Biography

Chris-Pin Martin was born on November 19, 1893 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Four Frightened People (1934) and King of the Bandits (1947). He died on June 27, 1953 in Montebello, California, USA.

Given his odd name by his father, derived from a patron saint of woodworkers.

Said to have been part Mexican, part Yaqui Indian.

Dark-complexioned, roly-poly comic actor in Hollywood films of the '30s, '40s and early '50s, in whose 80-or-so screen appearances he usually affected a fractured Mexican accent.