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