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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Early life
Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage.[1] He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas.[2]
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.[3][4] His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.[4]
Memorable role
Bedoya is best remembered as "Gold Hat",[5] the bandit leader who declares "I don't have to show you any stinking badges"[2] 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[2] and Bedoya's line is number 36 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list.[2][6] Bedoya's line has become widely imitated by entertainers.[4]
Partial filmography
- While Mexico Sleeps (1938)
- The Unknown Policeman (1941)
- María Eugenia (1943)
- Doña Bárbara (1943)
- The Headless Woman (1944)
- Rosalinda (1945)
- The Tiger of Jalisco (1947)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Angel on the Amazon (1948)
- Streets of Laredo (1949)
- Border Incident (1949)
- The Black Rose (1950)
- California Conquest (1952)
- The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
- Ten Wanted Men (1955)
- The Big Country (1958)
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