Acting
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.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · TV
From Russia with Love
1963 · Movie
El jefe máximo
1940 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie
El abandonado
1949 · Movie
Another Dawn
1943 · Movie
Mi candidato
1937 · Movie
El secreto del sacerdote
1941 · Movie
Mala yerba
1940 · Movie
The Conqueror
1956 · Movie
Manuela
1957 · Movie
We Were Strangers
1949 · Movie
The Wonderful Country
1959 · Movie
Lucrèce Borgia
1953 · Movie
Juan Charrasqueado
1948 · Movie
Border River
1954 · Movie
By the False Door
1950 · Movie
The Skulls of Terror
1944 · Movie
Tulsa
1949 · Movie
The Fugitive
1947 · Movie
The Big Boodle
1957 · Movie
Captain Sindbad
1963 · Movie
Weddings of fire
1951 · Movie
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Movie
Diane
1956 · Movie
La Cucaracha
1959 · Movie
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941 · Movie
My Son, the Hero
1962 · Movie
The Brute
1953 · Movie
El capitán Malacara
1945 · Movie
Los valientes no mueren
1962 · Movie
La casa colorada
1947 · Movie
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Movie
La China Hilaria
1939 · Movie
Maria Candelaria
1944 · Movie
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939 · Movie
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956 · Movie
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937 · Movie
Late Afternoon
1949 · Movie
Miracles Weaver
1962 · Movie
Thirst for Love
1959 · Movie
My Son, the Hero
1961 · Movie
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954 · Movie
Enamorada
1946 · Movie
The Littlest Outlaw
1955 · Movie
Los tres alegres compadres
1952 · Movie
Una luz en mi camino
1939 · Movie
The Pearl
1947 · Movie
Men and Wolves
1957 · Movie
Ni sangre ni arena
1941 · Movie
The Hidden One
1956 · Movie
Wild Flower
1943 · Movie
The Abandoned
1945 · Movie
La loca de la casa
1950 · Movie
Passion Island
1942 · Movie
Simón Bolívar
1942 · Movie
Yo pecador
1959 · Movie
Ella y yo
1951 · Movie
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958 · Movie
El charro Negro
1940 · Movie
La Bandida
1963 · Movie
Our Daily Hunger
1960 · Movie
Soledad's Shawl
1952 · Movie
Reto a la vida
1954 · Movie
Native Drums
1955 · Movie
Beyond All Limits
1959 · Movie
Rosauro Castro
1950 · Movie
Maclovia
1948 · Movie
Tierra baja
1951 · Movie
Night Falls
1952 · Movie
El corsario negro
1944 · Movie
Dos mundos y un amor
1954 · Movie
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957 · Movie
Allá en el bajio
1942 · Movie
Konga Roja
1943 · Movie
Los olvidados de Dios
1940 · Movie
Yo quiero ser artista
1958 · Movie
Pobre diablo
1940 · Movie
Fortune carrée
1955 · Movie
The Lovers of Toledo
1953 · Movie
Calibre 44
1960 · Movie
Del rancho a la capital
1942 · Movie
Violent Summer
1960 · Movie
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958 · Movie
Mulata
1954 · Movie
The Vivanco Ladies
1959 · Movie
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944 · Movie
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960 · Movie
Meat in Prison
1952 · Movie
The Torch
1950 · Movie
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948 · Movie
La Adelita
1937 · Movie
Las cuatro milpas
1937 · Movie
Albur de amor
1947 · Movie
El charro y la dama
1949 · Movie
Hell Road
1951 · Movie
I'm flying low
1959 · Movie
For Loving a Woman
1951 · Movie
Canto a mi tierra
1938 · Movie
Rayando el sol
1946 · Movie
Los desarraigados
1960 · Movie
Entre hermanos
1945 · Movie
I'm a Real Mexican
1942 · Movie
El indulto
1960 · Movie
Los millones de Chaflán
1938 · Movie
El impostor
1960 · Movie
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950 · Movie
Bugambilia
1945 · Movie
El indio
1938 · Movie
Tierra De Pasiones
1943 · Movie
The Little Savage
1959 · Movie
Amapola Del Camino
1937 · Movie
The Skulls of Terror Return
1944 · Movie
