Pedro Armendáriz
ActingAlso Known As
Pedro Armendariz, Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, Педро Армендарис, Pedro Armendáriz Hastings
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.
Movies
(119 total)
From Russia with Love
as Ali Kerim Bey
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort
3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro
The Brute
as Pedro
Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
The Conqueror
as Jamuga
The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police
The Pearl
as Quino
Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael
Francis of Assisi
as The Sultan
Ni sangre ni arena
as Frank
Tulsa
as Jim Redbird
Captain Sindbad
as El Kerim
Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi
Another Dawn
as Octavio
We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete
Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro
My Son, the Hero
as General
