Pedro Armendáriz profile
Actor profile

Pedro Armendáriz

9th May 1912 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Acting

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.

119 Movies 1 TV Shows 120 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

El indulto poster
El indulto 16th December 1960 as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Manuela poster
Manuela 18th July 1957 as Mario Constanza
Diane poster
Diane 12th January 1956 as King Francis I
Border River poster
Border River 6th January 1954 as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Tulsa poster
Tulsa 13th April 1949 as Jim Redbird
Maclovia poster
Maclovia 30th September 1948 as José María
Enamorada poster
Enamorada 25th December 1946 as Gen. José Juan Reyes