Alfonso Bedoya
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.678 |
| Birthday | 1904-04-16 |
| Place of Birth | Vicam, Sonora, Mexico |
| Also Known As | Alfonso Bedolla, J. Bedolla, Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya, Benito Alfonso Bedoya y Díaz de Guzmán, |
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
7.983/1160
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join w...
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1958
The Big Country
7.6/340
Retired 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, a...
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The Big Country
1949
Border Incident
6.919/37
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border t...
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Border Incident
1951
Man in the Saddle
6.45/20
A 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...
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Man in the Saddle
1947
Gran Casino
5.2/23
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives...
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Gran Casino
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
7.125/4
When 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 M...
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Fortunes of Captain Blood
1952
California Conquest
4.5/6
The 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 inte...
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California Conquest
1949
Streets of Laredo
5.9/13
Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lor...
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Streets of Laredo
1943
Wild Flower
6.4/15
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between...
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Wild Flower
1954
The Black Pirates
4.6/7
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been bu...
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The Black Pirates
1937
La madrina del diablo
5.2/4
Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.
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La madrina del diablo
1945
Me he de comer esa tuna
5.1/7
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
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Me he de comer esa tuna
1945
Canaima
5.8/6
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
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Canaima
1945
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
5.2/4
Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.
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Hasta que perdió Jalisco
1946
La hija del payaso
5/2
Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.
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La hija del payaso
1947
Si me han de matar mañana
5/3
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
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Si me han de matar mañana
1939
La China Hilaria
5/4
Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
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La China Hilaria
1956
La doncella de piedra
5.5/4
A young mixed-race woman is forced to choose between her tribal heritage and her position in white society.
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La doncella de piedra
1947
El tigre de Jalisco
5.5/4
A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
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El tigre de Jalisco
1948
Angel on the Amazon
4.8/5
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found t...
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Angel on the Amazon
1954
Border River
6.2/19
A 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 thi...
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Border River
1937
Almas rebeldes
5.5/4
Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
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Almas rebeldes
1948
El último chinaco
6/4
1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
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El último chinaco
1949
The Bewitched House
5.5/6
Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
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The Bewitched House
1943
Doña Bárbara
7.1/37
A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
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Doña Bárbara
1942
La abuelita
5/5
Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees...
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La abuelita
1942
Soy puro mexicano
5.3/3
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
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Soy puro mexicano
1942
The Three Musketeers
7.2/22
Cantinflas 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...
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The Three Musketeers
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
5.379/29
Having 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 int...
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The Stranger Wore a Gun
1944
Mis hijos!
5/4
An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years to find her way back to the bosom of her family.
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Mis hijos!
1947
Albur de amor
4.5/4
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
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Albur de amor
1950
The Black Rose
6.6/19
In 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...
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The Black Rose
1944
La mujer sin cabeza
5.2/6
Mexican Fu Manchu adaptation.
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La mujer sin cabeza
1941
The Unknown Policeman
7.836/64
A 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 m...
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The Unknown Policeman
1948
Angel in Exile
5.2/6
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe...
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Angel in Exile
1947
The Pearl
7/41
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bit...
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The Pearl
1940
Los olvidados de Dios
5/2
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
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Los olvidados de Dios
1940
The Hawk
5/2
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
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The Hawk
1940
The Underdogs
5.7/6
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of th...
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The Underdogs
1940
El charro Negro
4.6/5
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
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El charro Negro
1938
Mientras México duerme
5/2
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Mientras México duerme
1954
Ricochet Romance
7/1
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces...
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Ricochet Romance
1955
Ten Wanted Men
5.76/26
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power...
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Ten Wanted Men
1951
Furia roja
3.3/6
Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for inde...
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Furia roja
1944
Me ha besado un hombre
5.6/5
Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
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Me ha besado un hombre
1937
Las cuatro milpas
5/5
Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and...
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Las cuatro milpas
1941
Rancho Alegre
5/2
Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plan...
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Rancho Alegre
1945
Rosalinda
5/3
Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfri...
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Rosalinda
1953
Sombrero
4.2/10
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
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Sombrero
1951
Stronghold
5.7/6
In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maxim...
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Stronghold
1945
The Abandoned
5.7/10
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarrie...
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The Abandoned
1952
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
6.2/11
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse t...
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Por ellas aunque mal paguen
1937
La Adelita
5/4
Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revol...
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La Adelita
1938
Ojos tapatios
5/2
Mexican feature film
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Ojos tapatios
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
6.5/3
An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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