Chris-Pin Martin
Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz (born November 19, 1893 in Tucson , Arizona , USA , † June 27, 1953 in Montebello , California , USA) was an American actor with Native American and Mexican roots. He was listed on film cast lists under various different names, including Chrispin Martin , Chris King Martin and Ethier Crispin Martin i.
Life
Martin was born to a Yaqui Indian and a Mexican mother. The actor, always looking a little chubby, had a striking, dark complexion and a characteristic, shrill voice. Early on, he had a reputation for being a joker. He is said to have played his first film role as an Indian as early as 1911. At the latest since his participation in the Charlie Chaplin film Gold Rush , he was regularly featured in Hollywood productions, until shortly before his death in 1953 in well over 130 films.
In keeping with his image , Martin often played film characters who were supposed to bring in funny or comical notes. In many cases, however, he embodied roles that would later be viewed as "politically incorrect" or even racist. So he mimed stereotypically the role cliché of the lazy, unkempt, physically and mentally lethargic Hispanic- American who only knows how to articulate himself in broken English.
Martin's best-known role was that of the sidekick of the serial hero Cisco Kid , where he played as Pancho or Gordito (German: Dickerchen) alongside the main actors Warner Baxter or Cesar Romero or Gilbert Roland . He was also seen in some Zorro films. Outstanding Hollywood productions in which he was involved as a listed actor were, for example, the Westerns The Ox-Bow Incident ( Ritt zum Ox-Bow ) and Stagecoach ( Ringo ).
On June 27, 1953, he died of a heart attack.
Filmography (selection)
- 1925: Gold Rush ( The Gold Rush )
- 1931: Transgression
- 1931: Safe in Hell
- 1932: The Mask of Fu Manchu (The Mask of Fu Manchu)
- 1934: In golden chains ( Chained )
- 1935: The whip of the Pampas ( Under the Pampas Moon )
- 1935: Under the pirate flag ( Captain Blood )
- 1937: ... then came the hurricane ( The Hurricane )
- 1938: The Renegade Ranger
- 1939: Ringo ( stagecoach )
- 1940: Gallop into Luck ( Down Argentine Way )
- 1940: The Mark of Zorro ( The Mark of Zorro )
- 1943: Ride to the Ox-Bow ( The Ox-Bow Incident )
- 1944: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ( Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves )
- 1945: The Vagabond of Texas ( Along Came Jones )
- 1947: Captain from Castile ( Captain from Castile )
- 1947: Command of Conscience (The Fugitive)
Web links
- Chris-Pin Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Chris-Pin Martin in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Chris-Pin Martin in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Chris-Pin Martin at The Old Corral
- Cisco Kid Pages at The Old Corral
Individual evidence
- ^ Illustration by Roland and Martin in: Joe Hembus: Western from yesterday. Heyne, Munich 1978 (Heyne-Buch; 5432), ISBN 3-453-00893-6 , after p. 64
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Chris-Pin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martin Paiz, Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin (full name); Martin, Chrispin; Martin, Chris King; Martin, Ethier Crispin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tucson , Arizona , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1953 |
| Place of death | Montebello , California , USA |