Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz was born on May 09, 1912 in Mexico. Pedro Armendáriz's big-screen debut came with Jalisco nunca pierde directed by Chano Urueta in 1937, strarring Pedro González. Pedro Armendáriz is known for From Russia with Love directed by Terence Young, Sean Connery stars as James Bond and Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana. Pedro Armendáriz has got 3 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Pedro Armendáriz achieved is Ariel Awards, Mexico. The upcoming new tvshow Pedro Armendáriz plays is Un Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria - Season 1 which will be released on Mar 02, 2020.

Born in Mexican revolution times, Pedro Armendáriz was the first child of Mexican Pedro Armendáriz García-Conde and American Adele Hastings. He was raised in Churubusco, then a suburb of Mexico City, before the family traveled to Laredo, Texas. They lived there until 1921, the year Armendáriz' parents died. His uncle Francisco took charge of his education, and young Pedro went to the Polytechnic Institute of San Luis Obispo, California. There, he studied business and journalism. He graduated in 1931 and returned to Mexico City where he found work as a railroad employee, insurance salesman and tourist guide. He was discovered by director Miguel Zacarías when Armendáriz was reciting Hamlet's monologue (to be or not to be) to an American tourist in a cafeteria.After that, Armendáriz began a brilliant career in Mexico, the United States and Europe. Together with Dolores del Rio and Emilio Fernández, Armendáriz made many of the greatest films in the so-called Mexican Cinema Golden Era: L'ouragan (1943), Bugambilla (1945), Maria Candelaria (1944), among others. He was considered a prototype of masculinity and male beauty. His green eyes and almost perfect features made him perfectly cast in any role he made. But it was his passion, force and acting abilities, combined with his quality of a gentleman what made him an instant favorite of great directors like John Ford, international costars like María Félix, Sean Connery or Susan Hayward, and his fans in Mexico and other countries.