Alfonso Bedoya
Biography
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
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Gold Hat (archive footage)
The Big Country
1958
as Ramón Guiteras
La doncella de piedra
1956
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Hermando
The Black Pirates
1954
as Garza
Ricochet Romance
1954
as Alfredo Gonzáles
Border River
1954
as Captain Vargas
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Degas
Sombrero
1953
as Don Inocente
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
1952
as Don Lupe
California Conquest
1952
as José Martínez
Furia roja
1951
as Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
Man in the Saddle
1951
as Cultus Charley
Stronghold
1951
as Ignacio 'Nacho' Lopez
The Black Rose
1950
as Lu Chung
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Border Incident
1949
as Cuchillo
The Bewitched House
1949
as Vendedor de palomas
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Charley Calico
Angel on the Amazon
1948
as Paulo
Angel in Exile
1948
as Ysidro Álvarez
El último chinaco
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as Gold Hat
The Pearl
1947