Pedro Armendáriz

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-05-09

Deathday 1963-06-18 (51 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Also Known As Pedro Armendariz, Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, Педро Армендарис, Pedro Armendáriz Hastings

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

as Self (archive footage)

1963
From Russia with Love

as Ali Kerim Bey

1963
Captain Sindbad

as El Kerim

1963
La Bandida

as Roberto Herrera

1962
El tejedor de milagros

as Señor Cura

1962
1961
My Son, the Hero

as General

1961
Francis of Assisi

as The Sultan

1960
Violent Summer

as Francisco Peña

1960
El indulto

as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo

1960
Calibre 44

as Don Pedro

1960
Our Daily Hunger

as Macario Férnandez

1959
La Cucaracha

as Coronel Valentín Razo

1959
The Wonderful Country

as Cipriano Castro

1959
Thirst for Love

as Pedro Ortiz

1959
Beyond All Limits

as Pepe Gamboa

1959
The Vivanco Ladies

as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera

1959
The Little Savage

as El Tiburón

1958
Los salvajes

as Pedro Matías

1957
Manuela

as Mario Constanza

1957
The Big Boodle

as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)

1957
Men and Wolves

as Giovanni

1956
The Hidden One

as Felipe Rojano

1956
Basket of Mexican Tales

as Carlos Cosio

1956
The Conqueror

as Jamuga

1956
Diane

as King Francis I

1955
The Littlest Outlaw

as Gen. Torres

1955
Fortune carrée

as Igricheff

1954
Mulata

as Martín

1954
Dos mundos y un amor

as Ricardo Anaya

1954
Rebellion of the Hanged

as Cándido Castro

1954
Border River

as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

1953
Lucrèce Borgia

as César Borgia

1953
The Brute

as Pedro

1953
The Lovers of Toledo

as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera

1952
Soledad's Shawl

as Roque Suazo

1952
Meat in Prison

as Pablo González

1952
Night Falls

as Marcos Arizmendi

1951
Ella y Yo

as Pedro Muñóz

1951
Hell Road

as Pedro Uribe

1951
Tierra baja

as Manelic

1950
Rosauro Castro

as Rosauro Castro

1950
By the False Door

as Bernardo Celis

1950
La loca de la casa

as José María Cruz

1950
The Torch

as José Juan Reyes

1949
La malquerida

as Esteban

1949
Late Afternoon

as Sebastian del Llano

1949
We Were Strangers

as Armando Ariete

1949
Tulsa

as Jim Redbird

1948
3 Godfathers

as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

1948
Maclovia

as José María

1948
Fort Apache

as Sgt. Beaufort

1947
The Fugitive

as A Lieutenant of Police

1947
The Pearl

as Quino

1946
Enamorada

as Gen. José Juan Reyes

1945
Bugambilia

as Ricardo Rojas

1945
The Abandoned

as Juan Gómez

1945
Entre hermanos

as Ramón Arellano

1944
Maria Candelaria

as Lorenzo Rafael

1943
Another Dawn

as Octavio

1943
Konga Roja

as Federico Robles

1943
Wild Flower

as José Luis Castro

1942
Passion Island

as El Toro

1942
Allá en el bajio

as Juan Hernández

1942
Simón Bolívar

as General Briceño Méndez

1941
1941
El Zorro de Jalisco

as Leonardo Torres

1940
Mala yerba

as Chuy Rodríguez

1940
El charro Negro

as Ramón

1940
Pobre diablo

as Raúl Solares

1940
Los olvidados de Dios

as Zenón Rojas

1938

Producer

1950
Rosauro Castro

as Producer