There was no immediate confirmation of the cause of death. MEXICO CITY— Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. died Monday at the age of 71.
He died of the disease on December 26, 2011, at age 71, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was 71. He had time for everyone.”A Variety and iHeartRadio Podcast Birthplace:Mexico City, Mexico. Race or Ethnicity:Hispanic. He is survived by several children.Hitting the boards, Armendariz won further kudos for recent work in leading stage roles for Mexican productions of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Producers.”At risk of living his life in the shadow of his father, who was known as Mexico’s Clark Gable, Armendariz Jr. followed in his footsteps, taking his first film role on locations in Mexico for Westerns like “El cachorro” in 1965 and appearing in an episode of “Daniel Boone” in 1966.In 2010, reacting to harsh industry criticism, Armendariz Jr., as president of the academy, led the transformation of the AMACC, opening voting privileges that previously belonged to an aging 25-person body that only evolved through attrition to more than 625 industry members, including producers, who until that time were barred from official voting status.Luna, speaking on Twitter, said of the actor, “Just seeing him made you smile. Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr., a near constant presence on screens big and small for more than four decades, died Monday of eye cancer in New York City. AKAPedro Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. died Monday at the age of 71. https://www.geni.com/people/Pedro-Armendáriz/6000000034940073984 Remains:Buried, Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Mexico. Location of death:Los Angeles, CA. 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). There was no immediate confirmation of the … Cause of death:Suicide.
Coming into his own during a dark period for the Mexican box office, when local production slowed to a trickle in the 1970s and ’80s, the actor worked with local auteurs like Arturo Ripstein, Felipe Cazals and Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, while bringing home a steady paycheck with roles in telenovelas and character-actor bits in numerous Stateside pics, in which he was often cast as a Mexican tough guys, graying statesmen and Latin military types.Aside from some nods and wins at AMACC’s Ariel awards, Armendariz really only began to win widespread respect in the last decade or so, as he worked on multiple projects every year, even through most of 2011, and the industry began to look back at his sizable body of work.Armendariz will appear in several films posthumously, including Spanish-language Will Ferrell laffer “Casa de mi padre,” which opens March 16 and stars Mexican thesps Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal.He also became a vocal political agent, fighting for industry support from Congress in heated budget battles over the last few years.Character actor, son of Mexican star, appeared in 'Zorro'The sturdily framed thesp was instantly recognizable for bristly beards and mustaches that framed passionate, often wildly sparkling eyes, forming a countenance that could transform alarmingly from menacing to tender in the blink of an eye.He, like his father, landed a role in a James Bond film — he played the arch President Hector Lopez in “License to Kill”; his father had played Bond ally Kerim Bey in “From Russia With Love.” They both played revolutionary General Pancho Villa onscreen.Armendariz was married and divorced twice, from former Televisa spokesmodel Lucia Gomez de Parada and actress-turned-activist Ofelia Medina.
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. appeared as President Hector Lopez in Licence to Kill (1989). He became the first Mexican actor to be memorialized with the dimming of Broadway 's marquee lights that night. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. died Monday at the age of 71. In November 2011, Armendáriz was diagnosed with eye cancer.