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.
Movie | From Russia with Love | Ali Kerim Bey | 1963-10-10 |
Movie | La Bandida | Roberto Herrera | 1963-01-01 |
Movie | Captain Sindbad | El Kerim | 1963-04-12 |
Movie | My Son, the Hero | Cadmo | 1962-05-04 |
Movie | Los valientes no mueren | 1962-01-31 | |
Movie | El tejedor de milagros | Señor Cura | 1962-12-27 |
Movie | Francis of Assisi | The Sultan | 1961-07-12 |
Movie | My Son, the Hero | General | 1961-10-05 |
Movie | Calibre 44 | Don Pedro | 1960-05-20 |
Movie | Our Daily Hunger | Macario Férnandez | 1960-04-25 |
Movie | El impostor | 1960-07-28 | |
Movie | Dos hijos desobedientes | Pedro | 1960-10-27 |
Movie | La cárcel de Cananea | Pedro | 1960-12-29 |
Movie | El indulto | Lucas Sánchez Parrondo | 1960-12-16 |
Movie | Violent Summer | Francisco Peña | 1960-12-21 |
Movie | Los desarraigados | 1960-11-20 | |
Movie | Café Colón | 1959-03-05 | |
Movie | The Little Savage | El Tiburón | 1959-03-01 |
Movie | I'm flying low | 1959-01-22 | |
Movie | The Vivanco Ladies | Gen. Inocencio Torrentera | 1959-04-09 |
Movie | Yo pecador | 1959-09-20 | |
Movie | The Wonderful Country | Cipriano Castro | 1959-10-21 |
Movie | El zarco | 1959-05-14 | |
Movie | Beyond All Limits | Pepe Gamboa | 1959-07-08 |
Movie | La Cucaracha | Coronel Valentín Razo | 1959-11-12 |
Movie | This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter | Pancho Villa | 1958-07-14 |
Movie | Los salvajes | Pedro Matías | 1958-03-04 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter | Pancho Villa | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | Men and Wolves | Giovanni | 1957-02-08 |
Movie | The Big Boodle | Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz) | 1957-03-11 |
Movie | This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter | Pancho Villa | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | Manuela | Mario Constanza | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | La mujer que no tuvo infancia | 1957-07-25 | |
Movie | Diane | King Francis I | 1956-01-12 |
Movie | The Conqueror | Jamuga | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | The Hidden One | Felipe Rojano | 1956-06-09 |
Movie | Native Drums | 1955-09-09 | |
Movie | The Littlest Outlaw | Gen. Torres | 1955-12-22 |
Movie | Border River | General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz) | 1954-01-06 |
Movie | Rebellion of the Hanged | Cándido Castro | 1954-01-20 |
Movie | Dos mundos y un amor | Ricardo Anaya | 1954-02-04 |
Movie | Mulata | Martín | 1954-07-16 |
Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
Movie | Lucrèce Borgia | César Borgia | 1953-10-23 |
Movie | The Brute | Pedro | 1953-02-05 |
Movie | Los tres alegres compadres | 1952-04-11 | |
Movie | Night Falls | Marcos Arizmendi | 1952-04-24 |
Movie | Meat in Prison | Pablo González | 1952-07-02 |
Movie | Soledad's Shawl | Roque Suazo | 1952-11-13 |
Movie | Weddings of fire | 1951-04-24 | |
Movie | Tierra baja | Manelic | 1951-02-08 |
Movie | Hell Road | Pedro Uribe | 1951-06-29 |
Movie | Por querer a una mujer | 1951-09-14 | |
Movie | Ella y Yo | Pedro Muñóz | 1951-10-02 |
Movie | Pancho Villa vuelve | 1950-01-20 | |
Movie | The Torch | José Juan Reyes | 1950-06-02 |
Movie | Rosauro Castro | Rosauro Castro | 1950-12-22 |
Movie | La loca de la casa | José María Cruz | 1950-10-06 |
Movie | By the False Door | Bernardo Celis | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | We Were Strangers | Armando Ariete | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Late Afternoon | Sebastian del Llano | 1949-08-05 |
Movie | Tulsa | Jim Redbird | 1949-04-13 |
Movie | El abandonado | 1949-09-15 | |
Movie | El charro y la dama | 1949-10-28 | |
Movie | La malquerida | Esteban | 1949-09-16 |
Movie | Juan Charrasqueado | 1948-02-05 | |
Movie | Fort Apache | Sgt. Beaufort | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | Maclovia | José María | 1948-09-30 |
Movie | En la Hacienda de la Flor | 1948-08-26 | |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | La casa colorada | 1947-08-22 | |
Movie | Albur de amor | 1947-08-29 | |
Movie | The Fugitive | A Lieutenant of Police | 1947-11-11 |
Movie | The Pearl | Quino | 1947-09-12 |
Movie | Enamorada | Gen. José Juan Reyes | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | The Abandoned | Juan Gómez | 1945-05-18 |
Movie | El capitán Malacara | 1945-06-15 | |
Movie | Bugambilia | Ricardo Rojas | 1945-11-02 |
Movie | La Guerra de los Pasteles | 1944-01-03 | |
Movie | Maria Candelaria | Lorenzo Rafael | 1944-01-20 |
Movie | The Skulls of Terror Return | 1944-09-17 | |
Movie | El corsario negro | 1944-08-24 | |
Movie | The Skulls of Terror | 1944-09-17 | |
Movie | Wild Flower | José Luis Castro | 1943-04-24 |
Movie | Tierra De Pasiones | 1943-05-20 | |
Movie | Another Dawn | Octavio | 1943-11-18 |
Movie | Konga Roja | Federico Robles | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | Del rancho a la capital | 1942-05-29 | |
Movie | Allá en el bajio | Juan Hernández | 1942-02-05 |
Movie | Passion Island | El Toro | 1942-08-06 |
Movie | Soy puro mexicano | 1942-11-13 | |
Movie | El secreto del sacerdote | 1941-01-22 | |
Movie | El Zorro de Jalisco | Leonardo Torres | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Ni sangre ni arena | Frank | 1941-05-22 |
Movie | El charro Negro | Ramón | 1940-07-18 |
Movie | Los olvidados de Dios | Zenón Rojas | 1940-01-14 |
Movie | Pobre diablo | Raúl Solares | 1940-04-24 |
Movie | Mala yerba | Chuy Rodríguez | 1940-09-11 |
Movie | El jefe máximo | 1940-10-01 | |
Movie | La China Hilaria | 1939-01-01 | |
Movie | Con Los Dorados De Villa | 1939-02-11 | |
Movie | Una luz en mi camino | 1939-02-01 | |
Movie | El indio | 1938-05-05 | |
Movie | Los millones de Chaflán | Antonio | 1938-08-29 |
Movie | Canto a mi tierra | Antonio | 1938-11-11 |
Movie | Jalisco nunca pierde | 1937-01-09 | |
Movie | Mi candidato | 1937-07-06 | |
Movie | Amapola Del Camino | 1937-09-17 | |
Movie | La Adelita | 1937-11-07 | |
Movie | Las cuatro milpas | 1937-08-24 |