Chrispin Martin
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Chrispin Martin was a Mexican-American actor. Born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz in Tucson, Arizona
, and he was also credited in his films by many other names, such as Chris-Pin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin and Ethier Crispin Martini.
His roles were always as a rotund, roly-poly comic character where he would be bumbling or slow, of Mexican
heritage who spoke in broken English. Martin acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 Westerns
. His most remembered western film role was as a sidekick on Gordito and Pancho
in nine of the Cisco Kid films.
On June 27, 1953 Chris-Pin Martin died of a heart attack at 59, while addressing a Moose Lodge
meeting in Montebello, California
. His death record can be found here by searching for Chrispin Martin with Paiz as the mother's maiden name.
There is also a picture of Martin's grave here at the Odd Fellows Cemetery
on Whittier Blvd, in East Los Angeles, California
.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, and he was also credited in his films by many other names, such as Chris-Pin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin and Ethier Crispin Martini.
His roles were always as a rotund, roly-poly comic character where he would be bumbling or slow, of Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
heritage who spoke in broken English. Martin acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 Westerns
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
. His most remembered western film role was as a sidekick on Gordito and Pancho
Pancho
Pancho is a nickname for Spanish name FranciscoIt is also used as a nickname for Francis .Likewise "Pancha" is used as a nickname for Francesca, or Francis Pancho may also refer to:...
in nine of the Cisco Kid films.
On June 27, 1953 Chris-Pin Martin died of a heart attack at 59, while addressing a Moose Lodge
Moose International
Moose International is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, consisting of the Loyal Order of Moose, with nearly 1 million men in roughly 2,400 Lodges, in all 50 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, plus Great Britain and Bermuda; and the Women of the Moose with more than...
meeting in Montebello, California
Montebello, California
Montebello is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, in the southwestern part of the San Gabriel Valley. It is located on of land just east of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities, and the city is a member of the Gateway Cities Council of...
. His death record can be found here by searching for Chrispin Martin with Paiz as the mother's maiden name.
There is also a picture of Martin's grave here at the Odd Fellows Cemetery
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Odd Fellows Cemetery may refer to:in the United States* Odd Fellows Cemetery , location of a Neptune Society Columbarium* Odd Fellows Cemetery...
on Whittier Blvd, in East Los Angeles, California
East Los Angeles, California
East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States...
.