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Pedro Armendáriz
Acting
09 May 1912
† 18 Jun 1963
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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...
Also Known As
Pedro Armendariz, Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, Педро Армендарис, Pedro Armendáriz Hastings






















