Pedro Armendáriz
1912-05-09 ( 112 years old ) in 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.

Movies

La Bandida 1963-01-01
Violent Summer 1960-12-21
El indulto 1960-12-16
El impostor 1960-07-28
Calibre 44 1960-05-20
La Cucaracha 1959-11-12
Yo pecador 1959-09-20
El zarco 1959-05-14
Café Colón 1959-03-05
I'm flying low 1959-01-22
Los salvajes 1958-03-04
Manuela 1957-07-18
The Big Boodle 1957-03-11
Men and Wolves 1957-02-08
The Hidden One 1956-06-09
The Conqueror 1956-03-28
Diane 1956-01-12
Native Drums 1955-09-09
Mulata 1954-07-16
Reto a la vida 1954-04-16
Border River 1954-01-06
The Brute 1953-02-05
Meat in Prison 1952-07-02
Night Falls 1952-04-24
Ella y Yo 1951-10-02
Hell Road 1951-06-29
Tierra baja 1951-02-08
Rosauro Castro 1950-12-22
The Torch 1950-06-02
La malquerida 1949-09-16
El abandonado 1949-09-15
Late Afternoon 1949-08-05
Tulsa 1949-04-13
3 Godfathers 1948-12-31
Maclovia 1948-09-30
Fort Apache 1948-05-21
The Fugitive 1947-11-11
The Pearl 1947-09-12
Albur de amor 1947-08-29
Enamorada 1946-12-25
Rayando el sol 1946-07-18
Bugambilia 1945-11-02
The Abandoned 1945-05-18
Entre hermanos 1945-05-18
Another Dawn 1943-11-18
Konga Roja 1943-10-01
Wild Flower 1943-04-24
Passion Island 1942-08-06
Mala yerba 1940-09-11
Pobre diablo 1940-04-24
El indio 1938-05-05
La Adelita 1937-11-07
Mi candidato 1937-07-06