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Less than five months before his 60th birthday, Martin died of a heart attack while addressing a [[Moose lodge]] meeting in the [[Los Angeles]] suburb of [[Montebello, California|Montebello]].<ref>His death record can be found [http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi here] by searching for Chrispin Martin with Paiz as the mother's maiden name.</ref> He is buried at the [[Odd Fellows Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)|Odd Fellows Cemetery]] on Whittier Blvd, in [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5322 Photo of Martin's grave]</ref>
Less than five months before his 60th birthday, Martin died of a heart attack while addressing a [[Moose lodge]] meeting in the [[Los Angeles]] suburb of [[Montebello, California|Montebello]].<ref>His death record can be found [http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi here] by searching for Chrispin Martin with Paiz as the mother's maiden name.</ref> He is buried at the [[Odd Fellows Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)|Odd Fellows Cemetery]] on Whittier Blvd, in [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5322 Photo of Martin's grave]</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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*''[[The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' (1925) (scenes deleted)
*''[[The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' (1925) (scenes deleted)
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*''[[The Fighting Gringo (1939 film)|The Fighting Gringo]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Fighting Gringo (1939 film)|The Fighting Gringo]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Cisco Kid and the Lady]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Cisco Kid and the Lady]]'' (1939)
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*''[[Charlie Chan in Panama]]'' (1940)
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*''[[Viva Cisco Kid]]'' (1940)
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*''[[Lucky Cisco Kid]]'' (1940)
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*''[[The Gay Caballero (1940 film)|The Gay Caballero]]'' (1940)
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*''[[Down Argentine Way]]'' (1940)
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*''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|Mark of Zorro]]'' (1940) - Turnkey
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*''[[Romance of the Rio Grande (1941 film)|Romance of the Rio Grande]]'' (1940)



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*''[[Charlie Chan in Panama]]'' (1940) - Sergeant Montero
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*''[[Viva Cisco Kid]]'' (1940) - Gordito
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*''[[Lucky Cisco Kid]]'' (1940) - Gordito
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*''[[The Gay Caballero (1940 film)|The Gay Caballero]]'' (1940) - Gordito
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*''[[Down Argentine Way]]'' (1940) - Esteban
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*''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|Mark of Zorro]]'' (1940) - Turnkey
*''[[Charter Pilot]]'' (1940) - Captain of Police (uncredited)
*''[[Charter Pilot]]'' (1940) - Captain of Police (uncredited)
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*''[[Romance of the Rio Grande (1941 film)|Romance of the Rio Grande]]'' (1940) - Gordito
*''[[The Bad Man (1941 film)|The Bad Man]]'' (1941) - Pedro
*''[[The Bad Man (1941 film)|The Bad Man]]'' (1941) - Pedro
*''[[Ride on Vaquero]]'' (1941) - Gordito
*''[[Ride on Vaquero]]'' (1941) - Gordito

Revision as of 11:06, 16 November 2018

Chris-Pin Martin in American Empire (1942)

Chris-Pin Martin (born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, November 19, 1893 – June 27, 1953) was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in The Cisco Kid film series.[1] He acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 westerns.

Biography

Martin was born in Tucson. His roles were as a rotund, roly-poly bumbling or slow comedic character who spoke in broken English. His most remembered western film role was in nine of the Cisco Kid films playing the Kid's sidekicks Gordito and in the later films Pancho. He also appeared in the John Ford classic Stagecoach (1939) with John Wayne. He was credited in his films by other names, including Chrispin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin, and Ethier Crispin Martini.

Martin was adept in both drama and comedy, in films like the melodramatic The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as "Poncho" the Mexican who reluctantly becomes a part of the lynch mob of three hastily accused killers (Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, and Francis Ford). It is Martin who reluctantly becomes Quinn's confessor. His comic sensibilities were best utilized in light fare, as in A Millionaire for Christy (1951). In this Fred MacMurray comedy, Martin plays a brief but memorable role as "Manolo", a Mexican who knows no English, whom MacMurray enlists to help pull his stranded car out of the beach, along with Martin's non-English speaking crew. His animated performance with MacMurray proves Martin to be every bit the entertaining supporting actor, stealing many of his scenes.

Death

Less than five months before his 60th birthday, Martin died of a heart attack while addressing a Moose lodge meeting in the Los Angeles suburb of Montebello.[2] He is buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery on Whittier Blvd, in East Los Angeles.[3]

Selected filmography


References

  1. ^ Chris-Pin Martin at "Saddle Pals & Sidekicks" section of B-Westerns
  2. ^ His death record can be found here by searching for Chrispin Martin with Paiz as the mother's maiden name.
  3. ^ Photo of Martin's grave
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