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Pedro Armendariz
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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Pedro Gregorio Armendariz Hastings

BIRTHDAY
May 9, 1912
BORN ON DAY
Thursday


BIRTHPLACE
Mexico City, Mexico

DIED AT AGE
51 Years 1 Months 9 Days
DEATHDATE
June 18, 1963
DEATHPLACE
Los Angeles, California, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH
Suicide

NATIONALITY
Mexican
Pedro Armendariz Nationality Mexican

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
TAURUS

Physical Stats

CHEST
N/A

BICEPS
N/A

WAIST
N/A

HEIGHT
6'0''(feet & inches)
 
1.8288 meters
 
182.88 cm

WEIGHT
N/A

Pedro Armendariz Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Adele Hastings
FATHER
Pedro Armendariz
BROTHER(S) NAME
Francisco Armendariz

Fame & Address

DEBUT
Rosario (1935)
Pedro ArmendarizRosario (1935)

FAMOUS FROM/AS
3 Godfathers (1948)
Pedro Armendariz3 Godfathers (1948)

Education, Net Worth & More

COLLEGE
California Polytechnic State University

QUALIFICATION
Graduated

More Information
About Pedro Armendariz
Mexican Film actor Pedro Armendariz who made films in both Mexico and the United States was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on May 9, 1912. He was an engineer from the California Polytechnic State University. He was married to Carmelita Bohr on 19 June 1938. He committed suicide on June 18, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Career of Pedro Armendariz
After completing his studies, he started working as a tour guide and as a journalist for the bilingual magazine México Real. He appeared in many films like" Flor Silvestre, Bugambilia, María Candelaria (Xochimilco)" with Dolores del Rio and Emilio Fernández. He had worked in different film industries like in Mexican, Italy, Frech movies and also in Hollywood. Some of them are:

Hollywood


In Hollywood, he had worked in various films with a variety of characters like A lieutenant of police in The Fugitive in 1947. In 1948, he appeared in two Hollywood films which were Fort Apache and 3 Godfathers as Sgt. Beaufort and Pedro "Pete" Roca Fuerte. He performed as Jim Redbird in Tulsa and as Armando Ariete in We Were Strangers in 1949. In 1950 his performance was seen in The Torch as José Juan Reyes. He worked in Border River in 1954 and his character was of General Eduardo Calleja. He was Gen. Torres in The Littlest Outlaw. In 1956, he worked in 2 films Diane and The Conqueror as King Francis I and Jamuga. He was Col. Mastegui in The Big Boodle in 1957. In 1959, he played El Tiburón and Cipriano Castro in Little Savage and The Wonderful Country. He was The Sultan in the movie Francis of Assisi which was released in 1961. He was El Kerim in Captain Sindbad and Ali Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love both released in 1963 and was his final roles.

Italian cinema


He had worked in 3 Italian movies which were Tom Toms of Mayumba in 1955 as Martinez, Uomini e lupi as Giovanni in 1957, Arrivano i titani in 1962 as Cadmo.

French cinema


In 1953, he worked in a French movie named Lucrèce Borgia and his character was César Borgia and work in one more film Fortune carrée as Igricheff.

Mexican cinema


Some of his Mexican film credit includes The Unloved Woman, Camino del infierno, Reto a la vida, Por querer a una mujer,El secreto del sacerdote.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pedro Armendariz

  • Did Pedro Armendariz takes alcohol? Yes.
    Pedro Armendariz consuming alcohol
  • His nickname was Pete. The Clark Gable of Mexico from his stature was equivalent to Clark Gable in the U.S.
  • He was the cousin of actress "Gloria Marín" who is one of the among most well known female celebrity at the time of Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
    He was the cousin of actress
  • He committed suicide by shooting himself with his gun as he was fussed by the slow death from cancer.
  • He had worked in the film "The Conqueror" in 1956. The exposure to radioactivity while shooting in this film causes cancer in 91 people including Pedro Armendariz.
  • He was a cultured man, fluent in English but his character shows him rude, fierce and uncouth.
  • He was one of the judges in Cannes Film Festival in 1961.
  • The schedule of the film "From Russia with Love" was changed for him as he comes to know that he is suffering from cancer and wants to finish the film before his death.
  • He performed in James Bond movies along with his son Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
  • He passed his engineering from the California Polytechnic State University.
  • Was Pedro Armendariz in the habit of Smoking? NA.

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