--- name: "Pedro Armendáriz" canonical: "https://film.one/person/pedro-armendariz" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 May 1912" died: "18 June 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T11:01:38.302903+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Pedro Armendáriz Actor. Born 9 May 1912 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Died 18 June 1963. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 May 1912, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - **Died:** 18 June 1963 - **Also known as:** Pedro Armendariz, Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, Pedro Armendáriz Hastings - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359996, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000784/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96973 ## Fi1m on Pedro Armendáriz > A big, unhurried presence who could make a spy or a general look like a man with a home to go back to. The Mexican films made his name; Hollywood mostly asked him to stand at the side of someone else's picture, and he stood there very well. Ali Kerim Bey in *From Russia with Love* (1963) runs the British station in Istanbul from above a flooded cistern under the Soviet consulate, where his people keep a periscope. Armendáriz plays him as a man for whom espionage is the family trade, about as glamorous as shipping, and his scenes with Sean Connery are the warmest the series has produced between two men. They drink, they compare notes on women in a way that has not aged well, and they plainly like each other. We missed him when the film left the city, and the reason is simple: everyone else in it is at work and he is at home. It was his last part, and the rest of the career happened mostly somewhere else. He began in Mexican cinema in 1935 and by the 1940s was one of the faces of its Golden Age, in eight films with the director Emilio Fernández and repeatedly opposite Dolores del Río and María Félix: *María Candelaria* (1944), *Enamorada* (1946), *The Pearl* (1947). The parts were peasants, revolutionaries, generals, indigenous men, in films about what Mexico was and had been, and Fernández used him as the country's picture of itself, strong and rooted. Not everyone at home liked the picture; the treatment of Indians in *María Candelaria* was called idealised by Mexican intellectuals at the time. We have not reviewed those films and will not judge them here, but they are the reason the name still carries weight. John Ford brought him north for *The Fugitive* (1947) and used him twice more the following year, as Sergeant Beaufort in *Fort Apache* (1948) and as Pedro Roca Fuerte in *3 Godfathers* (1948), alongside John Wayne. He is well thought of in them. He was also, in all of them, the supporting part, the sergeant, the friend, the man whose accent explained his presence. Through the 1950s he went back and forth between Mexico, America and Europe, including *El Bruto* (1953) for Luis Buñuel, and his reputation still rests on the Mexican work rather than anything he did for the studios. What Kerim Bey shows in one film is what the whole career traded on: size without strain. He fills a frame by sitting in it, and he never seems to be asking for the attention he gets. Hollywood borrowed that and gave him roles smaller than the man. If you know him only as the station chief in Istanbul, go and find the Fernández films, where the frame was built around him. ## Biography Pedro Armendáriz (also credited as Pedro Armendariz and Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings) was a Mexican and American actor. Born in Mexico City on 9 May 1912, he began his career on the stage there before entering films in 1935. He became one of the leading stars of Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, appearing in dozens of Spanish-language productions alongside figures such as Dolores del Río and María Félix. Armendáriz also worked extensively in Hollywood and Europe, with credits including *Fort Apache* (1948), *3 Godfathers* (1948), *The Fugitive* (1947) and *The Wonderful Country* (1959). His final role was as Ali Kerim Bey in the James Bond film *From Russia with Love* (1963). He died in Los Angeles on 18 June 1963, aged 51. His son, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., also became an actor and appeared in a later Bond film. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *From Russia with Love* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Ali Kerim Bey — [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md) ## Complete filmography (118) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *From Russia with Love* (1963), as Ali Kerim Bey — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md) - *Captain Sindbad* (1963), as El Kerim - *La Bandida* (1963), as Roberto Herrera - *Miracles Weaver* (1962), as Señor Cura - *My Son, the Hero* (1962), as Cadmo - *Los valientes no mueren* (1962), Acting - *My Son, the Hero* (1961), as General - *Francis of Assisi* (1961), as The Sultan - *La cárcel de Cananea* (1960), as Pedro - *Violent Summer* (1960), as Francisco Peña - *El indulto* (1960), as Lucas Sánchez Parrondo - *Los desarraigados* (1960), Acting - *Dos hijos desobedientes* (1960), as Pedro - *El impostor* (1960), as Profesor César Rubio - *Calibre 44* (1960), as Don Pedro - *Our Daily Hunger* (1960), as Macario Férnandez - *La Cucaracha* (1959), as Coronel Valentín Razo - *The Wonderful Country* (1959), as Cipriano Castro - *Yo pecador* (1959), Acting - *Thirst for Love* (1959), as Pedro Ortiz - *Beyond All Limits* (1959), as Pepe Gamboa - *El zarco* (1959), Acting - *The Vivanco Ladies* (1959), as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera - *Café Colón* (1959), Acting - *The Little Savage* (1959), as El Tiburón - *I'm flying low* (1959), Acting - *This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter* (1958), as Pancho Villa - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Acting - *This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter* (1958), as Pancho Villa - *Los salvajes* (1958), as Pedro Matías - *La mujer que no tuvo infancia* (1957), Acting - *Manuela* (1957), as Mario Constanza - *The Big Boodle* (1957), as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz) - *Men and Wolves* (1957), as Giovanni - *This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter* (1957), as Pancho Villa - *The Hidden One* (1956), as Felipe Rojano - *Basket of Mexican Tales* (1956), as Carlos Cosio - *The Conqueror* (1956), as Jamuga - *Diane* (1956), as King Francis I - *The Littlest Outlaw* (1955), as Gen. Torres - *Native Drums* (1955), as Martinez - *Fortune carrée* (1955), as Igricheff - *Mulata* (1954), as Martín - *Border River* (1954), as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz) - *Reto a la vida* (1954), as Diego Maldonado - *Dos mundos y un amor* (1954), as Ricardo Anaya - *Rebellion of the Hanged* (1954), as Cándido Castro - *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), as César Borgia - *The Brute* (1953), as Pedro - *The Lovers of Toledo* (1953), as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera - *Soledad's Shawl* (1952), as Roque Suazo - *Meat in Prison* (1952), as Pablo González - *Night Falls* (1952), as Marcos Arizmendi - *Los tres alegres compadres* (1952), as Baldomero Mireles - *Ella y yo* (1951), as Pedro Muñóz - *For Loving a Woman* (1951), Acting - *Hell Road* (1951), as Pedro Uribe - *Weddings of fire* (1951), Acting - *Tierra baja* (1951), as Manelic - *Rosauro Castro* (1950), as Rosauro Castro, Producer - *By the False Door* (1950), as Bernardo Celis - *La loca de la casa* (1950), as José María Cruz - *The Torch* (1950), as José Juan Reyes - *Pancho Villa vuelve* (1950), Acting - *El charro y la dama* (1949), Acting - *The Unloved Woman* (1949), as Esteban - *El abandonado* (1949), Acting - *Late Afternoon* (1949), as Sebastian del Llano - *We Were Strangers* (1949), as Armando Ariete - *Tulsa* (1949), as Jim Redbird - *3 Godfathers* (1948), as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte - *Maclovia* (1948), as José María - *En la Hacienda de la Flor* (1948), Acting - *Fort Apache* (1948), as Sgt. Beaufort - *Juan Charrasqueado* (1948), as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado) - *The Fugitive* (1947), as A Lieutenant of Police - *The Pearl* (1947), as Quino - *Albur de amor* (1947), Acting - *La casa colorada* (1947), Acting - *Enamorada* (1946), as Gen. José Juan Reyes - *Rayando el sol* (1946), Acting - *Bugambilia* (1945), as Ricardo Rojas - *El capitán Malacara* (1945), Acting - *The Abandoned* (1945), as Juan Gómez - *Entre hermanos* (1945), as Ramón Arellano - *The Skulls of Terror* (1944), Acting - *The Skulls of Terror Return* (1944), Acting - *El corsario negro* (1944), Acting - *Maria Candelaria* (1944), as Lorenzo Rafael - *La Guerra de los Pasteles* (1944), Acting - *Another Dawn* (1943), as Octavio - *Konga Roja* (1943), as Federico Robles - *Tierra De Pasiones* (1943), Acting - *Wild Flower* (1943), as José Luis Castro - *I'm a Real Mexican* (1942), as Guadalupe Padilla - *Passion Island* (1942), as El Toro - *Del rancho a la capital* (1942), Acting - *Allá en el bajio* (1942), as Juan Hernández - *Simón Bolívar* (1942), as General Briceño Méndez - *Neither Blood Nor Sand* (1941), as Frank - *El Zorro de Jalisco* (1941), as Leonardo Torres - *El secreto del sacerdote* (1941), as Capitán Luis - *El jefe máximo* (1940), Acting - *Mala yerba* (1940), as Chuy Rodríguez - *El charro Negro* (1940), as Ramón - *Pobre diablo* (1940), as Raúl Solares - *Los olvidados de Dios* (1940), as Zenón Rojas - *Una luz en mi camino* (1939), as Daniel - *Con Los Dorados De Villa* (1939), Acting - *La China Hilaria* (1939), Acting - *Canto a mi tierra* (1938), as Antonio - *Los millones de Chaflán* (1938), as Antonio - *El indio* (1938), Acting - *La Adelita* (1937), Acting - *Amapola Del Camino* (1937), Acting - *Las cuatro milpas* (1937), Acting - *Mi candidato* (1937), Acting - *Jalisco nunca pierde* (1937), Acting ## Gallery - ![Pedro Armendáriz](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-06cfbd24be12.jpg) Pedro Armendáriz — None visible, probably Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Publicity_photo_of_Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz_in_3_Godfathers_%281948%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Theatrical poster for the 1947 theatrical release of the film La perla, the Spanish-language version of The Pearl. The film is based on John Steinbeck's 1947 no](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-ec66dae7d67f.jpg) Theatrical poster for the 1947 theatrical release of the film La perla, the Spanish-language version of The Pearl. The film is based on John Steinbeck's 1947 no — Poster designer unknown. Published by Azteca Films Inc., a film distributor incorporated in the United States., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/La_perla_%281947_film_poster%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Miércoles 19 de julio de 2017 En el Museo del Estanquillo colecciones Carlos Monsiváis; se inauguró la exposición Monsiváis y sus contemporáneos, se contó con l](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-8f53626cf12a.jpg) Miércoles 19 de julio de 2017 En el Museo del Estanquillo colecciones Carlos Monsiváis; se inauguró la exposición Monsiváis y sus contemporáneos, se contó con l — Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/MX_PR_EXPOSICI%C3%93N_CARLOS_MONSIV%C3%81IS.jpg/1280px-MX_PR_EXPOSICI%C3%93N_CARLOS_MONSIV%C3%81IS.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Museo del Estanquillo (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-40e9cee9e346.jpg) Museo del Estanquillo (2016) — Gobierno CDMX, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Museo_del_Estanquillo_IMG_2052_%2826233517721%29.jpg/1280px-Museo_del_Estanquillo_IMG_2052_%2826233517721%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pedro Armendáriz](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-b7512ab0950e.jpg) Pedro Armendáriz — Image via TMDB - ![Novelas de la Pantalla artistas, 1945.](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-53e4eb69bad6.jpg) Novelas de la Pantalla artistas, 1945. — Core Collection Periodicals, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Novelas_de_la_Pantalla_de_1945.jpg/1280px-Novelas_de_la_Pantalla_de_1945.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pedro Armendárez's star on the Paseo de las Estrellas on Paseo Constitución in Victoria de Durango, Mexico (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/1025247/gallery-8a0c76196e7d.jpg) Pedro Armendárez's star on the Paseo de las Estrellas on Paseo Constitución in Victoria de Durango, Mexico (2018) — Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/PaseodelasEstrellas051.jpg/1280px-PaseodelasEstrellas051.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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