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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (49)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
2024
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
1963
Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
1963
La Bandida
as Roberto Herrera
1963
Miracles Weaver
as Señor Cura
1962
My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
1962
Los valientes no mueren
1962
My Son, the Hero
as General
1961
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
1961
La cárcel de Cananea
as Pedro
1960
Violent Summer
as Francisco Peña
1960
El indulto
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
1960
Los desarraigados
1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
as Pedro
1960
El impostor
as Profesor César Rubio
1960
Calibre 44
as Don Pedro
1960
Our Daily Hunger
as Macario Férnandez
1960
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo
1959
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
1959
Yo pecador
1959
Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz
1959
Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
1959
El zarco
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
1959
Café Colón
1959
The Little Savage
as El Tiburón
1959
I'm flying low
1959
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa
1958
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa
1958
Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
1958
Los salvajes
as Pedro Matías
1958
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
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
1957
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
1956
The Littlest Outlaw
as Gen. Torres
1955
Native Drums
1955
Fortune carrée
as Igricheff
1955
Mulata
as Martín
1954
Reto a la vida
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)
1954
Lucrèce Borgia
as César Borgia
1953
