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 Spanishlanguage films among them Maria Candelaria 1943 and La Perla 1947 becoming one of Mexicos 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 LA for treatment and he entered UCLA Medical Center Learning he had terminal cancer he killed himself there with a gunshot
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