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Alfonso Bedoya

Acting Born Apr 16, 1904 Vicam, Sonora, Mexico 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Gold Hat
Film

The Big Country

as Ramón Guiteras
Film

Ten Wanted Men

as Hermando

Full filmography

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) as Gold Hat
  • The Big Country (1958) as Ramón Guiteras
  • Ten Wanted Men (1955) as Hermando
  • The Black Rose (1950) as Lu Chung
  • Man in the Saddle (1951) as Cultus Charley
  • Streets of Laredo (1949) as Charley Calico
  • El rebelde (Romance de Antaño) (1943) as Bandido (uncredited)
  • The Pearl (1947)
  • California Conquest (1952) as José Martínez
  • The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) as Degas
  • Border Incident (1949) as Cuchillo
  • Sombrero (1953) as Don Inocente
  • Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
  • Border River (1954) as Captain Vargas
  • Wild Flower (1943) as Teniente de Rogelio
  • The Three Musketeers (1942) as Gorila en cabaret
  • Gran Casino (1947) as El Rayado
  • The Black Pirates (1954) as Garza
  • The Unknown Policeman (1941) as Greñas (uncredited)
  • The Underdogs (1940) as El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
  • Mis hijos! (1944) as Borracho cantina (uncredited)
  • La abuelita (1942)
  • Angel in Exile (1948) as Ysidro Álvarez
  • Por ellas aunque mal paguen (1952) as Don Lupe