
Acting
Alfonso Bedoya
Born 1904-04-16 · Vicam, Sonora, Mexico
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.
Acting credits
8.0Two 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 Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
7.6Retired 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 Big Country
1958
6.0A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
The Hawk
1940
5.9When 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.
Ten Wanted Men
1955
6.81880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
El último chinaco
1948
6.2Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
Almas rebeldes
1937
6.3Mexican feature film
Ojos tapatios
1938
7.3When 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.
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Mientras México duerme
1938
6.0Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
1945
6.2A 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?
Border River
1954
6.6A 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.
Man in the Saddle
1951
6.9The 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.
Border Incident
1949
6.5In 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.
The Black Rose
1950
7.5Cantinflas 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.
The Three Musketeers
1942
7.9A 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.
The Unknown Policeman
1941
6.0Texas, 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
Streets of Laredo
1949
6.3Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
Me ha besado un hombre
1944
5.5Having 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.
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
4.3Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Sombrero
1953
6.1Magician Fu Manchu must find a way out of a supposed haunted house.
The Bewitched House
1949
7.4An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
6.3A 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.
Virgen de medianoche
1942
4.9The 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.
California Conquest
1952