Alfonso Bedoya

from Vicam, Sonora, Mexico

Artwork for The Treasure of the Sierra MadreImage of Alfonso Bedoya

Biography

Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films.

Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas.

Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industries in the 1930s to 1940s. During that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films. His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.

Timeline

2003Aged 99

  • Poster for Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

    Gold Hat (archive footage)

1958Aged 54

  • Poster for The Big Country

    Ramón Guiteras

1956Aged 52

  • Poster for La doncella de piedra

    (Unknown)

1955Aged 51

  • Poster for Ten Wanted Men

    Hermando

1954Aged 50

  • Poster for Border River

    Captain Vargas

  • Poster for Ricochet Romance

    Alfredo Gonzáles

  • Poster for The Black Pirates

    Garza

1953Aged 49

  • Poster for Sombrero

    Don Inocente

  • Poster for The Stranger Wore a Gun

    Degas

1952Aged 48

  • Poster for California Conquest

    José Martínez

  • Poster for Por ellas aunque mal paguen

    Don Lupe

1951Aged 47

  • Poster for Stronghold

    Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez

  • Poster for Man in the Saddle

    Cultus Charley

  • Poster for Furia roja

    Ignacio 'El Nacho' López

1950Aged 46

  • Poster for Fortunes of Captain Blood

    Carmilio, Prison Overseer

  • Poster for The Black Rose

    Lu Chung

1949Aged 45

  • Poster for Streets of Laredo

    Charley Calico

  • Poster for The Bewitched House

    Vendedor de palomas

  • Poster for Border Incident

    Cuchillo

1948Aged 44

  • Poster for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    Gold Hat

  • Poster for El último chinaco

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Angel in Exile

    Ysidro Álvarez

  • Poster for Angel on the Amazon

    Paulo

1947Aged 43

  • Poster for El tigre de Jalisco

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Si me han de matar mañana

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Gran Casino

    El Rayado

  • Poster for Albur de amor

    (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)

  • Poster for The Pearl

    (Unknown)

1946Aged 42

  • Poster for It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La hija del payaso

    Venadito

1945Aged 41

  • Poster for Me he de comer esa tuna

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Abandoned

    Gertrudis López, asistente

  • Poster for Club verde

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for El jagüey de las ruinas

    Peón

  • Poster for Sendas del destino

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hasta que perdió Jalisco

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Canaima

    Cholo Parima (Pantoja)

  • Poster for Rosalinda

    (Unknown)

1944Aged 40

  • Poster for Mis hijos!

    Borracho cantina (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Headless Woman

    Preso (uncredited)

  • Poster for Me ha besado un hombre

    Nacho

1943Aged 39

  • Poster for Dulce madre mía

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)

    Bandido (uncredited)

  • Poster for María Eugenia

    Pedro

  • Poster for Wild Flower

    Teniente de Rogelio

  • Poster for El Jorobado

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Doña Bárbara

    Peasant

1942Aged 38

  • Poster for The Epic of the Journey

    Campesino

  • Poster for La virgen morena

    Popoca

  • Poster for La abuelita

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Virgen de medianoche

    Esbirro (sin créditos)

  • Poster for The Three Musketeers

    Gorila en cabaret

  • Poster for I'm a Real Mexican

    Tomás

  • Poster for El baisano Jalil

    Empleado de Jalil

1941Aged 37

  • Poster for El capitán Centellas

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for El Zorro de Jalisco

    Esbirro de Ernesto

  • Poster for Rancho Alegre

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hasta que llovió en Sayula

    El mayate

  • Poster for El rápido de las 9.15

    Tripulación del tren (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Unknown Policeman

    Greñas (uncredited)

1940Aged 36

  • Poster for Los olvidados de Dios

    El Tejón

  • Poster for The Underdogs

    El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)

  • Poster for El charro Negro

    Police Commander

  • Poster for The Hawk

    Pistoler

1939Aged 35

  • Poster for La China Hilaria

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for El Capitan Aventurero

    Mesonero

1938Aged 34

1937Aged 33

  • Poster for Los chicos de la prensa

    (Unknown)

  • The Torment

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Adios Nicanor

    Esbirro del Gavilán

  • Poster for Las cuatro milpas

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Almas rebeldes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La madrina del diablo

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La Adelita

    (Unknown)

1935Aged 31

  • Poster for Todo un hombre

    (Unknown)