Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Armendáriz in 1973
Born Pedro Armendáriz Bohr
(1940-04-06)April 6, 1940
Mexico City, Mexico
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New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Panteón Jardín Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation Actor
Years active 1965–2011
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Children 4
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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

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Television

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References

  1. Pedro Armendariz Jr. Biography (1940–2011)
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