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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.

From Russia with Love ( 1963) | IMDb: 7.3

Action , Adventure , Thriller

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Starring:

Sean Connery , Daniela Bianchi , Pedro Armendáriz , Lotte Lenya , Robert Shaw , Bernard Lee

Directed by:

Kay Mander , David C. Anderson , Terence Young

Produced by:

Ilhan Filmer , Weston Drury Jr. , Harry Saltzman

Francis of Assisi ( 1961) | IMDb: 6.3

Drama , History

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.

Starring:

Bradford Dillman , Dolores Hart , Stuart Whitman , Cecil Kellaway , Eduard Franz , Athene Seyler

Directed by:

Ottavio Oppo , Michael Curtiz

Produced by:

Plato A. Skouras , Joe Popkin

Fort Apache ( 1948) | IMDb: 7.4

Western

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Starring:

John Wayne , Henry Fonda , Shirley Temple , Pedro Armendáriz , Ward Bond , George O’Brien

Directed by:

Frank Parmenter , Lowell J. Farrell , Jack Pennick

Produced by:

John Ford , Merian C. Cooper

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