Acting

Alfonso Bedoya

Born April 16, 1904 · Vicam, Sonora, Mexico

Died December 15, 1957 · aged 53

Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas. Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industries in the 1930s to 1940s. During tha…

Known For

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · 1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

MovieAdventureDrama

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

The Big Country

The Big Country · 1958

The Big Country

MovieDramaWestern

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

The Hawk

The Hawk · 1940

MovieDramaAdventure

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men · 1955

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

El último chinaco

El último chinaco · 1948

El último chinaco

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

Almas rebeldes

Almas rebeldes · 1937

MovieWesternAdventure

Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.

Ojos tapatios

Ojos tapatios · 1938

MovieDramaMusic

Mexican feature film

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood · 1950

Fortunes of Captain Blood

MovieActionAdventure

When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.

Filmography

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · 1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

MovieAdventureDrama

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

Gold Hat

The Big Country

The Big Country · 1958

The Big Country

MovieDramaWestern

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

Ramón Guiteras

The Hawk

The Hawk · 1940

MovieDramaAdventure

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

Pistoler

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men · 1955

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

Hermando

El último chinaco

El último chinaco · 1948

El último chinaco

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

Almas rebeldes

Almas rebeldes · 1937

MovieWesternAdventure

Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.

Ojos tapatios

Ojos tapatios · 1938

MovieDramaMusic

Mexican feature film

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood · 1950

Fortunes of Captain Blood

MovieActionAdventure

When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.

Carmilio, Prison Overseer

Mientras México duerme

Mientras México duerme · 1938

Mientras México duerme

MovieCrimeDrama

Hasta que perdió Jalisco

Hasta que perdió Jalisco · 1945

Hasta que perdió Jalisco

Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.

Border River

Border River · 1954

A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?

Captain Vargas

Man in the Saddle

Man in the Saddle · 1951

Man in the Saddle

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.

Cultus Charley

Border Incident

Border Incident · 1949

Border Incident

MovieCrimeDrama

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Cuchillo

The Black Rose

The Black Rose · 1950

MovieWarAdventure

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Lu Chung

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers · 1942

The Three Musketeers

MovieAdventureComedy

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.

Gorila en cabaret

The Unknown Policeman

The Unknown Policeman · 1941

The Unknown Policeman

MovieComedyCrime

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

Greñas (uncredited)

Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo · 1949

Streets of Laredo

Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim

Charley Calico

Me ha besado un hombre

Me ha besado un hombre · 1944

Me ha besado un hombre

MovieComedyDrama

Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...

Nacho

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun · 1953

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.

Degas

Sombrero

Sombrero · 1953

MovieMusicRomance

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Don Inocente

The Bewitched House

The Bewitched House · 1949

The Bewitched House

MovieMysteryComedy

Magician Fu Manchu must find a way out of a supposed haunted house.

Vendedor de palomas

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' · 2003

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

MovieDocumentary

An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

Gold Hat (archive footage)

Virgen de medianoche

Virgen de medianoche · 1942

Virgen de medianoche

MovieCrimeDrama

A gangster melodrama set in the slums of Mexico City, following the criminal exploits of a fur smuggler and his attraction to an innocent but determined young woman.

Esbirro (sin créditos)

California Conquest

California Conquest · 1952

California Conquest

MovieAdventureHistory

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.

José Martínez