Pedro Armendáriz
Date of birth: 1912-05-09
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Pedro Armendariz, Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, Педро Армендарис, Pedro Armendáriz Hastings
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.
Movie Credits
From Russia with Love
1963-10-10
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret cr
Francis of Assisi
1961-07-12
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army
The Conqueror
1956-03-28
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. T
3 Godfathers
1948-12-31
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safe
Captain Sindbad
1963-04-12
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace
The Brute
1953-02-05
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She
Maria Candelaria
1944-01-20
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his
Fort Apache
1948-05-21
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military hon
The Fugitive
1947-11-11
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary govern
The Big Boodle
1957-03-11
Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba.
Lucrèce Borgia
1953-10-23
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his
We Were Strangers
1949-04-27
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret poli
Fortune carrée
1955-03-16
Igricheff, the Amiris' instructor, refuses to take part in the Cadi's arms deal. Deposed, he flees a
Calibre 44
1960-05-20
The film tells the story of two twins separated in childhood who reunite when they are older. One of
La Bandida
1963-01-01
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to impl
Tulsa
1949-04-13
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in
Wild Flower
1943-04-24
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the fo
The Abandoned
1945-05-18
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her so
Bugambilia
1945-11-02
In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the
Border River
1954-01-06
A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight
My Son, the Hero
1962-05-04
Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength come
Enamorada
1946-12-25
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholul
Another Dawn
1943-11-18
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover
Maclovia
1948-09-30
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disda
The Little Savage
1959-03-01
The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, disc
Men and Wolves
1957-02-08
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful
Diane
1956-01-12
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress i
Simón Bolívar
1942-01-01
Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
The Torch
1950-06-02
The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wea
El tejedor de milagros
1962-12-27
Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her
The Lovers of Toledo
1953-01-28
Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the
Los salvajes
1958-03-04
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrog
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956-05-17
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them run
Soledad's Shawl
1952-11-13
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts a
Weddings of fire
1951-04-24
When the doctor's city girlfriend falls ill, a handsome rancher takes her to his ranch to get better
Entre hermanos
1945-05-18
During the Mexican Revolution, brothers Ramón and Geraldo fall in love with Pilar who is uncertain o
Allá en el bajio
1942-02-05
Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.
Amapola Del Camino
1937-09-17
A young woman is forced to marry an old pharmacist, but she is in love with a young man who is leavi
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939-02-11
Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.
Canto a mi tierra
1938-11-11
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941-02-07
Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town af
El secreto del sacerdote
1941-01-22
Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.
El charro Negro
1940-07-18
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
Tierra De Pasiones
1943-05-20
Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.
Konga Roja
1943-10-01
A new supervisor arrives at a banana plantation to find out the truth behind a series of strange eve
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944-01-03
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
La cárcel de Cananea
1960-12-29
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
La China Hilaria
1939-01-01
Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local
El abandonado
1949-09-15
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round d
Late Afternoon
1949-08-05
A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but th
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024-06-28
The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible
Dos mundos y un amor
1954-02-04
Cultural differences cause tensions in an international marriage.
El capitán Malacara
1945-06-15
Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he lea
La malquerida
1949-09-16
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsess
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957-01-01
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator o
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958-07-14
The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several storie
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958-12-01
The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about t
Rosauro Castro
1950-12-22
Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Gar
El indio
1938-05-05
Social-justice movie about exploitation of Indians by white people in pre-Revolution Mexico.
Ella y Yo
1951-10-02
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see h
El charro y la dama
1949-10-28
Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.
Albur de amor
1947-08-29
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
Hell Road
1951-06-29
When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild
Meat in Prison
1952-07-02
Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will f
By the False Door
1950-11-16
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family alt
Tierra baja
1951-02-08
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the
Violent Summer
1960-12-21
During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to invest
El impostor
1960-07-28
An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics.
Mi candidato
1937-07-06
Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
Our Daily Hunger
1960-04-25
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience
La casa colorada
1947-08-22
Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home after
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944-09-17
A group of friends form a masked gang nicknamed 'The Skulls of Terror' and confront a local politica
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950-01-20
Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in th
Por querer a una mujer
1951-09-14
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
Los tres alegres compadres
1952-04-11
Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.
I'm flying low
1959-01-22
Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957-07-25
Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist w
El zarco
1959-05-14
Upperclass girl and notorious bandit leader fall in love. She agrees to "let him kidnap her" so they
The Vivanco Ladies
1959-04-09
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
Café Colón
1959-03-05
Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help fina
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960-10-27
Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticat
Manuela
1957-07-18
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship
Del rancho a la capital
1942-05-29
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
La loca de la casa
1950-10-06
Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937-01-09
Arranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.
Mala yerba
1940-09-11
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
Los millones de Chaflán
1938-08-29
Los valientes no mueren
1962-01-31
Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes...
Juan Charrasqueado
1948-02-05
Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to
Mulata
1954-07-16
In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla) grow
Soy puro mexicano
1942-11-13
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacien
The Pearl
1947-09-12
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor ref
Pobre diablo
1940-04-24
An elderly homeless dude lucks into a situation where a young woman's uncle and her boyfriend ask hi
Ni sangre ni arena
1941-05-22
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's
Yo pecador
1959-09-20
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948-08-26
Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of
The Littlest Outlaw
1955-12-22
Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for trai
La Cucaracha
1959-11-12
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom figh
My Son, the Hero
1961-10-05
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reyn
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954-01-20
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the
El indulto
1960-12-16
Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the
El jefe máximo
1940-10-01
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
Los olvidados de Dios
1940-01-14
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
The Hidden One
1956-06-09
Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is
La Adelita
1937-11-07
Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her an
Los desarraigados
1960-11-20
Family in crisis: the American Dream collapses for four members of a Mexican family in Texas, all at
El corsario negro
1944-08-24
This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaib
Una luz en mi camino
1939-02-01
A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappear
Las cuatro milpas
1937-08-24
Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and
The Skulls of Terror
1944-09-17
Feature-length version of a serial, originally in twelve chapters. Three-hour runtime, later re-edit
Rayando el sol
1946-07-18
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
Reto a la vida
1954-04-16
Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questi
Native Drums
1955-09-09
A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness
Passion Island
1942-08-06
1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called
Beyond All Limits
1959-07-08
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives w
Night Falls
1952-04-24
Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the ob
Thirst for Love
1959-08-29
Rosaura, a devout religious woman, lives in a fishing village with her sister María who stopped beli
The Wonderful Country
1959-10-21
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady t
Yo quiero ser artista
1958-05-15
The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director