
Pedro Armendáriz
Department: Acting
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

From Russia with Love
1963

Francis of Assisi
1961

The Conqueror
1956

3 Godfathers
1948

Captain Sindbad
1963

The Brute
1953

Maria Candelaria
1944

Fort Apache
1948

The Fugitive
1947

The Big Boodle
1957

Lucrèce Borgia
1953

We Were Strangers
1949

Fortune carrée
1955

Calibre 44
1960

La Bandida
1963

Tulsa
1949

Wild Flower
1943

The Abandoned
1945

Bugambilia
1945

Border River
1954

My Son, the Hero
1962

Enamorada
1946

Another Dawn
1943

Maclovia
1948

The Little Savage
1959

Men and Wolves
1957

Diane
1956

Simón Bolívar
1942

The Torch
1950

Miracles Weaver
1962

The Lovers of Toledo
1953

Los salvajes
1958

Basket of Mexican Tales
1956

Soledad's Shawl
1952

Weddings of fire
1951

Entre hermanos
1945

Allá en el bajio
1942

Amapola Del Camino
1937

Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939

Canto a mi tierra
1938

El Zorro de Jalisco
1941

El charro Negro
1940

El secreto del sacerdote
1941

Tierra De Pasiones
1943

Konga Roja
1943

La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944

La cárcel de Cananea
1960

La China Hilaria
1939

Late Afternoon
1949

El abandonado
1949

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024

Dos mundos y un amor
1954

El capitán Malacara
1945

The Unloved Woman
1949

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958

El indio
1938

Rosauro Castro
1950

Ella y Yo
1951

Albur de amor
1947

El charro y la dama
1949

Hell Road
1951

Meat in Prison
1952

Tierra baja
1951

By the False Door
1950

Violent Summer
1960

El impostor
1960

Mi candidato
1937

Our Daily Hunger
1960

La casa colorada
1947

The Skulls of Terror Return
1944

Pancho Villa vuelve
1950

Por querer a una mujer
1951

Los tres alegres compadres
1952

I'm flying low
1959

La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957

The Vivanco Ladies
1959

El zarco
1959

Café Colón
1959

Dos hijos desobedientes
1960

Manuela
1957

La loca de la casa
1950

Del rancho a la capital
1942

Jalisco nunca pierde
1937

Mala yerba
1940

Los millones de Chaflán
1938

Los valientes no mueren
1962

Juan Charrasqueado
1948

Mulata
1954

I'm a Real Mexican
1942

The Pearl
1947

Pobre diablo
1940

Ni sangre ni arena
1941

Yo pecador
1959

En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948

The Littlest Outlaw
1955

La Cucaracha
1959

My Son, the Hero
1961

Rebellion of the Hanged
1954

El indulto
1960

Los olvidados de Dios
1940

El jefe máximo
1940

The Hidden One
1956

La Adelita
1937

Los desarraigados
1960

El corsario negro
1944

Una luz en mi camino
1939

Las cuatro milpas
1937

The Skulls of Terror
1944

Rayando el sol
1946

Reto a la vida
1954

Native Drums
1955

Passion Island
1942

Beyond All Limits
1959

Night Falls
1952

Thirst for Love
1959

The Wonderful Country
1959

Yo quiero ser artista
1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958