Pedro Armendáriz

from Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Artwork for From Russia with LoveImage of 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.

Timeline

2024Aged 112

  • Poster for The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    Self (archive footage)

1963Aged 51

  • Poster for La Bandida

    Roberto Herrera

  • Poster for Captain Sindbad

    El Kerim

  • Poster for From Russia with Love

    Ali Kerim Bey

1962Aged 50

  • Poster for Los valientes no mueren

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for My Son, the Hero

    Cadmo

  • Poster for Miracles Weaver

    Señor Cura

1961Aged 49

  • Poster for Francis of Assisi

    The Sultan

  • Poster for My Son, the Hero

    General

1960Aged 48

  • Poster for Our Daily Hunger

    Macario Férnandez

  • Poster for Calibre 44

    Don Pedro

  • Poster for El impostor

    Profesor César Rubio

  • Poster for Dos hijos desobedientes

    Pedro

  • Poster for Los desarraigados

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for El indulto

    Lucas Sánchez Parrondo

  • Poster for Violent Summer

    Francisco Peña

  • La cárcel de Cananea

    Pedro

1959Aged 47

  • Poster for I'm flying low

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Little Savage

    El Tiburón

  • Café Colón

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Vivanco Ladies

    Gen. Inocencio Torrentera

  • El zarco

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Beyond All Limits

    Pepe Gamboa

  • Poster for Thirst for Love

    Pedro Ortiz

  • Poster for Yo pecador

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Wonderful Country

    Cipriano Castro

  • Poster for La Cucaracha

    Coronel Valentín Razo

1958Aged 46

1957Aged 45

1956Aged 44

  • Poster for Diane

    King Francis I

  • Poster for The Conqueror

    Jamuga

  • Poster for Basket of Mexican Tales

    Carlos Cosio

  • Poster for The Hidden One

    Felipe Rojano

1955Aged 43

  • Poster for Fortune carrée

    Igricheff

  • Poster for Native Drums

    Martinez

  • Poster for The Littlest Outlaw

    Gen. Torres

1954Aged 42

  • Poster for Rebellion of the Hanged

    Cándido Castro

  • Poster for Dos mundos y un amor

    Ricardo Anaya

  • Poster for Reto a la vida

    Diego Maldonado

  • Poster for Border River

    General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

  • Poster for Mulata

    Martín

1953Aged 41

  • Poster for The Lovers of Toledo

    Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera

  • Poster for The Brute

    Pedro

  • Poster for Lucrèce Borgia

    César Borgia

1952Aged 40

  • Poster for Los tres alegres compadres

    Baldomero Mireles

  • Poster for Night Falls

    Marcos Arizmendi

  • Poster for Meat in Prison

    Pablo González

  • Poster for Soledad's Shawl

    Roque Suazo

1951Aged 39

  • Poster for Tierra baja

    Manelic

  • Poster for Weddings of fire

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hell Road

    Pedro Uribe

  • Poster for For Loving a Woman

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ella y yo

    Pedro Muñóz

1950Aged 38

  • Poster for Pancho Villa vuelve

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Torch

    José Juan Reyes

  • Poster for La loca de la casa

    José María Cruz

  • Poster for By the False Door

    Bernardo Celis

  • Poster for Rosauro Castro

    Rosauro Castro

1949Aged 37

  • Poster for Tulsa

    Jim Redbird

  • Poster for We Were Strangers

    Armando Ariete

  • Poster for Late Afternoon

    Sebastian del Llano

  • Poster for El abandonado

    (Unknown)

  • The Unloved Woman

    Esteban

  • Poster for El charro y la dama

    (Unknown)

1948Aged 36

  • Poster for Juan Charrasqueado

    Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)

  • Poster for Fort Apache

    Sgt. Beaufort

  • Poster for En la Hacienda de la Flor

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Maclovia

    José María

  • Poster for 3 Godfathers

    Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

1947Aged 35

  • Poster for La casa colorada

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Albur de amor

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Pearl

    Quino

  • Poster for The Fugitive

    A Lieutenant of Police

1946Aged 34

  • Poster for Rayando el sol

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Enamorada

    Gen. José Juan Reyes

1945Aged 33

  • Poster for Entre hermanos

    Ramón Arellano

  • Poster for The Abandoned

    Juan Gómez

  • Poster for El capitán Malacara

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bugambilia

    Ricardo Rojas

1944Aged 32

  • Poster for Alma de bronce

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La Guerra de los Pasteles

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Maria Candelaria

    Lorenzo Rafael

  • Poster for El corsario negro

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Skulls of Terror Return

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Skulls of Terror

    (Unknown)

1943Aged 31

  • Poster for Wild Flower

    José Luis Castro

  • Poster for Tierra De Pasiones

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Konga Roja

    Federico Robles

  • Poster for Another Dawn

    Octavio

1942Aged 30

  • Poster for Simón Bolívar

    General Briceño Méndez

  • Poster for The Epic of the Journey

    Raúl García

  • Poster for Allá en el bajio

    Juan Hernández

  • Poster for Del rancho a la capital

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Passion Island

    El Toro

  • Poster for I'm a Real Mexican

    Guadalupe Padilla

1941Aged 29

  • Poster for El secreto del sacerdote

    Capitán Luis

  • Poster for El Zorro de Jalisco

    Leonardo Torres

  • Poster for Neither Blood Nor Sand

    Frank

1940Aged 28

  • Poster for Los olvidados de Dios

    Zenón Rojas

  • Poster for Pobre diablo

    Raúl Solares

  • Poster for El charro Negro

    Ramón

  • Poster for Mala yerba

    Chuy Rodríguez

  • Poster for El jefe máximo

    (Unknown)

1939Aged 27

  • Poster for La reina del río

    Pescador joven

  • Poster for La China Hilaria

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Con Los Dorados De Villa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Una luz en mi camino

    Daniel

1938Aged 26

  • Poster for El indio

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Los millones de Chaflán

    Antonio

  • Poster for Canto a mi tierra

    Antonio

1937Aged 25

  • Poster for Jalisco nunca pierde

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Mi candidato

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Las cuatro milpas

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Amapola Del Camino

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La Adelita

    (Unknown)

1935Aged 23

  • Poster for Rosario

    Enrique