Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro Armendáriz
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Terence Young
Writers: Richard Maibaum,
Cast: Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Eunice Gayson, Francis de Wolff, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Sean Connery, Walter Gotell,
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writers: Luis Alcoriza,
Cast: Andrés Soler, Beatriz Ramos, Gloria Mestre, José Muñoz, Katy Jurado, Paco Martínez, Paz Villegas, Pedro Armendáriz, Roberto Meyer, Rosita Arenas,
Director: John Ford
Writers: Robert Nathan,
Cast: Ben Johnson, Dorothy Ford, Guy Kibbee, Harry Carey, Jr., Jane Darwell, John Wayne, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond,
Director: John Ford
Writers: Frank S. Nugent,
Cast: Anna Lee, Dick Foran, George O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Irene Rich, John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond,