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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-05-09
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Cast
From Russia with Love
1963
7.07
Francis of Assisi
1961
7.60
The Conqueror
1956
3.40
3 Godfathers
1948
6.74
Captain Sindbad
1963
5.00
The Brute
1953
6.90
Maria Candelaria
1944
7.10
Fort Apache
1948
7.00
The Fugitive
1947
5.90
The Big Boodle
1957
4.90
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
4.30
We Were Strangers
1949
5.90
Fortune carrée
1955
5.00
Calibre 44
1960
5.10
La Bandida
1963
4.60
Tulsa
1949
6.11
Wild Flower
1943
6.40
The Abandoned
1945
5.70
Bugambilia
1945
5.60
Border River
1954
6.20
My Son, the Hero
1962
5.69
Enamorada
1946
7.70
Another Dawn
1943
6.70
Maclovia
1948
6.50
The Little Savage
1959
5.00
Men and Wolves
1957
6.00
Diane
1956
5.80
Simón Bolívar
1942
5.00
The Torch
1950
4.80
El tejedor de milagros
1962
5.70
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
1.00
Los salvajes
1958
5.00
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
6.80
Soledad's Shawl
1952
6.10
Weddings of fire
1951
5.00
Entre hermanos
1945
5.00
Allá en el bajio
1942
5.50
Amapola Del Camino
1937
5.00
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
5.50
Canto a mi tierra
1938
5.00
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941
4.50
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
5.50
El charro Negro
1940
4.60
Tierra De Pasiones
1943
5.50
Konga Roja
1943
5.00
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
5.50
La cárcel de Cananea
1960
5.60
La China Hilaria
1939
5.00
El abandonado
1949
5.30
Late Afternoon
1949
6.20
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
8.00
Dos mundos y un amor
1954
8.00
El capitán Malacara
1945
6.00
La malquerida
1949
6.90
Rosauro Castro
1950
6.10
El indio
1938
3.50
Ella y Yo
1951
4.40
El charro y la dama
1949
5.00
Albur de amor
1947
4.50
Hell Road
1951
6.30
Meat in Prison
1952
5.80
By the False Door
1950
6.70
Tierra baja
1951
5.50
Violent Summer
1960
4.10
El impostor
1960
5.60
Mi candidato
1937
5.50
Our Daily Hunger
1960
8.00
La casa colorada
1947
5.20
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944
0.00
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
5.30
Por querer a una mujer
1951
5.70
Los tres alegres compadres
1952
5.30
I'm flying low
1959
5.70
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957
5.50
El zarco
1959
5.30
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
6.80
Café Colón
1959
5.00
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
5.20
Manuela
1957
5.70
Del rancho a la capital
1942
5.00
La loca de la casa
1950
5.70
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937
5.50
Mala yerba
1940
4.50
Los millones de Chaflán
1938
6.00
Los valientes no mueren
1962
5.50
Juan Charrasqueado
1948
6.80
Mulata
1954
4.40
Soy puro mexicano
1942
5.30
The Pearl
1947
7.10
Pobre diablo
1940
5.50
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
7.10
Yo pecador
1959
5.80
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
5.50
The Littlest Outlaw
1955
5.50
La Cucaracha
1959
6.10
My Son, the Hero
1961
8.00
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954
6.50
El indulto
1960
4.90
El jefe máximo
1940
5.00
Los olvidados de Dios
1940
5.00
The Hidden One
1956
4.90
La Adelita
1937
5.00
Los desarraigados
1960
5.00
El corsario negro
1944
5.50
Una luz en mi camino
1939
5.20
Las cuatro milpas
1937
5.00
The Skulls of Terror
1944
5.50
Rayando el sol
1946
5.50
Reto a la vida
1954
5.50
Native Drums
1955
0.00
Passion Island
1942
4.00
Beyond All Limits
1959
5.20
Night Falls
1952
6.50
Thirst for Love
1959
5.00
The Wonderful Country
1959
6.00
Yo quiero ser artista
1958
5.60