Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1912-05-09
Day of Death
1963-06-18
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Filmography (119)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
From Russia with Love
1963
Captain Sindbad
1963
La Bandida
1963
Miracles Weaver
1962
My Son, the Hero
1962
Los valientes no mueren
1962
My Son, the Hero
1961
Francis of Assisi
1961La cárcel de Cananea
1960
Violent Summer
1960
El indulto
1960
Los desarraigados
1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
