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.
Known For
The Big Country
(1958)
Ramón Guiteras
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948)
Gold Hat
Full Filmography
Acting
La madrina del diablo
(1937)
Almas rebeldes
(1937)
Las cuatro milpas
(1937)
La Adelita
(1937)
Mientras México duerme
(1938)
Ojos tapatios
(1938)
La China Hilaria
(1939)
Los olvidados de Dios
(1940)
El Tejón
The Hawk
(1940)
Pistoler
The Underdogs
(1940)
El manteca (as Alfonso Bedolla)
El charro Negro
(1940)
Police Commander
The Unknown Policeman
(1941)
Greñas (uncredited)
Rancho Alegre
(1941)
La abuelita
(1942)
Soy puro mexicano
(1942)
The Three Musketeers
(1942)
Gorila en cabaret
Wild Flower
(1943)
Teniente de Rogelio
Doña Bárbara
(1943)
Peasant
Mis hijos!
(1944)
Borracho cantina (uncredited)
La mujer sin cabeza
(1944)
Me ha besado un hombre
(1944)
Me he de comer esa tuna
(1945)
Canaima
(1945)
Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
(1945)
Rosalinda
(1945)
The Abandoned
(1945)
Gertrudis López, asistente
La hija del payaso
(1946)
Gran Casino
(1947)
El Rayado
Si me han de matar mañana
(1947)
El tigre de Jalisco
(1947)
Albur de amor
(1947)
(as Alfonso 'Indio' Bedoya)
The Pearl
(1947)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948)
Gold Hat
Angel on the Amazon
(1948)
Paulo
El último chinaco
(1948)
Angel in Exile
(1948)
Ysidro Álvarez
Border Incident
(1949)
Cuchillo
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Charley Calico
The Bewitched House
(1949)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Carmilio, Prison Overseer
The Black Rose
(1950)
Lu Chung
Man in the Saddle
(1951)
Cultus Charley
Furia roja
(1951)
Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
Stronghold
(1951)
Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
California Conquest
(1952)
José Martínez
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
(1952)
Don Lupe
The Stranger Wore a Gun
(1953)
Degas
Sombrero
(1953)
Don Inocente
The Black Pirates
(1954)
Garza
Border River
(1954)
Captain Vargas
Ricochet Romance
(1954)
Alfredo Gonzáles
Ten Wanted Men
(1955)
Hermando
La doncella de piedra
(1956)
The Big Country
(1958)
Ramón Guiteras
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
(2003)
Gold Hat (archive footage)