Pedro Armendáriz
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.
Acting
Movie
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
1963
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Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
1948
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3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
1948
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The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
1959
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The Brute
as Pedro
1953
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Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
1946
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The Conqueror
as Jamuga
1956
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The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
1947
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The Pearl
as Quino
1947
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Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
1944
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Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
1961
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Ni sangre ni arena
as Frank
1941
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Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
1949
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Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
1963
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Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
1952
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Another Dawn
as Octavio
1943
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We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
1949
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Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
1954
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Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
1943
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This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa
1957
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My Son, the Hero
as General
1961
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La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo
1959
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My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
1962
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The Abandoned
as Juan Gómez
1945
