Alfonso Bedoya

Born: 1904-04-16

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.


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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Gold Hat
Released: 1948-01-15

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in...

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The Big Country

as Ramón Guiteras
Released: 1958-09-30

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a...

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Border Incident

as Cuchillo
Released: 1949-10-28

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the...

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The Stranger Wore a Gun

as Degas
Released: 1953-07-30

Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a...

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The Unknown Policeman

as Greñas (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-22

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces...

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The Pearl

as uncredited
Released: 1947-09-12

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor...

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Angel on the Amazon

as Paulo
Released: 1948-11-01

An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the...

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Ten Wanted Men

as Hermando
Released: 1955-02-01

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher...

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The Black Rose

as Lu Chung
Released: 1950-09-01

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England....

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Doña Bárbara

as Peasant
Released: 1943-09-16

A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.

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Man in the Saddle

as Cultus Charley
Released: 1951-12-02

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even...

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Gran Casino

as El Rayado
Released: 1947-06-12

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the...

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Streets of Laredo

as Charley Calico
Released: 1949-05-27

Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from...

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

as Gold Hat (archive footage)
Released: 2003-09-30

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

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Ricochet Romance

as Alfredo Gonzáles
Released: 1954-11-01

Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the...

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California Conquest

as José Martínez
Released: 1952-07-04

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become...

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The Three Musketeers

as Gorila en cabaret
Released: 1942-08-27

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be...

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Albur de amor

as (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
Released: 1947-08-29

Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.

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Por ellas aunque mal paguen

as Don Lupe
Released: 1952-08-16

Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter...

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The Black Pirates

as Garza
Released: 1954-12-24

Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the...

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The Abandoned

as Gertrudis López, asistente
Released: 1945-05-18

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of...

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El charro Negro

as Police Commander
Released: 1940-07-18

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.

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Si me han de matar mañana

as uncredited
Released: 1947-05-26

Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.

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Border River

as Captain Vargas
Released: 1954-01-06

A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the...

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El tigre de Jalisco

as uncredited
Released: 1947-03-07

A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.

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Fortunes of Captain Blood

as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Released: 1950-05-19

When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to...

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La doncella de piedra

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-05

Adaptation of Rómulo Gallegos' novel Sobre la misma tierra. A young mixed-race woman is forced...

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Wild Flower

as Teniente de Rogelio
Released: 1943-04-24

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of...

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Las cuatro milpas

as uncredited
Released: 1937-08-24

Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he...

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Sombrero

as Don Inocente
Released: 1953-04-22

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

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Stronghold

as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
Released: 1951-10-25

In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs...

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The Underdogs

as El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
Released: 1940-06-01

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities...

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La mujer sin cabeza

as uncredited
Released: 1944-03-30

A magician suspected of having killed a colleague is arrested by the police, but his assistant...

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Almas rebeldes

as uncredited
Released: 1937-08-30

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

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Me ha besado un hombre

as uncredited
Released: 1944-11-10

Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her...

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Soy puro mexicano

as uncredited
Released: 1942-11-13

Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way...

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Me he de comer esa tuna

as uncredited
Released: 1945-03-01

In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose...

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Canaima

as Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
Released: 1945-10-04

College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.

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The Bewitched House

as uncredited
Released: 1949-10-12

Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.

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La madrina del diablo

as uncredited
Released: 1937-09-09

Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to...

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Furia roja

as Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
Released: 1951-12-29

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the...

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Angel in Exile

as Ysidro Álvarez
Released: 1948-10-20

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted...

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Rancho Alegre

as uncredited
Released: 1941-03-28

Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from...

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La abuelita

as uncredited
Released: 1942-05-09

Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she...

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El último chinaco

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-05

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

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Mientras México duerme

as uncredited
Released: 1938-10-28

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La hija del payaso

as uncredited
Released: 1946-05-02

Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.

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Rosalinda

as uncredited
Released: 1945-12-25

Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck...

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The Hawk

as Pistoler
Released: 1940-08-24

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

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La Adelita

as uncredited
Released: 1937-11-07

Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between...

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Hasta que perdió Jalisco

as uncredited
Released: 1945-09-13

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

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La China Hilaria

as uncredited
Released: 1939-01-01

Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two...

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