Chris-Pin Martin
Actor
Born Nov 18, 1893 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
Active 1925–1953
Chris-Pin Martin was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in The Cisco Kid film series. He acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 westerns.
Filmography
The Gold Rush (1925) — Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)Stagecoach (1939) — Chris (uncredited)The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — PonchoCaptain Blood (1935) — Sentry (uncredited)The Crowd (1928) — Worker in Hallway (uncredited)A Star Is Born (1937) — José Rodriguez (uncredited)The Mark of Zorro (1940) — TurnkeyThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) — Waiter (uncredited)The Hurricane (1937) — Nagle's Mate (uncredited)Blood on the Moon (1948) — Commissary Bartender (uncredited)The Big House (1930) — Inmate (uncredited)Safe in Hell (1931) — Jury Member (uncredited)Captain from Castile (1947) — Sancho Lopez (uncredited)The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) — Potentate (uncredited)The Fugitive (1947) — An Organ-GrinderAli Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) — Fat ThiefThe Lady from Texas (1951) — JoséHeat Lightning (1934) — Mexican Husband with Family (uncredited)Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) — Sergeant MonteroDown Argentine Way (1940) — EstebanChained (1934) — Peón (uncredited)Frontier Marshal (1939) — PeteAlong Came Jones (1945) — Store Proprietor (uncredited)Week-End in Havana (1941) — Driver