Chris-Pin Martin

• Born: Nov 19, 1893 in Tucson, Arizona
• Died: Jun 27, 1953 in Montebello, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Western, Action
• Career Highlights: Ride on Vaquero, Viva Cisco Kid, Boots and Saddles
• First Major Screen Credit: Boots and Saddles (1937)

Biography

Born in the Arizona Territory to Mexican parents, Chris-Pin Martin developed a reputation as a laughgetter at an early age. He made his earliest film appearance in 1911, playing an Indian. During his heyday of the 1930s and 1940s, Martin earned his salary perpetuating a stereotype that nowadays would be the ultimate in political incorrectness: the lazy, dull-witted Hispanic comic foil. Chris-Pin Martin appeared in several Cisco Kid programmers, playing sidekick Pancho (sometimes named Gorditor) to such screen Ciscos as Warner Baxter, Cesar Romero, Gilbert Roland and Duncan Renaldo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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