razo
- 1959 · The Wonderful Country as Cipriano Castro
- 1959 · Yo pecador as
- 1959 · Thirst for Love as Pedro Ortiz
- 1959 · Beyond All Limits as Pepe Gamboa
- 1959 · El zarco as
- 1959 · The Vivanco Ladies as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
- 1959 · Café Colón as
- 1959 · The Little Savage as El Tiburón
- 1959 · I'm flying low as
- 1958 · This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter as Pancho Villa
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter as Pancho Villa
- 1958 · Los salvajes as Pedro Matías
- 1957 · La mujer que no tuvo infancia as
- 1957 · Manuela as Mario Constanza
- 1957 · The Big Boodle as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
- 1957 · Men and Wolves as Giovanni
- 1957 · This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter as Pancho Villa
- 1956 · The Hidden One as Felipe Rojano
- 1956 · Basket of Mexican Tales as Carlos Cosio
- 1956 · The Conqueror as Jamuga
- 1956 · Diane as King Francis I
- 1955 · The Littlest Outlaw as Gen. Torres
- 1955 · Native Drums as
- 1955 · Fortune carrée as Igricheff
- 1954 · Mulata as Martín
- 1954 · Reto a la vida as
- 1954 · Dos mundos y un amor as Ricardo Anaya
- 1954 · Rebellion of the Hanged as Cándido Castro
- 1954 · Border River as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
- 1953 · Lucrèce Borgia as César Borgia
- 1953 · The Brute as Pedro
- 1953 · The Lovers of Toledo as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
- 1952 · Soledad's Shawl as Roque Suazo
- 1952 · Meat in Prison as Pablo González
- 1952 · Night Falls as Marcos Arizmendi
- 1952 · Los tres alegres compadres as
- 1951 · Ella y Yo as Pedro Muñóz
- 1951 · Por querer a una mujer as
- 1951 · Hell Road as Pedro Uribe
- 1951 · Weddings of fire as
- 1951 · Tierra baja as Manelic
- 1950 · Rosauro Castro as Rosauro Castro
- 1950 · By the False Door as Bernardo Celis
- 1950 · La loca de la casa as José María Cruz
- 1950 · The Torch as José Juan Reyes
- 1950 · Pancho Villa vuelve as
- 1949 · El charro y la dama as
- 1949 · La malquerida as Esteban
- 1949 · El abandonado as
- 1949 · Late Afternoon as Sebastian del Llano
- 1949 · We Were Strangers as Armando Ariete
- 1949 · Tulsa as Jim Redbird
- 1948 · 3 Godfathers as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
- 1948 · Maclovia as José María
- 1948 · En la Hacienda de la Flor as
- 1948 · Fort Apache as Sgt. Beaufort
- 1948 · Juan Charrasqueado as
- 1947 · The Fugitive as A Lieutenant of Police
- 1947 · The Pearl as Quino
- 1947 · Albur de amor as
- 1947 · La casa colorada as
- 1946 · Enamorada as Gen. José Juan Reyes
- 1946 · Rayando el sol as
- 1945 · Bugambilia as Ricardo Rojas
- 1945 · El capitán Malacara as
- 1945 · The Abandoned as Juan Gómez
- 1945 · Entre hermanos as Ramón Arellano
- 1944 · The Skulls of Terror Return as
- 1944 · The Skulls of Terror as
- 1944 · El corsario negro as
- 1944 · Maria Candelaria as Lorenzo Rafael
- 1944 · La Guerra de los Pasteles as
- 1943 · Another Dawn as Octavio
- 1943 · Konga Roja as Federico Robles
- 1943 · Tierra De Pasiones as
- 1943 · Wild Flower as José Luis Castro
- 1942 · Soy puro mexicano as
- 1942 · Passion Island as El Toro
- 1942 · Del rancho a la capital as
- 1942 · Allá en el bajio as Juan Hernández
- 1942 · Simón Bolívar as General Briceño Méndez
- 1941 · Ni sangre ni arena as Frank
- 1941 · El Zorro de Jalisco as Leonardo Torres
- 1941 · El secreto del sacerdote as
- 1940 · El jefe máximo as
- 1940 · Mala yerba as Chuy Rodríguez
- 1940 · El charro Negro as Ramón
- 1940 · Pobre diablo as Raúl Solares
- 1940 · Los olvidados de Dios as Zenón Rojas
- 1939 · Con Los Dorados De Villa as
- 1939 · Una luz en mi camino as
- 1939 · La China Hilaria as
- 1938 · Canto a mi tierra as Antonio
- 1938 · Los millones de Chaflán as Antonio
- 1938 · El indio as
- 1937 · La Adelita as
- 1937 · Amapola Del Camino as
- 1937 · Las cuatro milpas as
- 1937 · Mi candidato as
- 1937 · Jalisco nunca pierde as