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.
Filmography Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
Gold Hat (archive footage)
Details The Big Country
1958
Ramón Guiteras
Details La doncella de piedra
1956
Character TBA
Details Ricochet Romance
1954
Alfredo Gonzáles
Details Border River
1954
Captain Vargas
Details The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
Degas
Details Por ellas aunque mal paguen
1952
Don Lupe
Details California Conquest
1952
José Martínez
Details Furia roja
1951
Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
Details Man in the Saddle
1951
Cultus Charley
Details Stronghold
1951
Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
Details Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Details Border Incident
1949
Cuchillo
Details The Bewitched House
1949
Character TBA
Details Streets of Laredo
1949
Charley Calico
Details Angel on the Amazon
1948
Paulo
Details Angel in Exile
1948
Ysidro Álvarez
Details El último chinaco
1948
Character TBA
Details The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Gold Hat
Details Albur de amor
1947
(as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
Details Si me han de matar mañana
1947
Character TBA
Details El tigre de Jalisco
1947
Character TBA
Details La hija del payaso
1946
Character TBA
Details Canaima
1945
Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
Details Hasta que perdió Jalisco
1945
Character TBA
Details The Abandoned
1945
Gertrudis López, asistente
Details Me he de comer esa tuna
1945
Character TBA
Details Me ha besado un hombre
1944
Character TBA
Details La mujer sin cabeza
1944
Character TBA
Details Mis hijos!
1944
Borracho cantina (uncredited)
Details Wild Flower
1943
Teniente de Rogelio
Details Soy puro mexicano
1942
Character TBA
Details The Three Musketeers
1942
Gorila en cabaret
Details La abuelita
1942
Character TBA
Details The Unknown Policeman
1941
Greñas (uncredited)
Details Rancho Alegre
1941
Character TBA
Details El charro Negro
1940
Police Commander
Details The Underdogs
1940
El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
Details Los olvidados de Dios
1940
El Tejón
Details La China Hilaria
1939
Character TBA
Details Mientras México duerme
1938
Character TBA
Details Ojos tapatios
1938
Character TBA
Details La Adelita
1937
Character TBA
Details La madrina del diablo
1937
Character TBA
Details Almas rebeldes
1937
Character TBA
Details Las cuatro milpas
1937
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