Alfonso Bedoya
| Alfonso Bedoya | |
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 With Dona Drake, in Fortunes of Captain Blood ( 1950 ) |
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| Born | April 16, 1904 Vicam, Sonora, Mexico |
| Died | December 15, 1957 (aged 53) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Other names | Alfonso Bedolla Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya |
| Years active | 1935–1957 |
Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films.
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[edit] Early life
Bedoya was born in Sonora. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas.[1]
[edit] Film career
Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industry in the 1930s to 1940s. During that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films.[2][3] His last movie, The Big Country, was released after his death in 1958.[3]
[edit] Memorable role
Bedoya is best remembered as "Gold Hat",[4] the bandit leader who declares "I don't have to show you any stinking badges."[1] in John Huston's 1948 adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. This movie is number 30 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies[1] and Bedoya's line ended up as number 36 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list.[1][5] Bedoya's line has become widely imitated by entertainers.[3]
[edit] Partial filmography
- Doña Bárbara (1943)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Streets of Laredo (1949)
- Border Incident (1949)
- The Black Rose (1950)
- California Conquest (1952)
- The Big Country (1958)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". www.classicfilmguide.com. 2010. http://classicfilmguide.com/indexa620.html. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2010). "Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". Barnes & Noble. http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?CTR=575286. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ a b c Hal Erickson (2010). "Alfonso Bedoya Movies". Blockbuster. http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/personDetails/4404. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2010). "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)". Blockbuster. http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/35991. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes". USA Today. 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-06-21-top-movie-quotes_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
