Alfonso Bedoya

Alfonso Bedoya was born on Apr 16, 1904 in Mexico. Alfonso Bedoya's big-screen debut came with Good-Bye Nicanor directed by Rafael E. Portas in 1937, strarring Esbirro del Gavilán (uncredited). Alfonso Bedoya is known for The Big Country directed by William Wyler, Gregory Peck stars as James McKay and Jean Simmons as Julie Maragon. The upcoming new movie Alfonso Bedoya plays is The Big Country which will be released on Oct 01, 1958.

Mexican character actor who achieved his greatest success in U.S. films. He was born in Mexico city, living in numerous places throughout the country. He received a private education in Houston, Texas as a teenager, but dropped out and roamed about doing an assortment of jobs. His family, however, brought him back to Mexico City, where he subsequently found work in the struggling Mexican film industry. He appeared in many Mexican films before director John Huston offered him the role of Gold Hat in Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre (1948). Bedoya stole the scenes in which he appeared as the smiling cutthroat and delivered the famous line about not needing any "stinking badges". He made a number of popular films in the U.S. in the next nine years, but a drinking problem destroyed his health. He died of a heart attack at the age of 53.