Leopoldo Ortín
Leopoldo Ortín | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1893 |
| Died | 3 August 1953 |
| Other names | Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1926–1952 (film) |
Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín (1893–1953) was a Peruvian stage and film actor. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, appearing in lead and supporting roles. Having arrived in Mexico to study he was a supporter of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution.[1] He was the father of the actor Polo Ortín.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Martín Garatuza (1935)
- Heroic Silence (1935)
- Poppy of the Road (1937)
- Come on Ponciano (1937)
- La honradez es un estorbo (1937)
- Father's Entanglements (1939)
- Horse for Horse (1939)
- Las tres viudas de papá (1942)
- Father Gets Entangled Again (1942)
- El ahijado de la muerte (1946)
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996.
- Poppe, Nicolas. Alton's Paradox: Foreign Film Workers and the Emergence of Industrial Cinema in Latin America. State University of New York Press, 2021.
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