Years active 1935–1957 Name Alfonso Bedoya | Role Actor | |
 | ||
Other names Alfonso BedollaAlfonso 'Indio' Bedoya Nominations Ariel Award for Best Actor in a Minor Role Movies The Treasure of the Sierra, The Big Country, The Stranger Wore a G, Ten Wanted Men, Border River Similar People Chuck Hayward, Charles Bickford, Dorothy Adams, H Bruce Humberstone, Andre de Toth | ||
Alfonso bedoya tribute
Benito Alfonso Bedoya y Díaz de Guzmán (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films.
Contents
- Alfonso bedoya tribute
- Alfonso bedoya biografia
- Early life
- Film career
- Memorable role
- Personal life
- Partial filmography
- References
Alfonso bedoya biografia
Early life
Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage, to Norberto Bedoya Perea and Ignacia Díaz de Guzmán. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, traveling throughout the country with his parents and 19 siblings. At 14, he immigrated to the United States and was educated in Houston, Texas. He ran away from school and worked as a railroad section worker, dishwasher, waiter, and cotton picker.
Film career
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.
Memorable role
Bedoya is best remembered as "Gold Hat", the bandit leader who declares "I don't have to show you any stinking badges" 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 and Bedoya's line is number 36 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list. Bedoya's line has become widely imitated by entertainers.
Personal life
Bedoya married Gertrude Elizabeth Larky Karas on March 8, 1950, in Mexico City.
Bedoya completed filming The Big Country in November, 1957, in California, and returned to Mexico City on December 8. Eight days later, after a night of partying with manicurist Maria Lucia Solana Martinez, Bedoya died of a heart attack in a Mexico City motel room.