Martín Garralaga
Biography
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Martín Garralaga (10 November 1894, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 12 June 1981 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was a film and television actor who portrayed more than two hundred roles in film and television. The actor first came to the United States when he sailed from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to San Juan, Puerto Rico on the steamship Catherine in April 1924.
He is probably best known for his portrayal as "Pancho" in the early Cisco Kid films.
In 1958, Garralaga was cast as Ramirez in the episode "A Tree for Planting" of the CBS western television series, The Texan. Lurene Tuttle and Paul Fix were cast in the episode as Amy Bofert and Bert Gorman, respectively. In the story line, series character Bill Longley (Rory Calhoun) comes to the aid of a distressed Mexican farmer, Ramirez, whose peach orchards are being overrun by cattle ranchers.
Garralaga died 12 June 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California aged 86.
Filmography
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969
as Juan
Island of the Blue Dolphins
1964
as The Priest
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Old Man
It Started with a Kiss
1959
as Senor Lagonzaga (uncredited)
Cry Tough
1959
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as The Priest
The Left Handed Gun
1958
as Saval
Man in the Shadow
1957
as Jesus Cisneros
Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Ramon (uncredited)
The Unknown Terror
1957
as Lead Villager
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
as Jaime Brigo
Serenade
1956
as Romero (uncredited)
A Man Alone
1955
as Ortega
Green Fire
1954
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Don Rafael Velasco
Border River
1954
as Guzman
Captain Scarface
1953
as Manuel
Law and Order
1953
as Mexican Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Hitch-Hiker
1953
as Bartender
Tropic Zone
1953
as Croupier (uncredited)
Woman in the Dark
1952
as 'Papa' Morello
Tropical Heat Wave
1952
as Ignacio Ortega
The Ring
1952
as Vidal Cantanios