Alfonso Bedoya
Biography
Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas. Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industries in the 1930s to 1940s. During that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films. His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.
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Movies (50)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Gold Hat (archive footage)
2003
The Big Country
as Ramón Guiteras
1958
La doncella de piedra
1956
Ten Wanted Men
as Hermando
1955
The Black Pirates
as Garza
1954
Ricochet Romance
as Alfredo Gonzáles
1954
Border River
as Captain Vargas
1954
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Degas
1953
Sombrero
as Don Inocente
1953
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
as Don Lupe
1952
California Conquest
as José Martínez
1952
Furia roja
as Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
1951
Man in the Saddle
as Cultus Charley
1951
Stronghold
as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
1951
The Black Rose
as Lu Chung
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
1950
Border Incident
as Cuchillo
1949
The Bewitched House
1949
Streets of Laredo
as Charley Calico
1949
Angel on the Amazon
as Paulo
1948
Angel in Exile
as Ysidro Álvarez
1948
El último chinaco
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Gold Hat
1948
The Pearl
1947
Albur de amor
as (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
1947
Gran Casino
as El Rayado
1947
Si me han de matar mañana
1947
El tigre de Jalisco
1947
La hija del payaso
1946
Rosalinda
1945
Canaima
as Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
1945
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
1945
The Abandoned
as Gertrudis López, asistente
1945
Me he de comer esa tuna
1945
Me ha besado un hombre
1944
The Headless Woman
1944
Mis hijos!
as Borracho cantina (uncredited)
1944
Doña Bárbara
as Peasant
1943
Wild Flower
as Teniente de Rogelio
1943
Soy puro mexicano
1942
The Three Musketeers
as Gorila en cabaret
1942
La abuelita
1942
The Unknown Policeman
as Greñas (uncredited)
1941
Rancho Alegre
1941
The Hawk
as Pistoler
1940
El charro Negro
as Police Commander
1940
The Underdogs
as El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
1940
Los olvidados de Dios
as El Tejón
1940
La China Hilaria
1939
Mientras México duerme
1938