Pedro Armendriz Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Pedro Armendáriz was born on 9 May 1912 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the son of a wealthy Mexican landowner and a French mother. He was educated in Mexico City and later attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Armendáriz began his acting career in the 1930s, appearing in Mexican films such as El Compadre Mendoza (1934) and La Mujer del Puerto (1935). He gained international recognition for his role in the 1940 film Allá en el Rancho Grande, which was the first Mexican film to be released in the United States. Armendáriz went on to appear in over 100 films, including The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and The Professionals (1966). He was known as the "Clark Gable of Mexico" for his rugged good looks and strong screen presence. Armendáriz was married twice and had four children. He died of cancer on 18 June, 1963 in Mexico City. As of 2021, Pedro Armendáriz's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

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Pedro Armendáriz Height, Weight & Measurements

At 51 years old, Pedro Armendáriz height is 6' (1.83 m) .

Who Is Pedro Armendáriz's Wife?

His wife is Carmelita Pardo Armendáriz (m. 1938–1963)

Pedro Armendáriz Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Pedro Armendáriz worth at the age of 51 years old? Pedro Armendáriz’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Mexico. We have estimated Pedro Armendáriz's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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Timeline

Found out he had cancer during the production of From Russia with Love (1963). The schedule of production was altered so he could finish his scenes before his death. He wanted to finish the movie so his family could receive his salary.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961

Was one of 91 people, along with John Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Agnes Moorehead, whose cancer was attributed to their exposure to radioactivity while working on the film The Conqueror (1956).

One of Mexico's most admired and respected actors, he was a six-time nominee for the Ariel Award for Best Actor, which he won twice (1948 and 1953). The Ariel Award is considered Mexico's Academy Award. In 1947, he won a special Ariel Award.

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.

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.

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