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From Russia with Love

as Ali Kerim Bey

1964
Captain Sindbad

as El Kerim

1963
La Bandida

as Roberto Herrera

1963
The Wonderful Country

as Cipriano Castro

1959
The Big Boodle

as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)

1957
The Conqueror

as Jamuga

1956
The Littlest Outlaw

as Gen. Torres

1955
Border River

as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

1954
The Brute

as Pedro

1953
The Torch

as José Juan Reyes

1950
We Were Strangers

as Armando Ariete

1949
Tulsa

as Jim Redbird

1949
3 Godfathers

as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

1949
Fort Apache

as Sgt. Beaufort

1948
The Fugitive

as A Lieutenant of Police

1947
Maria Candelaria

as Lorenzo Rafael

1944
El Zorro de Jalisco

as Leonardo Torres

1941
Pedro Armendáriz Pedro Armendáriz

Birthday

1912-05-09

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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.
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