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Chrispin Martin was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1953.

Rotund Chris-Pin Martin (real name: Ysabel Ponciana Paiz) (1893-1953) became stereotyped in roles in which he was lazy, bumbling or slow, of Mexican heritage, and spoke in broken english.

Les Adams has Martin in over 100 sound era films, and that includes 56 westerns and 1 serial. His most remembered western film role was as sidekick 'Gordito' and 'Pancho' in nine of the Cisco Kid films. (Martin's roles in these films are listed in the Cisco Kid section on the Old Corral.)

Go to the In Search Of ... page on the Old Corral, and follow the link to the California Death Records database --- there you will find a record for Chrispin Martin, born 11/19/1893 in Arizona, Mother's maiden name of Paiz, and passed away on 6/27/1953. There was no corresponding record in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), probably because the family didn't file for the death benefit.

Jim Tipton's Find A Grave website has a photo of the marker for Martin (which shows the last name of 'Paiz', his mother's maiden name) at the Oddfellows Cemetery in Los Angeles: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5322

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