Who was Pedro Armendariz Jr?
He played Eduardo O'Brian in "Mouth Of Snake" episode from season 2.
He was the latin-american spanish voice of Master Shifu in Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2 and its TV specials, & Doc Hudson in Cars
Armendáriz Jr. was born in Mexico City, the son of actors Carmela (née Pardo) and Pedro Armendáriz. He had been married to actress Ofelia Medina.
Armendáriz appeared in over 100 movies. Among them are The Magnificent Seven Ride, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Matando Cabos and La ley de Herodes, and played Don Pedro in The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro. He also had small roles in Earthquake (1974), Tombstone and Amistad.
Both Armendáriz and his father appeared in James Bond movies. The elder Armendáriz appeared in From Russia with Love in 1963, while Pedro Jr. appeared in 1989's Licence to Kill. Also both actors portrayed Pancho Villa, the senior Armendáriz on several movies and Pedro Armendáriz Jr in Old Gringo (Spanish: Gringo Viejo) opposite Gregory Peck and Jimmy Smits. Interestingly, Pedro Armendáriz Jr also portrayed Pancho Villa's enemy Luis Terrazas in the film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself opposite Antonio Banderas. He also played the role of the President of Mexico in Once Upon a Time.On November 2011,Armendariz was diagnose with eye cancer.During the filming of "la Fuerza del destino". On December 26, 2011, Armendáriz Jr. died of eye cancer at age 71 in New York City Memorial Hospital
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Re: Pedro Armendariz Jr. Dies
You were a guy we loved to hate,your character that is.He did a good job as a KR bad guy.
