Alfonso Bedoya

Biography

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 that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films. His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.

Known For

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Big Country

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)

The Black Rose

Ten Wanted Men

Man in the Saddle

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Border Incident

All Movies (56)

• Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'2003 · as Gold Hat (archive footage)
• The Big Country1958 · as Ramón Guiteras
• La doncella de piedra1956
• Ten Wanted Men1955 · as Hermando
• The Black Pirates1954 · as Garza
• Ricochet Romance1954 · as Alfredo Gonzáles
• Border River1954 · as Captain Vargas
• The Stranger Wore a Gun1953 · as Degas
• Sombrero1953 · as Don Inocente
• Por ellas aunque mal paguen1952 · as Don Lupe
• California Conquest1952 · as José Martínez
• Furia roja1951 · as Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
• Man in the Saddle1951 · as Cultus Charley
• Stronghold1951 · as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
• The Black Rose1950 · as Lu Chung
• Fortunes of Captain Blood1950 · as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
• Border Incident1949 · as Cuchillo
• The Bewitched House1949
• Streets of Laredo1949 · as Charley Calico
• Angel on the Amazon1948 · as Paulo
• Angel in Exile1948 · as Ysidro Álvarez
• El último chinaco1948
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948 · as Gold Hat
• The Pearl1947
• Albur de amor1947 · as (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
• Gran Casino1947 · as El Rayado
• Si me han de matar mañana1947
• El tigre de Jalisco1947
• La hija del payaso1946
• Rosalinda1945
• Canaima1945 · as Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
• Hasta que perdió Jalisco1945
• The Abandoned1945 · as Gertrudis López, asistente
• Me he de comer esa tuna1945
• Me ha besado un hombre1944 · as Nacho
• The Headless Woman1944
• Mis hijos!1944 · as Borracho cantina (uncredited)
• Doña Bárbara1943 · as Peasant
• Wild Flower1943 · as Teniente de Rogelio
• El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)1943 · as Bandido (uncredited)
• I'm a Real Mexican1942 · as Tomás
• The Three Musketeers1942 · as Gorila en cabaret
• La abuelita1942
• The Unknown Policeman1941 · as Greñas (uncredited)
• Rancho Alegre1941
• The Hawk1940 · as Pistoler
• El charro Negro1940 · as Police Commander
• The Underdogs1940 · as El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
• Los olvidados de Dios1940 · as El Tejón
• La China Hilaria1939
• Mientras México duerme1938
• Ojos tapatios1938
• La Adelita1937
• La madrina del diablo1937
• Almas rebeldes1937
• Las cuatro milpas1937