Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Explained

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Birth Name:	Pedro Armendáriz Bohr
Birth Date:	April 6, 1940
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Death Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:	Panteón Jardín Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1965–2011
Father:	Pedro Armendáriz
Spouse:
Children:	4

Pedro Armendáriz Bohr (April 6, 1940 – December 26, 2011), better known by his stage name Pedro Armendáriz Jr., was a Mexican actor.

Life and career

Pedro Armendáriz Bohr was born in Mexico City to Mexican-American actor Pedro Armendáriz and actress Carmelita Bohr Armendariz.^[1]

Armendáriz appeared in the James Bond film, Licence to Kill, as President Hector Lopez. His father Pedro Armendáriz Sr. had been in the earlier James Bond film From Russia with Love. He also appeared in the box-office smash, disaster-film epic Earthquake (1974), Amistad (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998), The Mexican (2001), Original Sin (2001), In the Time of the Butterflies (2001), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), The Legend of Zorro (2005), and Freelancers (2012).

In November 2011, Armendáriz was diagnosed with eye cancer. He died of it on December 26, 2011, at age 71, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He became the first Mexican actor to be memorialized with the dimming of Broadway's marquee lights that night. His remains were buried at Panteón Jardín in Mexico City,^[2] alongside his father.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Fuera de la ley (1966) as Willy
El Cachorro (1966)
Los Gavilanes negros (1966)
El Temerario (1966)
Matar es fácil (1966) as Gustavo de la Rosa
Los Tres mosqueteros de Dios (1967) as Manuel
La Soldadera (1967) as Isidro
Los Bandidos (1967) as Priest
Guns for San Sebastian (1968) as Father Lucas
4 contra el crimen (1969) as Gustavo
Amor perdoname (1968)
No hay cruces en el mar (1968) as Sergio
El Corrido de 'el hijo desobediente' (1968) as Ramiro
Los Asesinos (1968) as Talbot
Las Luchadoras contra el robot asesino (1969)
El Golfo (1969)
Todo por nada (1969) as Pedro
Las Vampiras (1969) as Carlos Mayer
Los Recuerdos del porvenir(1969) as Capitán Flores
La Marcha de Zacatecas (1969) as Mayor González
Super Colt 38 (1969) as Morton
The Undefeated (1969) as Escalante
Patsy, mi amor (1969)
Las Impuras (1969)
Como enfriar a mi marido (1970)
The Phantom Gunslinger (1970) as Algernon
Chisum (1970) as Ben
Los Juniors (1970) as Rafael Segura Jr.
Macho Callahan (1970) as Juan
Su precio... unos dólares (1970) as Sam
La Belleza (1970)
River of Gold (1971) as Angel
Vuelo 701 (1971) as Máximo
Una Vez, un hombre (1971) as Suarez
Siete muertes para el texano (1971)
Primero el dólar (1972)
Killer by Night (1972) as Carlos Madera
Hardcase (1972) as Simon Fergus
Ni solteros, ni casados (1972)
Sucedió en Jalisco (1972) as Muñoz
Trio y cuarteto (1972) (segment "Cuarteto")
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) as Pepe Carral
Indio (1972) as Jesse James
Los Indomables (1972)
The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973) as Sandoval
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) as Francisco Perez
The Deadly Trackers (1973) as Herrero
Cinco mil dolares de recompensa (1974) as William Law
Chosen Survivors (1974) as Luis Cabral
Las Viboras cambian de piel (1974) as Esposo abandonado
Traiganlos vivos o muertos (1974)
Earthquake (1974) as Emilio Chavez
Cabalgando a la luna (1974)
The Log of the Black Pearl (1975) as Archie Hector
Los Caciques (1975) as Arrieta
A Home of Our Own (1975) as police captain
Más negro que la noche (1975) as Roberto
Un Mulato llamado Martín (1975)
(1976) as Commandante Sanchez
La Gran Aventura Del Zorro (1976) as Emilio Walter
El Pacto (1976) as Raul
La Pasión según Berenice (1976) as Rodrigo Robles
Longitud de guerra (1976)
Mina, viento de libertad (1977)
The Divine Caste (1977) as Abel Ortiz Argumedo
Carroña (1978) as El Rengo
La Plaza de Puerto Santo (1978) as Ernesto
Los Pequeños privilegios (1978) as Pedro
El Complot mongol (1978) as Filiberto
El Hijo es mio (1978)
Crónica íntima (1979)
Survival Run (1979) as Paco
Cadena perpetua (1979) as Javier Lira
Estas ruinas que ves (1979) as Raymundo Rocafuerte
El Vuelo de la cigüeña (1979)
La Ilegal (1979) as Felipe Leyva
Me olvidé de vivir (1980) as Pedro
Mamá solita (1980)
The Dogs of War (1980) as Captain
Ni solteros, ni cazados (1980)
Evita Peron (1981) as Cypriano Reyes
Novia, Esposa y Amante(1981) as Esteban Ampudia
La Mujer del ministro (1981) as Inspector Romero
Rastro de muerte (1981) as Alberto Villamosa
La Chèvre (1981) as captain
En el pais de los pies ligeros (1982)
Dias de combate (1982) as Hector Belascoaran Shayne
Huevos rancheros (1982)
Cosa facil (1982) as Hector Belascoaran Shayne
El Dia que Murio Pedro Infante (1982)
Las Musiqueras (1983) as Alejandro del Río
Los Dos carnales (1983) as Don Cristóbal
Chile picante (1983)
El Corazon de la noche (1984) as Domingo
La Silla vacia (1984)
Extraño matrimonio (1984)
El Billetero (1984)
Matar o morir (1984) as Tony Collins
Secuestro sangriento (1985)
Sangre en el Caribe (1985) as Mario
Treasure of the Amazon (1985) as Pablo / Zapata
Historias violentas (1985) (segment 3 "Reflejos")
Vidas errantes (1985) as El ingeniero
Treasure Island (1985) as Mendoza
Maine-Ocean Express (1986) as Pedro De La Moccorra
Murder in Three Acts (1986) as Mateo
El Tres de copas (1986)
El Puente II (1986)
Persecución en Las Vegas: "Volvere" (1987) as Pagano
Walker (1987) as Munoz
Mariana, Mariana (1987) as adult Carlos
Herencia maldita (1987)
A Walk on the Moon (1987) as Doctor
Les Pyramides bleues (1988) as Perez-Valdez
Lovers, Partners & Spies (1988) as Duke
El Secreto de Romelia (1988) as Roman
El Placer de la venganza (1988)
Diana, René, y El Tíbiri (1988)
Ke arteko egunak (1989)
El Costo de la vida (1989)
Licence to Kill (1989) as President Hector Lopez
Old Gringo (1989) as Pancho Villa
La secta del sargon (1990)
¡Maten a Chinto! (1990) as Don Chinto
La Leyenda de una mascara (1991) as López
Camino largo a Tijuana (1991) as Juan
Bandidos (1991) as priest
El Patrullero (1991) as Sargento Barreras
Diplomatic Immunity (1991) as Oswaldo Delgado
Corrupción y placer (1991) as Augusto Alarcon
Sonata de luna (1992)
Death and the Compass (1992) as Blot
Los Años de Greta (1992) as Gustavo
Extraños caminos (1993)
(1993)
Tombstone (1993) as priest
Code... Death: Frontera Sur (1993) as Dragon
Dos crimenes (1994) as Alfonso
The Cisco Kid (1994) as General Montano
Vagabunda (1994) as Pedro Riel
Novia que te vea (1994)
Guerrero negro (1994)
Ámbar (1994) as Commissioner
Una Luz en la escalera (1994) as Captain Fonseca
Et Hjørne af paradis (1997) as minister
De noche vienes, Esmeralda (1997) as Antonio Rossellini
Reclusorio (1997) as Abogado defensor (segment "Sangre entre mujeres")
Amistad (1997) as General Espartero
The Mask of Zorro (1998) as Don Pedro
Fuera de la ley (1998)
On the Border (1998) as Herman
Al borde (1998) as Don Gabino
La Secta del sargon (1999)
La Ley de Herodes (1999) as Lopez
Before Night Falls (2000) as Reynaldo's grandfather
El Grito (2000) as Duarte
The Mexican (2001) as Mexican policeman
Su alteza serenísima (2001) as His most serene highness
Serafín: La película (2001) as Thinker (voice)
Original Sin (2001) as Jorge Cortes
Asesinato en el Meneo (2001) as Don Manuel
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) as captain Peña
Entre los dioses del desprecio (2001)
El crimen del padre Amaro (2002) as Presidente Municipal Gordo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) as President of Mexico
Casa de los Babys (2003) as Ernesto
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) as Don Luis Terrazas
El Segundo (2004) as El Mayor
Matando Cabos (2004) as Oscar Cabos
The Legend of Zorro (2005) as Governor Riley
Después de la muerte (2005) as Don Julio
Un mundo maravilloso (2006) as Director del Periódico
Guadalupe (2006) as Simon
One Long Night (2007) as Don Ricardo
El Ultimo justo (2007) as Father del Toro
Looking for Palladin (2008) as police chief
Divina confusión (2008) as Melesio
Navidad S.A. (2008) as Santa Claus
Nikté (2009) as Kaas (voice)
Sin memoria (2010) as Benitez
El baile de San Juan (2010) as Marqués de la Villa
Mamitas (2011) as Ramon 'Tata' Donicio
El Cartel de los Sapos (2012) as Don Modesto
Casa de Mi Padre (2012) as Miguel Ernesto
Freelancers (2012) as Gabriel Baez
Desde dentro (2016) as Domingo Altamirano (final film role)

Television

Honor y orgullo (1969)
Me llaman Martina Sola (1972)
Los hermanos coraje (1972)
Police Story (1973) as Jow Gaitan
Ven Conmigo (1975) as Eduardo
Columbo: A Matter of Honor (1976) as Commandante Sanchez
The Rhinemann Exchange (1977) as Fuentes
Rosario de amor (1978)
Julia (1979)
The Love Boat (1981) as Ricardo
Remington Steele (1983) as Captain Rios
Knight Rider (1984) as Eduardo O'Brian
El Camino Secreto (1986) as Alejandro
La Gloria y el infierno(1986) as Sebastian Arteaga
Airwolf (1986) as Captain Mendez
On Wings of Eagles (1986) as Mr. Dobuti
Un Nuevo amanecer (1988) as Gerardo
Nurses on the Line (1993) as Commandante
Agujetas de color de rosa (1994) as Aarón
La Ultima esperanza (1995)
La Sombra del otro (1996)
La culpa (1996) as Tomás Mendizábal
La hora marcada (1988)
Tony Tijuana (1988) as Tony Tijuana
Sweating Bullets (1991–1992) as Carillo
Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993) as Rodriguez
Serafín (1999) as Thinker
Laberintos de pasion (1999) as Padre Mateo Valencia
Cuento de Navidad (1999)
Tres mujeres (1999) as Federico Mendez
Furcio (2000–2002) as Host
Bajo la misma piel (2003) as Joaquín Vidaurri
Amy, la niña de la mochila azul (2004) as Matias Granados
Destilando amor (2007) as Thomas
Atrévete a soñar (2009–2010) as Max Williams
La fuerza del destino (2011) as Anthony McGuire

Notes and References

http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Pedro-Armendariz-Jr.html Pedro Armendariz Jr. Biography (1940–2011)
Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141026231801/http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=550708 . 2014-10-26 .
News: Descansará Pedro Armendáriz Jr. al lado de su padre . 3 June 2012 . 5 March 2019 . . es . https://archive.today/20190305195452/https://www.chicagotribune.com/hoy/ct-hoy-8056975-descansara-pedro-armendariz-jr-al-lado-de-su-padre-story.html . 5 March 2019 . live .