Martín Garralaga

Born: 1894-11-09

Birthplace: Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

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.

Known For

Casablanca
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Law and Order
Juarez
Our Wife
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
5 Fingers
Lonely are the Brave
Going My Way

Top Movie Credits

Casablanca Headwaiter at Rick's (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Law and Order Mexican Blacksmith (uncredited)
Juarez Negroni
Our Wife Cuban Driver (uncredited)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Going My Way Zuñiga (uncredited)