Birth Day: 1912-05-09
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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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As Roberto Herrera -
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As Cadmo -
As Señor Cura -
As The Sultan -
As General -
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As Pedro
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As Pedro -
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As Francisco Peña -
As Profesor César Rubio -
As Cipriano Castro -
As El Tiburón -
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As Pedro Ortiz -
As Gen. Inocencio Torrentera -
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As Pepe Gamboa -
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As Coronel Valentín Razo -
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As Pedro Matías
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As Pancho Villa -
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As Self -
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As Giovanni -
As Mario Constanza -
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As Pancho Villa -
As Carlos Cosio -
As Felipe Rojano -
As King Francis I -
As Jamuga -
As Martinez -
As Gen. Torres -
As Igricheff -
As Diego Maldonado -
As Cándido Castro -
As General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz) -
As Ricardo Anaya -
As Martín -
As Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera -
As César Borgia -
As Pedro -
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As Marcos Arizmendi -
As Roque Suazo -
As Pablo González -
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As Pedro Uribe -
As Manelic -
As Pedro Muñóz -
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As José María Cruz -
As Rosauro Castro -
As Bernardo Celis -
As José Juan Reyes -
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As Jim Redbird -
As Sebastian del Llano -
As Armando Ariete -
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As Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte -
As A Lieutenant of Police -
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As Quino -
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As Gen. José Juan Reyes -
As Ramón Arellano -
As Ricardo Rojas -
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As Juan Gómez -
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As Lorenzo Rafael -
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As Octavio -
As José Luis Castro -
As Juan Hernández -
As Guadalupe Padilla -
As El Toro -
As General Briceño Méndez -
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As Leonardo Torres -
As Frank -
As Zenón Rojas -
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As Chuy Rodríguez -
As Ramón -
As Raúl Solares -
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As Antonio -
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