Alfonso Bedoya

Alfonso Bedoya
Alfonso Bedoya
	Bedoya (right) with Dona Drake, in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Born	April 16, 1904; Vícam, Mexico
Died	December 15, 1957 (aged 53); Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	Alfonso Bedolla; Alfonso 'El Indio' Bedoya
Years active	1935–1957

Benito Alfonso Bedoya y Díaz de Guzmán[1] (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. He is best known for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, where he played a bandit leader and delivered the "stinking badges" line, which has been called one of the greatest movie quotes in history by the American Film Institute.

Early life

Bedoya was born in the small town of Vícam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage, to Norberto Bedoya Perea and Ignacia Díaz de Guzmán.[2][3] He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, traveling throughout the country with his parents and 19 siblings. At 14, he emigrated to the United States and was educated in Houston, Texas.[4][5] He ran away from school and worked as a railroad section worker, dishwasher, waiter, and cotton picker.[6]

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.[7][8] His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.[8]

"Stinking badges"

Bedoya is best remembered for his role in John Huston's 1948 adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as "Gold Hat", the bandit leader. Bedoya's role includes the famous outburst: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"[5][9] The line was ranked number 36 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list, and it has been widely referenced and parodied in TV, film, music, and literature.[8][5][10] Treasure of Sierra Madre was also ranked number 30 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies.[5]

Personal life

Bedoya married Gertrude Elizabeth Larky Karas on March 8, 1950, in Mexico City.[11]

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 María Lucía Solana Martínez, Bedoya, 53, died of a heart attack in a Mexico City motel room.[12]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1935	Todo un hombre
1937	Los chicos de la prensa
1937	La llaga
1937	Almas rebeldes
1937	Adiós Nicanor	Servidor del Gavilan	Uncredited
1937	La madrina del Diablo	Cantinero
1938	Ojos tapatios
1938	La Adelita	Villista
1938	Los bandidos de Río Frío	Espiridión
1938	While Mexico Sleeps
1938	Pescadores de perlas	Simón
1938	La golondrina		Uncredited
1939	El capitán aventurero	Mesonero	Uncredited
1939	La China Hilaria	Isidro
1940	Los olvidados de Dios	El Tejón
1940	El gavilán	Pistoler
1940	Los de abajo	El manteca
1940	El charro Negro	Comandante de policía
1941	El Zorro de Jalisco	Esbirro de Ernesto	Uncredited
1941	Rancho Alegre
1941	Hasta que llovió en Sayula
1941	El capitán Centellas
1941	El rápido de las 9.15	Tripulación del tren	Uncredited
1941	The Unknown Policeman	Greñas	Uncredited
1942	La epopeya del camino		Uncredited
1942	La abuelita	Un obrero
1942	Virgen de medianoche
1942	Simón Bolívar	Conspirador Padilla	Uncredited
1942	The Three Musketeers	Gorila en cabaret
1942	La Vírgen morena	Popoca	Uncredited
1942	I'm a Real Mexican
1942	El baisano Jalil	Empleado de Jalil	Uncredited
1943	Dulce madre mía
1943	María Eugenia		Uncredited
1943	Wild Flower	Teniente de Rogelio
1943	El jorobado
1943	Doña Bárbara	Peasant
1943	Cuando habla el corazón	El Yaqui
1943	El rebelde (Romance de antaño)	Bandido	Uncredited
1944	The Headless Woman
1944	Mis hijos	Borracho cantina	Uncredited
1944	Me ha besado un hombre
1945	Me he de comer esa tuna	El Alacrán
1945	Las Abandonadas	Gertrudis López, asistente
1945	Club verde
1945	'Como México no hay dos'!
1945	El jagüey de las ruinas
1945	Sendas del destino
1945	Hasta que perdió Jalisco	Amigo de Jorge
1945	Canaima	Cholo Parima (Pantoja)
1945	Rosalinda	Cecina
1946	No basta ser charro	Peón	Uncredited
1946	La hija del payaso
1947	Bells of San Fernando	Guard at the Pass	Uncredited
1947	The Tiger of Jalisco	Bandido
1947	Si me han de matar mañana	El Nagual
1947	Gran Casino	El Rayado
1947	Albur de amor
1947	The Pearl	Godfather
1948	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Gold Hat
1948	El último chinaco	Sabas
1948	Angel in Exile	Ysidro Álvarez
1948	Angel on the Amazon	Paulo
1949	Streets of Laredo	Charley Calico
1949	La casa embrujada	Vendedor de palomas
1949	Border Incident	Cuchillo
1950	Fortunes of Captain Blood	Carmilio
1950	The Black Rose	Lu Chung
1950	Furia roja	Ignacio 'El Nacho' López
1951	Stronghold
1951	Man in the Saddle	Cultus Charley
1952	California Conquest	José Martínez
1952	Por ellas aunque mal paguen	Don Lupe
1953	Sombrero	Don Inocente
1953	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Degas
1954	Border River	Capt. Vargas
1954	Ricochet Romance	Alfredo Gonzáles
1954	The Black Pirates	Garza
1955	Ten Wanted Men	Hermando
1956	La doncella de piedra	Chuachuaima
1958	The Big Country	Ramón Gutierrez	(final film role)

References

San Antonio Light, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 20
"Diario del Yaqui". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13.
Mexico. State of Distrito Federal Civil Registration. Registro Civil del Estado de Distrito Federal, México
Washington Court House Record-Herald, March 18, 1950, p. 4
"Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". www.classicfilmguide.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
Washington Court House Record-Herald, March 18, 1950, p. 4
Hal Erickson (2010). "Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
Hal Erickson (2010). "Alfonso Bedoya Movies". Blockbuster. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
Hal Erickson (2010). "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)". Blockbuster. Archived from the original on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
"AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes". USA Today. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
Mexico. Civil Registration. Registro Civil del Distrito Federal, México
San Antonio Light, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 20

External links

Alfonso Bedoya at IMDb

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[1] San Antonio Light, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 20

[2] "Diario del Yaqui". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13.

[3] Mexico. State of Distrito Federal Civil Registration. Registro Civil del Estado de Distrito Federal, México

[4] Washington Court House Record-Herald, March 18, 1950, p. 4

[classicfilmguide-5] "Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". www.classicfilmguide.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-21.

[6] Washington Court House Record-Herald, March 18, 1950, p. 4

[barnesandnoble-7] Hal Erickson (2010). "Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2010-04-21.

[blockbusterMovies-8] Hal Erickson (2010). "Alfonso Bedoya Movies". Blockbuster. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-04-21.

[blockbusterSierraMadre-9] Hal Erickson (2010). "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)". Blockbuster. Archived from the original on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2010-04-21.

[bogartfilms-10] "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes". USA Today. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

[11] Mexico. Civil Registration. Registro Civil del Distrito Federal, México

[12] San Antonio Light, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 20