Alfonso Bedoya
Known for Acting
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
The Big Country
1958
as Ramón Guiteras
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as Gold Hat
Border Incident
1949
as Cuchillo
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Degas
Sombrero
1953
as Don Inocente
Canaima
1945
as Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Hermando
Man in the Saddle
1951
as Cultus Charley
California Conquest
1952
as José Martínez
The Black Rose
1950
as Lu Chung
Wild Flower
1943
as Teniente de Rogelio
The Pearl
1947
Border River
1954
as Captain Vargas
The Abandoned
1945
as Gertrudis López, asistente
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Charley Calico
Stronghold
1951
as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
Ricochet Romance
1954
as Alfredo Gonzáles
Gran Casino
1947
as El Rayado
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Gold Hat (archive footage)