Alfonso Bedoya

Alfonso Bedoya

Birth : 1904-04-16, Vicam, Sonora, Mexico

Death : 1957-12-15

History

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.

Profile

Alfonso Bedoya

Movies

The Big Country
Ramón Guiteras
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. The Major is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey. The land in question is owned by Julie Maragon and both Terrill and Hannassey want it.
La doncella de piedra
A young mixed-race woman is forced to choose between her tribal heritage and her position in white society.
Ten Wanted Men
Hermando
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
The Black Pirates
Garza
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 built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.
Ricochet Romance
Alfredo Gonzáles
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.
Border River
Captain Vargas
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 this lawless place?
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Degas
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 into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.
Sombrero
Don Inocente
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Don Lupe
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.
California Conquest
José Martínez
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 interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.
Stronghold
Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
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 Maximilian.
Furia roja
Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
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 independence.
Man in the Saddle
Cultus Charley
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 and his property by means of violence.
The Black Rose
Lu Chung
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 the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Carmilio, Prison Overseer
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 Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
Border Incident
Cuchillo
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 to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
La casa embrujada
Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
Streets of Laredo
Charley Calico
Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim
Angel on the Amazon
Paulo
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 the secret of eternal youth.
Angel in Exile
Ysidro Álvarez
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 him to be a sacred religious figure.
El último chinaco
1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Gold Hat
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 with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
Albur de amor
(as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
Gran Casino
El Rayado
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Si me han de matar mañana
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
El tigre de Jalisco
A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
The Pearl
Godfather
A poor Mexican diver discovers a valuable pearl in the ocean, but it brings his family only trouble
La hija del payaso
Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.
Rosalinda
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 girlfriends.
Canaima
Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.
Las abandonadas
Gertrudis López, asistente
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 unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.
Me he de comer esa tuna
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.
Me ha besado un hombre
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...
La mujer sin cabeza
Mexican Fu Manchu adaptation.
Mis hijos!
Borracho cantina (uncredited)
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.
Doña Bárbara
Peasant
A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
Wild Flower
Teniente de Rogelio
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 Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
Soy puro mexicano
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
The Three Musketeers
Gorila en cabaret
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 and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
La abuelita
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 her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health.
El gendarme desconocido
Greñas (uncredited)
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 members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Rancho Alegre
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 plans?
The Hawk
Pistoler
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
El charro Negro
Police Commander
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
The Underdogs
El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
Los olvidados de Dios
El Tejón
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
La China Hilaria
Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
Mientras México duerme
Ojos tapatios
Mexican feature film
La Adelita
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 Revolution.
La madrina del diablo
Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.
Almas rebeldes
Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
Las cuatro milpas
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 a bunch of thefts.