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Pedro ArmendĂĄriz
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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)âŠ
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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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Pedro ArmendĂĄriz's Filmography
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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
La Bandida
as Roberto Herrera
Miracles Weaver
as Señor Cura
My Son, the Hero
as Cadmo
Los valientes no mueren
My Son, the Hero
as General
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
No Poster
La cĂĄrcel de Cananea
as Pedro
Violent Summer
as Francisco Peña
El indulto
as Lucas SĂĄnchez Parrondo
Los desarraigados
Dos hijos desobedientes
as Pedro
El impostor
as Profesor CĂ©sar Rubio
Calibre 44
as Don Pedro
Our Daily Hunger
as Macario FĂ©rnandez
La Cucaracha
as Coronel ValentĂn Razo
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
Yo pecador
Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz
Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
No Poster
El zarco
The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
No Poster
Café Colón
The Little Savage
as El TiburĂłn
I'm flying low
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa
Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
No Poster
Los salvajes
as Pedro MatĂas
No Poster
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Manuela
as Mario Constanza
The Big Boodle
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Men and Wolves
as Giovanni
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa
The Hidden One
as Felipe Rojano
Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carlos Cosio
The Conqueror
as Jamuga
Diane
as King Francis I
The Littlest Outlaw
as Gen. Torres
Native Drums
as Martinez
Fortune carrée
as Igricheff
Mulata
as MartĂn
Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Reto a la vida
as Diego Maldonado
Dos mundos y un amor
as Ricardo Anaya
Rebellion of the Hanged
as CĂĄndido Castro
LucrĂšce Borgia
as CĂ©sar Borgia
The Brute
as Pedro
The Lovers of Toledo
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
Soledad's Shawl
as Roque Suazo
Meat in Prison
as Pablo GonzĂĄlez
Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
Los tres alegres compadres
as Baldomero Mireles
Ella y yo
as Pedro Muñóz
For Loving a Woman
Hell Road
as Pedro Uribe
Weddings of fire
Tierra baja
as Manelic
Rosauro Castro
as Rosauro Castro
By the False Door
as Bernardo Celis
La loca de la casa
as JosĂ© MarĂa Cruz
The Torch
as José Juan Reyes
Pancho Villa vuelve
El charro y la dama
No Poster
The Unloved Woman
as Esteban
El abandonado
Late Afternoon
as Sebastian del Llano
We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Maclovia
as JosĂ© MarĂa
En la Hacienda de la Flor
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
Juan Charrasqueado
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
The Pearl
as Quino
Albur de amor
La casa colorada
Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
Rayando el sol
Bugambilia
as Ricardo Rojas
El capitĂĄn Malacara
The Abandoned
as Juan GĂłmez
Entre hermanos
as RamĂłn Arellano
The Skulls of Terror Return
The Skulls of Terror
El corsario negro
Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Another Dawn
as Octavio
Konga Roja
as Federico Robles
Tierra De Pasiones
Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
I'm a Real Mexican
as Guadalupe Padilla
Passion Island
as El Toro
Del rancho a la capital
AllĂĄ en el bajio
as Juan HernĂĄndez
SimĂłn BolĂvar
as General Briceño Méndez
Neither Blood Nor Sand
as Frank
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Leonardo Torres
El secreto del sacerdote
as CapitĂĄn Luis
El jefe mĂĄximo
Mala yerba
as Chuy RodrĂguez
El charro Negro
as RamĂłn
Pobre diablo
as RaĂșl Solares
Los olvidados de Dios
as ZenĂłn Rojas
Una luz en mi camino
as Daniel
Con Los Dorados De Villa
La China Hilaria
Canto a mi tierra
as Antonio
Los millones de ChaflĂĄn
as Antonio
El indio
La Adelita
Amapola Del Camino
Las cuatro milpas
Mi candidato
