Acting · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico · Born May 9, 1912
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.
MovieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrom Russia with Love
1963
as Ali Kerim Bey
MovieCaptain Sindbad
1963
as El Kerim
MovieLa Bandida
1963
as Roberto Herrera
MovieMiracles Weaver
1962
as Señor Cura
MovieMy Son, the Hero
1962
as Cadmo
MovieLos valientes no mueren
1962
MovieMy Son, the Hero
1961
as General
MovieFrancis of Assisi
1961
as The Sultan
La cárcel de Cananea
1960
as Pedro
MovieViolent Summer
1960
as Francisco Peña
MovieEl indulto
1960
as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
MovieLos desarraigados
1960
MovieDos hijos desobedientes
1960
as Pedro
MovieEl impostor
1960
as Profesor César Rubio
MovieCalibre 44
1960
as Don Pedro
MovieOur Daily Hunger
1960
as Macario Férnandez
MovieLa Cucaracha
1959
as Coronel Valentín Razo
MovieThe Wonderful Country
1959
as Cipriano Castro
MovieYo pecador
1959
MovieThirst for Love
1959
as Pedro Ortiz
MovieBeyond All Limits
1959
as Pepe Gamboa
El zarco
1959
MovieThe Vivanco Ladies
1959
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Café Colón
1959
MovieThe Little Savage
1959
as El Tiburón
MovieI'm flying low
1959
MovieThis Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958
as Pancho Villa
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieThis Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958
as Pancho Villa
MovieYo quiero ser artista
1958
as Self
Los salvajes
1958
as Pedro Matías
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957
MovieManuela
1957
as Mario Constanza
MovieThe Big Boodle
1957
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
MovieMen and Wolves
1957
as Giovanni
MovieThis Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957
as Pancho Villa
MovieThe Hidden One
1956
as Felipe Rojano
MovieBasket of Mexican Tales
1956
as Carlos Cosio
MovieThe Conqueror
1956
as Jamuga
MovieDiane
1956
as King Francis I
MovieThe Littlest Outlaw
1955
as Gen. Torres
MovieNative Drums
1955
as Martinez
MovieFortune carrée
1955
as Igricheff
MovieMulata
1954
as Martín
MovieBorder River
1954
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
MovieReto a la vida
1954
as Diego Maldonado
MovieDos mundos y un amor
1954
as Ricardo Anaya
MovieRebellion of the Hanged
1954
as Cándido Castro
MovieLucrèce Borgia
1953
as César Borgia
MovieThe Brute
1953
as Pedro
MovieThe Lovers of Toledo
1953
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera
MovieSoledad's Shawl
1952
as Roque Suazo
MovieMeat in Prison
1952
as Pablo González
MovieNight Falls
1952
as Marcos Arizmendi
MovieLos tres alegres compadres
1952
as Baldomero Mireles
MovieElla y yo
1951
as Pedro Muñóz
MovieFor Loving a Woman
1951
MovieHell Road
1951
as Pedro Uribe
MovieWeddings of fire
1951
MovieTierra baja
1951
as Manelic
MovieRosauro Castro
1950
as Rosauro Castro
MovieBy the False Door
1950
as Bernardo Celis
MovieLa loca de la casa
1950
as José María Cruz
MovieThe Torch
1950
as José Juan Reyes
MoviePancho Villa vuelve
1950
MovieEl charro y la dama
1949
The Unloved Woman
1949
as Esteban
MovieEl abandonado
1949
MovieLate Afternoon
1949
as Sebastian del Llano
MovieWe Were Strangers
1949
as Armando Ariete
MovieTulsa
1949
as Jim Redbird
Movie3 Godfathers
1948
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
MovieMaclovia
1948
as José María
MovieEn la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
MovieFort Apache
1948
as Sgt. Beaufort
MovieJuan Charrasqueado
1948
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)
MovieThe Fugitive
1947
as A Lieutenant of Police
MovieThe Pearl
1947
as Quino
MovieAlbur de amor
1947
MovieLa casa colorada
1947
MovieEnamorada
1946
as Gen. José Juan Reyes
MovieRayando el sol
1946
MovieBugambilia
1945
as Ricardo Rojas
MovieEl capitán Malacara
1945
MovieThe Abandoned
1945
as Juan Gómez
MovieEntre hermanos
1945
as Ramón Arellano
MovieThe Skulls of Terror Return
1944
MovieThe Skulls of Terror
1944
MovieEl corsario negro
1944
MovieMaria Candelaria
1944
as Lorenzo Rafael
MovieLa Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
MovieAnother Dawn
1943
as Octavio
MovieKonga Roja
1943
as Federico Robles
MovieTierra De Pasiones
1943
MovieWild Flower
1943
as José Luis Castro
MovieI'm a Real Mexican
1942
as Guadalupe Padilla
MoviePassion Island
1942
as El Toro
MovieDel rancho a la capital
1942
MovieAllá en el bajio
1942
as Juan Hernández
MovieSimón Bolívar
1942
as General Briceño Méndez
MovieNi sangre ni arena
1941
as Frank
MovieEl Zorro de Jalisco
1941
as Leonardo Torres
MovieEl secreto del sacerdote
1941
MovieEl jefe máximo
1940
MovieMala yerba
1940
as Chuy Rodríguez
MovieEl charro Negro
1940
as Ramón
MoviePobre diablo
1940
as Raúl Solares
MovieLos olvidados de Dios
1940
as Zenón Rojas
MovieUna luz en mi camino
1939
as Daniel
MovieCon Los Dorados De Villa
1939
MovieLa China Hilaria
1939
MovieCanto a mi tierra
1938
as Antonio
MovieLos millones de Chaflán
1938
as Antonio
MovieEl indio
1938
MovieLa Adelita
1937
MovieAmapola Del Camino
1937
MovieLas cuatro milpas
1937
MovieMi candidato
1937
MovieJalisco nunca pierde
1937
