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.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
From Russia with Love
1963
Fort Apache
1948
The Brute
1953
3 Godfathers
1948
The Conqueror
1956
Tulsa
1949
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
The Wonderful Country
1959
Diane
1956
The Fugitive
1947
We Were Strangers
1949
Captain Sindbad
1963
El indulto
1960
Manuela
1957
Francis of Assisi
1961
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
The Unloved Woman
1949
The Torch
1950
Violent Summer
1960
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954
My Son, the Hero
1962
Border River
1954
Enamorada
1946
Maria Candelaria
1944
The Hidden One
1956
Another Dawn
1943
The Littlest Outlaw
1955
Wild Flower
1943
Night Falls
1952
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
The Pearl
1947
La Cucaracha
1959
Bugambilia
1945
La Bandida
1963
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958
Tierra baja
1951
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
I'm a Real Mexican
1942
My Son, the Hero
1961
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
Juan Charrasqueado
1948
Men and Wolves
1957
Los salvajes
1958
Ella y Yo
1951
Mulata
1954
Yo pecador
1959
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Maclovia
1948
By the False Door
1950
Soledad's Shawl
1952
El capitán Malacara
1945
The Abandoned
1945
Allá en el bajio
1942
Thirst for Love
1959
Rayando el sol
1946
Our Daily Hunger
1960
Konga Roja
1943
Los valientes no mueren
1962
The Big Boodle
1957
Meat in Prison
1952
La loca de la casa
1950
Fortune carrée
1955
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
Amapola Del Camino
1937
Passion Island
1942
Pobre diablo
1940
Una luz en mi camino
1939
Beyond All Limits
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
Albur de amor
1947
The Little Savage
1959
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Mi candidato
1937
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957
The Skulls of Terror
1944
Hell Road
1951
Calibre 44
1960
Late Afternoon
1949
Entre hermanos
1945
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958
El impostor
1960
Rosauro Castro
1950
Los olvidados de Dios
1940
El abandonado
1949
Dos mundos y un amor
1954
Los millones de Chaflán
1938
Yo quiero ser artista
1958
El zarco
1959
Del rancho a la capital
1942
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941
El charro y la dama
1949
El corsario negro
1944
Los tres alegres compadres
1952
For Loving a Woman
1951
Reto a la vida
1954
Los desarraigados
1960
La cárcel de Cananea
1960
Mala yerba
1940
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
Las cuatro milpas
1937
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957
Miracles Weaver
1962
Weddings of fire
1951
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
Simón Bolívar
1942
Café Colón
1959
La Adelita
1937
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
El jefe máximo
1940
El charro Negro
1940
La China Hilaria
1939
I'm flying low
1959
Canto a mi tierra
1938
La casa colorada
1947
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
El indio
1938
Native Drums
1955