
Acting
Born May 9, 1912 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024

From Russia with Love
1963

Captain Sindbad
1963

La Bandida
1963

Miracles Weaver
1962

My Son, the Hero
1962

Los valientes no mueren
1962

My Son, the Hero
1961

Francis of Assisi
1961
La cárcel de Cananea
1960

Violent Summer
1960

El indulto
1960

Los desarraigados
1960

Dos hijos desobedientes
1960

El impostor
1960

Calibre 44
1960

Our Daily Hunger
1960

La Cucaracha
1959

The Wonderful Country
1959

Yo pecador
1959

Thirst for Love
1959

Beyond All Limits
1959
El zarco
1959

The Vivanco Ladies
1959
Café Colón
1959

The Little Savage
1959

I'm flying low
1959

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
1958

Yo quiero ser artista
1958
Los salvajes
1958
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1957

Manuela
1957

The Big Boodle
1957

Men and Wolves
1957

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957

The Hidden One
1956

Basket of Mexican Tales
1956

The Conqueror
1956

Diane
1956

The Littlest Outlaw
1955

Native Drums
1955

Fortune carrée
1955

Mulata
1954

Reto a la vida
1954

Dos mundos y un amor
1954

Rebellion of the Hanged
1954

Border River
1954

Lucrèce Borgia
1953

The Brute
1953

The Lovers of Toledo
1953

Soledad's Shawl
1952

Meat in Prison
1952

Night Falls
1952

Los tres alegres compadres
1952

Ella y Yo
1951

Por querer a una mujer
1951

Hell Road
1951

Weddings of fire
1951

Tierra baja
1951

Rosauro Castro
1950

By the False Door
1950

La loca de la casa
1950

The Torch
1950

Pancho Villa vuelve
1950

El charro y la dama
1949
The Unloved Woman
1949

El abandonado
1949

Late Afternoon
1949

We Were Strangers
1949

Tulsa
1949

3 Godfathers
1948

Maclovia
1948

En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948

Fort Apache
1948

Juan Charrasqueado
1948

The Fugitive
1947

The Pearl
1947

Albur de amor
1947

La casa colorada
1947

Enamorada
1946

Rayando el sol
1946

Bugambilia
1945

El capitán Malacara
1945

The Abandoned
1945

Entre hermanos
1945

The Skulls of Terror Return
1944

The Skulls of Terror
1944

El corsario negro
1944

Maria Candelaria
1944

La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944

Another Dawn
1943

Konga Roja
1943

Tierra De Pasiones
1943

Wild Flower
1943

I'm a Real Mexican
1942

Passion Island
1942

Del rancho a la capital
1942

Allá en el bajio
1942

Simón Bolívar
1942

Ni sangre ni arena
1941

El Zorro de Jalisco
1941

El secreto del sacerdote
1941

El jefe máximo
1940

Mala yerba
1940

El charro Negro
1940

Pobre diablo
1940

Los olvidados de Dios
1940

Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939

Una luz en mi camino
1939

La China Hilaria
1939

Canto a mi tierra
1938

Los millones de Chaflán
1938

El indio
1938

La Adelita
1937

Amapola Del Camino
1937

Las cuatro milpas
1937

Mi candidato
1937

Jalisco nunca pierde
1937