Alfonso Bedoya
Birthday
1904/04/16
Day of death
1957/12/15 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vicam, Sonora, Mexico
Also know as
Alfonso Bedolla, J. Bedolla, Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya, Benito Alfonso Bedoya y Díaz de Guzmán
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.
Acting
(1948) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Gold Hat
(1958) The Big Country
as Ramón Guiteras
(1949) Border Incident
as Cuchillo
(1951) Stronghold
as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
(1951) Man in the Saddle
as Cultus Charley
(1945) The Abandoned
as Gertrudis López, asistente
(1947) Gran Casino
as El Rayado
(1950) Fortunes of Captain Blood
as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
(1952) California Conquest
as José Martínez
(1954) Border River
as Captain Vargas
(1949) Streets of Laredo
as Charley Calico
(2003) Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Gold Hat (archive footage)
(1952) Por ellas aunque mal paguen
as Don Lupe
(1937) La Adelita
as ---
(1954) The Black Pirates
as Garza
(1940) El charro Negro
as Police Commander
(1945) Me he de comer esa tuna
as ---
(1945) Canaima
as Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
(1945) Hasta que perdió Jalisco
as ---
(1937) La madrina del diablo
as ---
(1947) Si me han de matar mañana
as ---
(1939) La China Hilaria
as ---
(1946) La hija del payaso
as ---
(1938) Ojos tapatios
as ---
(1947) El tigre de Jalisco
as ---
(1947) Albur de amor
as (as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
(1954) Ricochet Romance
as Alfredo Gonzáles
(1948) Angel on the Amazon
as Paulo
(1937) Almas rebeldes
as ---
(1956) La doncella de piedra
as ---
(1948) El último chinaco
as ---
(1949) The Bewitched House
as ---
(1943) Wild Flower
as Teniente de Rogelio
(1943) Doña Bárbara
as Peasant
(1942) La abuelita
as ---
(1944) Mis hijos!
as Borracho cantina (uncredited)
(1942) Soy puro mexicano
as ---
(1942) The Three Musketeers
as Gorila en cabaret
(1953) The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Degas
(1950) The Black Rose
as Lu Chung
(1944) La mujer sin cabeza
as ---
(1941) The Unknown Policeman
as Greñas (uncredited)
(1948) Angel in Exile
as Ysidro Álvarez
(1947) The Pearl
as ---
(1940) Los olvidados de Dios
as El Tejón
(1940) The Hawk
as Pistoler
(1940) The Underdogs
as El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
(1938) Mientras México duerme
as ---
(1955) Ten Wanted Men
as Hermando
(1951) Furia roja
as Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
(1944) Me ha besado un hombre
as ---
(1937) Las cuatro milpas
as ---
(1941) Rancho Alegre
as ---
(1945) Rosalinda
as ---
(1953) Sombrero
as Don Inocente