From Russia with Love1963
As Ali Kerim Bey
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Pedro Armendáriz
Born
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.
Filmography (119)
3 Godfathers1948
As Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Fort Apache1948
As Sgt. Beaufort
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Wonderful Country1959
As Cipriano Castro
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Fugitive1947
As A Lieutenant of Police
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Café Colón
Café Colón1959
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Captain Sindbad1963
As El Kerim
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Lucrèce Borgia1953
As César Borgia
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Conqueror1956
As Jamuga
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Brute1953
As Pedro
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Manuela1957
As Mario Constanza
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mi candidato1937
TMDb 5.8 / 10
We Were Strangers1949
As Armando Ariete
TMDb 6.3 / 10
El abandonado1949
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tulsa1949
As Jim Redbird
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Another Dawn1943
As Octavio
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Neither Blood Nor Sand1941
As Frank
TMDb 7.5 / 10
My Son, the Hero1962
As Cadmo
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mala yerba1940
As Chuy Rodríguez
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Border River1954
As General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Maria Candelaria1944
As Lorenzo Rafael
TMDb 7.3 / 10
My Son, the Hero1961
As General
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Men and Wolves1957
As Giovanni
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Maclovia1948
As José María
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Juan Charrasqueado1948
As Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Francis of Assisi1961
As The Sultan
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Littlest Outlaw1955
As Gen. Torres
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Diane1956
As King Francis I
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Lovers of Toledo1953
As Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Rebellion of the Hanged1954
As Cándido Castro
TMDb 6.7 / 10
El secreto del sacerdote1941
As Capitán Luis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Miracles Weaver1962
As Señor Cura
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Unloved Woman
The Unloved Woman1949
As Esteban
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dos mundos y un amor1954
As Ricardo Anaya
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Big Boodle1957
As Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Basket of Mexican Tales1956
As Carlos Cosio
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Pearl1947
As Quino
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Reto a la vida1954
As Diego Maldonado
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Late Afternoon1949
As Sebastian del Llano
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Con Los Dorados De Villa1939
TMDb 6.0 / 10
El jefe máximo1940
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Abandoned1945
As Juan Gómez
TMDb 5.5 / 10
I'm a Real Mexican1942
As Guadalupe Padilla
TMDb 5.8 / 10
El Zorro de Jalisco1941
As Leonardo Torres
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Soledad's Shawl1952
As Roque Suazo
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Los valientes no mueren1962
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Wild Flower1943
As José Luis Castro
TMDb 6.6 / 10
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter1958
As Pancho Villa
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Una luz en mi camino1939
As Daniel
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Hidden One1956
As Felipe Rojano
TMDb 5.3 / 10
La China Hilaria1939
TMDb 5.6 / 10
By the False Door1950
As Bernardo Celis
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rosauro Castro1950
As Rosauro Castro
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Calibre 441960
As Don Pedro
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Enamorada1946
As Gen. José Juan Reyes
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Pobre diablo1940
As Raúl Solares
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tierra De Pasiones1943
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Torch1950
As José Juan Reyes
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Night Falls1952
As Marcos Arizmendi
TMDb 6.6 / 10
El indulto1960
As Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Beyond All Limits1959
As Pepe Gamboa
TMDb 4.9 / 10
La Bandida1963
As Roberto Herrera
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Our Daily Hunger1960
As Macario Férnandez
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Jalisco nunca pierde1937
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tierra baja1951
As Manelic
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Violent Summer1960
As Francisco Peña
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Skulls of Terror Return1944
Thirst for Love1959
As Pedro Ortiz
TMDb 6.3 / 10
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter1957
As Pancho Villa
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Los olvidados de Dios1940
As Zenón Rojas
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Los tres alegres compadres1952
As Baldomero Mireles
TMDb 6.2 / 10
La Cucaracha1959
As Coronel Valentín Razo
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Simón Bolívar1942
As General Briceño Méndez
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Canto a mi tierra1938
As Antonio
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fortune carrée1955
As Igricheff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rayando el sol1946
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Passion Island1942
As El Toro
TMDb 4.8 / 10
La cárcel de Cananea
La cárcel de Cananea1960
As Pedro
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Amapola Del Camino1937
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Skulls of Terror1944
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ella y yo1951
As Pedro Muñóz
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Allá en el bajio1942
As Juan Hernández
TMDb 6.4 / 10
La Guerra de los Pasteles1944
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Native Drums1955
As Martinez
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hell Road1951
As Pedro Uribe
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bugambilia1945
As Ricardo Rojas
TMDb 5.8 / 10
La Adelita1937
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Weddings of fire1951
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Los desarraigados1960
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Los salvajes
Los salvajes1958
As Pedro Matías
TMDb 5.6 / 10
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter1958
As Pancho Villa
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Entre hermanos1945
As Ramón Arellano
TMDb 5.7 / 10
En la Hacienda de la Flor1948
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Yo quiero ser artista1958
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Pancho Villa vuelve1950
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Los millones de Chaflán1938
As Antonio
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Meat in Prison1952
As Pablo González
TMDb 6.2 / 10
El charro Negro1940
As Ramón
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Dos hijos desobedientes1960
As Pedro
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mulata1954
As Martín
TMDb 5.0 / 10
El capitán Malacara1945
TMDb 6.8 / 10
El zarco
El zarco1959
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Albur de amor1947
TMDb 5.4 / 10
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
La mujer que no tuvo infancia1957
TMDb 6.0 / 10
El charro y la dama1949
TMDb 5.4 / 10
El impostor1960
As Profesor César Rubio
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Vivanco Ladies1959
As Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Konga Roja1943
As Federico Robles
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Little Savage1959
As El Tiburón
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Del rancho a la capital1942
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Yo pecador1959
TMDb 6.6 / 10
For Loving a Woman1951
TMDb 6.3 / 10
El corsario negro1944
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Las cuatro milpas1937
TMDb 5.8 / 10
La loca de la casa1950
As José María Cruz
TMDb 6.3 / 10
El indio1938
TMDb 4.4 / 10
I'm flying low1959
TMDb 6.8 / 10
La casa colorada1947
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb