Pedro Armendáriz
Acting
Born 1912-05-09
Died 1963-06-18
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
120 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
48 credits
From Russia with Love
3 Godfathers
Fort Apache
Lucrèce Borgia
The Conqueror
Another Dawn
The Fugitive
Manuela
The Wonderful Country
Border River
Mala yerba
Captain Sindbad
Francis of Assisi
Diane
My Son, the Hero
We Were Strangers
Tulsa
The Brute
Juan Charrasqueado
Maria Candelaria
The Hidden One
Enamorada
La Cucaracha
My Son, the Hero
The Torch
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Night Falls
The Pearl
The Littlest Outlaw
Soledad's Shawl
Thirst for Love
The Big Boodle
The Lovers of Toledo
Men and Wolves
El Zorro de Jalisco
Wild Flower
Miracles Weaver
Ni sangre ni arena
Dos mundos y un amor
The Unloved Woman
I'm a Real Mexican
The Abandoned
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Violent Summer
Passion Island
Konga Roja
Rebellion of the Hanged
Maclovia
Other credits
12 credits
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Café Colón
El jefe máximo
El abandonado
Mi candidato
Con Los Dorados De Villa
El secreto del sacerdote
Yo pecador
El capitán Malacara
La China Hilaria
Weddings of fire
Los valientes no mueren
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