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