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Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

Birthday: 1912-05-09 | Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1964
From Russia with Love

as    Ali Kerim Bey

1963
Captain Sindbad

as    El Kerim

1963
La Bandida

as    Roberto Herrera

1959
The Wonderful Country

as    Cipriano Castro

1957
The Big Boodle

as    Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)

1956
The Conqueror

as    Jamuga

1955
The Littlest Outlaw

as    Gen. Torres

1954
Border River

as    General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

1953
The Brute

as    Pedro

1950
The Torch

as    José Juan Reyes

1949
We Were Strangers

as    Armando Ariete

1949
Tulsa

as    Jim Redbird

1949
3 Godfathers

as    Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

1948
Fort Apache

as    Sgt. Beaufort

1947
The Fugitive

as    A Lieutenant of Police

1944
Maria Candelaria

as    Lorenzo Rafael

1941
El Zorro de Jalisco

as    Leonardo Torres