Pedro Armendáriz
Born May 09, 1912 (Age: 113)
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Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
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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Filmography
From Russia with Love
1963
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as Ali Kerim Bey
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Age: 51
Captain Sindbad
1963
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as El Kerim
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Age: 50
La Bandida
1963
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as Roberto Herrera
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Age: 50
Miracles Weaver
1962
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as Señor Cura
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Age: 50
My Son, the Hero
1962
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as Cadmo
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Age: 49
Los valientes no mueren
1962
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as
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Age: 49
My Son, the Hero
1961
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as General
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Age: 49
Francis of Assisi
1961
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as The Sultan
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Age: 49
No Image
La cárcel de Cananea
1960
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as Pedro
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Age: 48
Violent Summer
1960
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as Francisco Peña
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Age: 48
El indulto
1960
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as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
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Age: 48
Los desarraigados
1960
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as
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Age: 48
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
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as Pedro
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Age: 48
El impostor
1960
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as Profesor César Rubio
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Age: 48
Calibre 44
1960
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as Don Pedro
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Age: 48
Our Daily Hunger
1960
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as Macario Férnandez
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Age: 47
La Cucaracha
1959
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as Coronel Valentín Razo
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Age: 47
The Wonderful Country
1959
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as Cipriano Castro
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Age: 47
Yo pecador
1959
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as
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Age: 47
Thirst for Love
1959
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as Pedro Ortiz
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Age: 47
Beyond All Limits
1959
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as Pepe Gamboa
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Age: 47
No Image
El zarco
1959
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as
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Age: 47
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
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as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
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Age: 46
No Image
Café Colón
1959
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as
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Age: 46
The Little Savage
1959
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as El Tiburón
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Age: 46
I'm flying low
1959
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as
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Age: 46
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958
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as Pancho Villa
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Age: 46
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958
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as Pancho Villa
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Age: 46
Yo quiero ser artista
1958
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as Self
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Age: 46
No Image
Los salvajes
1958
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as Pedro Matías
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Age: 45
The Hidden One
1956
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as Felipe Rojano
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Age: 44
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
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as Carlos Cosio
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Age: 44
The Conqueror
1956
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as Jamuga
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Age: 43
Diane
1956
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as King Francis I
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Age: 43
The Littlest Outlaw
1955
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as Gen. Torres
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Age: 43
Native Drums
1955
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as Martinez
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Age: 43
Fortune carrée
1955
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as Igricheff
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Age: 42
Mulata
1954
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as Martín
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Age: 42
Reto a la vida
1954
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as Diego Maldonado
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Age: 41
Dos mundos y un amor
1954
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as Ricardo Anaya
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Age: 41
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954
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as Cándido Castro
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Age: 41
Border River
1954
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as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
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Age: 41
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
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as César Borgia
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Age: 41
The Brute
1953
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as Pedro
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Age: 40
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
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as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
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Age: 40
Rosauro Castro
1950
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as Rosauro Castro
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Age: 38
By the False Door
1950
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as Bernardo Celis
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Age: 38
La loca de la casa
1950
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as José María Cruz
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Age: 38
The Torch
1950
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as José Juan Reyes
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Age: 38
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
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as
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Age: 37
Bugambilia
1945
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as Ricardo Rojas
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Age: 33
El capitán Malacara
1945
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as
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Age: 33
The Abandoned
1945
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as Juan Gómez
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Age: 33
Entre hermanos
1945
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as Ramón Arellano
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Age: 33
Soy puro mexicano
1942
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as Guadalupe Padilla
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Age: 30
Passion Island
1942
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as El Toro
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Age: 30
Del rancho a la capital
1942
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Age: 30
Allá en el bajio
1942
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as Juan Hernández
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Age: 29
Simón Bolívar
1942
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as General Briceño Méndez
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Age: 29
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
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as Frank
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Age: 29
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941
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as Leonardo Torres
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Age: 28
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
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as
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Age: 28