Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

1912-05-09 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico 120 Credits

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 mo...

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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

1963

as Ali Kerim Bey

7.1
Acting

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa K...

Captain Sindbad

Captain Sindbad

1963

as El Kerim

5.0
Acting

After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is bein...

La Bandida

La Bandida

1963

as Roberto Herrera

4.6
Acting

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are...

El tejedor de milagros

El tejedor de milagros

1962

as Señor Cura

5.7
Acting

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the c...

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero

1962

as Cadmo

5.7
Acting

Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is by...

Los valientes no mueren

Los valientes no mueren

1962

5.5
Acting

Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own so...

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero

1961

as General

8.0
Acting

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the...

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

1961

as The Sultan

7.6
Acting

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his...

La cárcel de Cananea

1960

as Pedro

5.6
Acting

Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.

Violent Summer

Violent Summer

1960

as Francisco Peña

4.1
Acting

During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.

El indulto

El indulto

1960

as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo

4.9
Acting

Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the brutal Lucas to save her honor. But the mother of...

Los desarraigados

Los desarraigados

1960

5.0
Acting

Family in crisis: the American Dream collapses for four members of a Mexican family in Texas, all at the same time.

Dos hijos desobedientes

Dos hijos desobedientes

1960

as Pedro

5.2
Acting

Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.

El impostor

El impostor

1960

5.6
Acting

An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics.

Calibre 44

Calibre 44

1960

as Don Pedro

5.1
Acting

The film tells the story of two twins separated in childhood who reunite when they are older. One of them has grown between outlaws and has become one...

Our Daily Hunger

Our Daily Hunger

1960

as Macario Férnandez

8.0
Acting

Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha

1959

as Coronel Valentín Razo

6.1
Acting

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldi...

The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

1959

as Cipriano Castro

6.1
Acting

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mex...

Yo pecador

Yo pecador

1959

5.8
Acting

Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.

Thirst for Love

Thirst for Love

1959

as Pedro Ortiz

5.0
Acting

Rosaura, a devout religious woman, lives in a fishing village with her sister María who stopped believing in God since her jealous husband was murdere...

Beyond All Limits

Beyond All Limits

1959

as Pepe Gamboa

5.2
Acting

This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are turned...

El zarco

1959

5.3
Acting

Upperclass girl and notorious bandit leader fall in love. She agrees to "let him kidnap her" so they can be together, but she gets disillusioned when ...

The Vivanco Ladies

The Vivanco Ladies

1959

as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera

6.8
Acting

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.

Café Colón

1959

5.0
Acting

Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help finance the revolution and ends up fighting on the fro...

The Little Savage

The Little Savage

1959

as El Tiburón

5.0
Acting

The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, discover a fabulous treasure and fight to the death to...

I'm flying low

I'm flying low

1959

5.7
Acting

Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter

1958

as Pancho Villa

4.9
Acting

The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolution...

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter

1958

as Pancho Villa

5.1
Acting

The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican r...

Yo quiero ser artista

Yo quiero ser artista

1958

as Self

5.6
Acting

The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but witho...

Los salvajes

1958

as Pedro Matías

5.0
Acting

Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.

La mujer que no tuvo infancia

1957

5.5
Acting

Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.

Manuela

Manuela

1957

as Mario Constanza

5.7
Acting

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s ...

The Big Boodle

The Big Boodle

1957

as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)

4.9
Acting

Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba.

Men and Wolves

Men and Wolves

1957

as Giovanni

6.0
Acting

Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter

1957

as Pancho Villa

6.4
Acting

The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories...

The Hidden One

The Hidden One

1956

as Felipe Rojano

4.9
Acting

Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she ca...

Basket of Mexican Tales

Basket of Mexican Tales

1956

as Carlos Cosio

6.8
Acting

Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey,...

The Conqueror

The Conqueror

1956

as Jamuga

3.4
Acting

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Diane

Diane

1956

as King Francis I

5.8
Acting

Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.

The Littlest Outlaw

The Littlest Outlaw

1955

as Gen. Torres

5.5
Acting

Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the gra...

Native Drums

Native Drums

1955

Acting

A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness.

Fortune carrée

Fortune carrée

1955

as Igricheff

5.0
Acting

Igricheff, the Amiris' instructor, refuses to take part in the Cadi's arms deal. Deposed, he flees and joins the Ghafaris, determined to help his form...

Mulata

Mulata

1954

as Martín

4.4
Acting

In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla) grow up together. She is the daughter of a white man w...

Reto a la vida

Reto a la vida

1954

5.5
Acting

Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple ...

Dos mundos y un amor

Dos mundos y un amor

1954

as Ricardo Anaya

8.0
Acting

Cultural differences cause tensions in an international marriage.

Rebellion of the Hanged

Rebellion of the Hanged

1954

as Cándido Castro

6.5
Acting

A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself a...

Border River

Border River

1954

as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

6.2
Acting

A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in thi...

Lucrèce Borgia

Lucrèce Borgia

1953

as César Borgia

4.3
Acting

In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César p...

The Brute

The Brute

1953

as Pedro

7.0
Acting

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be...

The Lovers of Toledo

The Lovers of Toledo

1953

as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera

1.0
Acting

Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the chief of police.

Soledad's Shawl

Soledad's Shawl

1952

as Roque Suazo

6.1
Acting

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body...

Meat in Prison

Meat in Prison

1952

as Pablo González

5.8
Acting

Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts h...

Night Falls

Night Falls

1952

as Marcos Arizmendi

6.5
Acting

Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.

Los tres alegres compadres

Los tres alegres compadres

1952

5.3
Acting

Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.

Ella y Yo

Ella y Yo

1951

as Pedro Muñóz

4.4
Acting

Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate t...

Por querer a una mujer

Por querer a una mujer

1951

5.7
Acting

Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.

Hell Road

Hell Road

1951

as Pedro Uribe

6.3
Acting

When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexp...

Weddings of fire

Weddings of fire

1951

5.0
Acting

Gothic-y love story a la Wuthering Heights.

Tierra baja

Tierra baja

1951

as Manelic

5.5
Acting

A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.

Rosauro Castro

Rosauro Castro

1950

as Rosauro Castro

6.1
Acting

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriv...

Rosauro Castro

Rosauro Castro

1950

Producer

6.1
Producing

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriv...

By the False Door

By the False Door

1950

as Bernardo Celis

6.7
Acting

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtu...

La loca de la casa

La loca de la casa

1950

as José María Cruz

5.7
Acting

Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.

The Torch

The Torch

1950

as José Juan Reyes

4.8
Acting

The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as ...

Pancho Villa vuelve

Pancho Villa vuelve

1950

5.3
Acting

Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war.

El charro y la dama

El charro y la dama

1949

5.0
Acting

Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.

La malquerida

La malquerida

1949

as Esteban

6.9
Acting

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfath...

El abandonado

El abandonado

1949

5.3
Acting

Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.

Late Afternoon

Late Afternoon

1949

as Sebastian del Llano

6.2
Acting

A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.

We Were Strangers

We Were Strangers

1949

as Armando Ariete

5.9
Acting

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with Ameri...

Tulsa

Tulsa

1949

as Jim Redbird

6.1
Acting

It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee pla...

3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers

1948

as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

6.7
Acting

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their ow...

Maclovia

Maclovia

1948

as José María

6.5
Acting

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the pover...

En la Hacienda de la Flor

En la Hacienda de la Flor

1948

5.5
Acting

Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of the man who killed his father.

Fort Apache

Fort Apache

1948

as Sgt. Beaufort

7.0
Acting

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant,...

Juan Charrasqueado

Juan Charrasqueado

1948

6.8
Acting

Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station...

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1947

as A Lieutenant of Police

5.9
Acting

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining pries...

The Pearl

The Pearl

1947

as Quino

7.1
Acting

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bit...

Albur de amor

Albur de amor

1947

4.5
Acting

Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.

La casa colorada

La casa colorada

1947

5.2
Acting

Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home afterwards. Many complications, much melodrama.

Enamorada

Enamorada

1946

as Gen. José Juan Reyes

7.7
Acting

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mis...

Rayando el sol

Rayando el sol

1946

5.5
Acting

Romantic triangle on the hacienda.

Bugambilia

Bugambilia

1945

as Ricardo Rojas

5.6
Acting

In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevente...

El capitán Malacara

El capitán Malacara

1945

6.0
Acting

Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.

The Abandoned

The Abandoned

1945

as Juan Gómez

5.7
Acting

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarrie...

Entre hermanos

Entre hermanos

1945

as Ramón Arellano

5.0
Acting

During the Mexican Revolution, brothers Ramón and Geraldo fall in love with Pilar who is uncertain of which brother she loves. Pilar ends up marrying ...

The Skulls of Terror Return

The Skulls of Terror Return

1944

Acting

A group of friends form a masked gang nicknamed 'The Skulls of Terror' and confront a local political boss. Originally produced as a six-hour collecti...

The Skulls of Terror

The Skulls of Terror

1944

5.5
Acting

Feature-length version of a serial, originally in twelve chapters. Three-hour runtime, later re-edited into two 90 minute features called Las Calavera...

El corsario negro

El corsario negro

1944

5.5
Acting

This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.

Maria Candelaria

Maria Candelaria

1944

as Lorenzo Rafael

7.2
Acting

A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candela...

La Guerra de los Pasteles

La Guerra de los Pasteles

1944

5.5
Acting

Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s

Another Dawn

Another Dawn

1943

as Octavio

6.7
Acting

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corr...

Konga Roja

Konga Roja

1943

as Federico Robles

5.0
Acting

Heroic adventures in the banana industry.

Tierra De Pasiones

Tierra De Pasiones

1943

5.5
Acting

Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.

Wild Flower

Wild Flower

1943

as José Luis Castro

6.4
Acting

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between ...

Soy puro mexicano

Soy puro mexicano

1942

5.3
Acting

Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.

Passion Island

Passion Island

1942

as El Toro

4.0
Acting

1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After ...

Del rancho a la capital

Del rancho a la capital

1942

5.0
Acting

Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.

Allá en el bajio

Allá en el bajio

1942

as Juan Hernández

5.5
Acting

Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

1942

as General Briceño Méndez

5.0
Acting

Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.

Ni sangre ni arena

Ni sangre ni arena

1941

as Frank

7.1
Acting

Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is iden...

El Zorro de Jalisco

El Zorro de Jalisco

1941

as Leonardo Torres

4.5
Acting

Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town after five years away, to visit her father. She is c...

El secreto del sacerdote

El secreto del sacerdote

1941

5.5
Acting

Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.

El jefe máximo

El jefe máximo

1940

5.0
Acting

A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.

Mala yerba

Mala yerba

1940

as Chuy Rodríguez

4.5
Acting

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

El charro Negro

El charro Negro

1940

as Ramón

4.6
Acting

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.

Pobre diablo

Pobre diablo

1940

as Raúl Solares

5.5
Acting

An elderly homeless dude lucks into a situation where a young woman's uncle and her boyfriend ask him to impersonate her long-lost father and give her...

Los olvidados de Dios

Los olvidados de Dios

1940

as Zenón Rojas

5.0
Acting

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

Con Los Dorados De Villa

Con Los Dorados De Villa

1939

5.5
Acting

Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.

Una luz en mi camino

Una luz en mi camino

1939

5.2
Acting

A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappears from his life when her employer puts the moves o...

La China Hilaria

La China Hilaria

1939

5.0
Acting

Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...

Canto a mi tierra

Canto a mi tierra

1938

as Antonio

5.0
Acting

Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.

Los millones de Chaflán

Los millones de Chaflán

1938

as Antonio

6.0
Acting
El indio

El indio

1938

3.5
Acting

Social-justice movie about exploitation of Indians by white people in pre-Revolution Mexico.

La Adelita

La Adelita

1937

5.0
Acting

Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revol...

Amapola Del Camino

Amapola Del Camino

1937

5.0
Acting

Ranchera comedy/melodrama

Las cuatro milpas

Las cuatro milpas

1937

5.0
Acting

Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and ...

Mi candidato

Mi candidato

1937

5.5
Acting

Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.

Jalisco nunca pierde

Jalisco nunca pierde

1937

5.5
Acting

Arranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.