

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"...
Highest rated appearances

La Bandida
as Roberto Herrera

La Cucaracha
as Coronel Valentín Razo

The Wonderful Country
as Cipriano Castro

Yo pecador

Thirst for Love
as Pedro Ortiz

Beyond All Limits
as Pepe Gamboa
El zarco

The Vivanco Ladies
as Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Café Colón

The Little Savage
as El Tiburón

I'm flying low

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
as Pancho Villa

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
as Pancho Villa

Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
Los salvajes
as Pedro Matías
La mujer que no tuvo infancia

Manuela
as Mario Constanza

The Big Boodle
as Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)

Men and Wolves
as Giovanni

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
as Pancho Villa

The Hidden One
as Felipe Rojano

Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carlos Cosio

The Conqueror
as Jamuga

Diane
as King Francis I

The Littlest Outlaw
as Gen. Torres

Native Drums
as Martinez

Fortune carrée
as Igricheff

Mulata
as Martín

Border River
as General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)

Reto a la vida
as Diego Maldonado

Dos mundos y un amor
as Ricardo Anaya

Rebellion of the Hanged
as Cándido Castro

Lucrèce Borgia
as César Borgia

The Brute
as Pedro

The Lovers of Toledo
as Don Alvaro Blas Basto y Mosquera

Soledad's Shawl
as Roque Suazo

Meat in Prison
as Pablo González

Night Falls
as Marcos Arizmendi

Los tres alegres compadres
as Baldomero Mireles

Ella y yo
as Pedro Muñóz

For Loving a Woman

Hell Road
as Pedro Uribe

Weddings of fire

Tierra baja
as Manelic

Rosauro Castro
as Rosauro Castro

By the False Door
as Bernardo Celis

La loca de la casa
as José María Cruz

The Torch
as José Juan Reyes

Pancho Villa vuelve

El charro y la dama
The Unloved Woman
as Esteban

El abandonado

Late Afternoon
as Sebastian del Llano

We Were Strangers
as Armando Ariete

Tulsa
as Jim Redbird

3 Godfathers
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

Maclovia
as José María

En la Hacienda de la Flor

Fort Apache
as Sgt. Beaufort

Juan Charrasqueado
as Juan Robledo (Charrasqueado)

The Fugitive
as A Lieutenant of Police

The Pearl
as Quino

Albur de amor

La casa colorada

Enamorada
as Gen. José Juan Reyes

Rayando el sol

Bugambilia
as Ricardo Rojas

El capitán Malacara

The Abandoned
as Juan Gómez

Entre hermanos
as Ramón Arellano

The Skulls of Terror Return

The Skulls of Terror

El corsario negro

Maria Candelaria
as Lorenzo Rafael

La Guerra de los Pasteles

Another Dawn
as Octavio

Konga Roja
as Federico Robles

Tierra De Pasiones

Wild Flower
as José Luis Castro

I'm a Real Mexican
as Guadalupe Padilla

Passion Island
as El Toro

Del rancho a la capital

Allá en el bajio
as Juan Hernández

Simón Bolívar
as General Briceño Méndez

Neither Blood Nor Sand
as Frank

El Zorro de Jalisco
as Leonardo Torres

El secreto del sacerdote
as Capitán Luis

El jefe máximo

Mala yerba
as Chuy Rodríguez

El charro Negro
as Ramón

Pobre diablo
as Raúl Solares

Los olvidados de Dios
as Zenón Rojas