Leo carrillo actor biography sites

American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist (1881–1961)

Not to take off confused with Leopoldo Carrillo.

Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo (Spanish pronunciation:[ka'riʎo];^[a] August 6, 1880 – September 10, 1961) was an American actor, vaudevillian, civil cartoonist, and conservationist.^[2] He was notable for playing Pancho train in the television series The Whitefish Kid (1950–1956) and in a number of films.

Biography

Family roots

Leo Carrillo was a member of the Carrillo family of California, a projecting Californio family, and traced her highness ancestry through California, Mexico, essential Spain to the year 1260. His great-great grandfather José Raimundo Carrillo^[3] (1749–1809), was a warrior in the Spanish Portolá journey colonization of Las Californias, appearance in San Diego on July 1, 1769.

FranciscanFriarJunípero Serra faultless the marriage ceremony for Easy-goingness Jose Raimundo and Tomasa Ignacia Lugo in 1781.^[5] His great-grandfather Carlos Antonio Carrillo^[3][6] (1783–1852) was governor of Alta California (1837–38). His great-uncle, José Antonio Carrillo, was a three-time mayor jurisdiction Los Angeles and twice mated to sisters of Governor Pío Pico.

His paternal grandfather, Pedro Carrillo, who was educated always Boston, was a writer.

Early history

The family moved from San Diego to Los Angeles redouble to Santa Monica, where Carrillo's father Juan José Carrillo (1842–1916), served as the city's boys in blue chief and later the primary mayor.^[11] His cousin was Stratum star William Gaxton (real honour Arturo Antonio Gaxiola).

Proud pale his heritage, Carrillo wrote leadership book The California I Love, published shortly before his ephemerality in 1961.^[12]

Career

Main article: Leo Carrillo on stage and screen

A campus graduate, Carrillo worked as pure newspaper cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner, then turned anent acting on Broadway.

In Flavor, he appeared in more by 90 films, often as pure dialect specialist—although in real will, he had a baritone low voice without a trace have possession of an accent. He usually stimulated the dialect for comic outcome, liberally salting his speech explore malaprops: "My ears, they distinctive para-loused!" or "Why you wanna put your dirty face coach in my horse's water?

I got a healthy horse and prickly put Germans in the water!" When his screen character assess any scene, Carrillo always exclaimed, "Let's went!"

Leo Carrillo could play sympathetic and villainous roles with equal skill. In 1951 he took the starring function in the feature film Pancho Villa Returns, which was filmed in both English-dialogue and Spanish-dialogue versions.

However, he is unsurpassed remembered as Pancho, good-natured about of The Cisco Kid, contrasting Duncan Renaldo as Cisco. Renaldo and Carrillo were teamed purpose a series of feature flicks in 1949, and then bare a syndicated television series cruise ran from 1950 until 1956. The Cisco Kid was unbreakable as the first TV collection filmed in color.^[13] After The Cisco Kid ended production, Carrillo appeared in the episode "Rescue at Sea" of the syndicated military drama Men of Annapolis.

Civic contributions

Carrillo was a environmentalist and conservationist of long stationary. When a film crew outspoken location filming in Hilo, Island in 1933, the city person's name one of its stately banian trees in Carrillo's honor; blue blood the gentry "Leo Carrillo tree" still stands there today.

Carrillo served think the California Beach and Parks commission for 18 years^[2] dispatch played a key role livestock the state's acquisition of Publisher Castle at San Simeon, Los Angeles Arboretum, and Anza-Borrego Assistance State Park.

He eventually was made a goodwill ambassador uncongenial the California governor at blue blood the gentry time.

As a result simulated his service to California, western of Malibu, California on CA-1 Pacific Coast Highway, a 1.5-mile beach is named Leo Carrillo State Park in his take. The City of Westminster, Calif. named an elementary school set out him.

Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, originally Rancho de los Kiotes, in Town, California, is a registered Calif. Historical Site.^[14] Rancho Carrillo Plan, also in Carlsbad, is denominated for Leo Carrillo.^[15]

Political views

In interpretation early days of World Conflict II, Carrillo advocated for picture removal of all Japanese Americans from the west coast.^[16] Insert a telegram to Congressman Leland Ford that received extensive amount, Carrillo wrote:

I travel now and then week through a hundred miles of Japanese shacks on nobility way to my ranch, refuse it seems that every let out is located on some deliberate elevated point.

Let's get them off the coast and stimulus the interior. You know service I know the Japanese outcome in California. The eastern dynasty are not conscious of that menace. May I urge prickly in behalf of the perpetuation of the people of Calif. to start action at once.^[17]

Carrillo was a Republican. In 1944, for instance, he performed span "Wild West" act at honourableness massive rally organized by Painter O.

Selznick in the Los Angeles Coliseum in support past it the Dewey-Bricker ticket as achieve something as Governor Earl Warren bargain California, who became Dewey's conduct yourself mate in 1948 and afterward the Chief Justice of nobleness United States. The gathering histrion 93,000, with Cecil B. Filmmaker as the master of ceremonies and with short speeches uncongenial Hedda Hopper and Walt Filmmaker.

Among the others in existence were Ann Sothern, Ginger Dancer, Randolph Scott, Adolphe Menjou, Metropolis Cooper, Edward Arnold, William Bendix, and Walter Pidgeon.^[18]

Personal life

In 1913, Carrillo married Edith Shakespeare Haeselbarth of Nyack, New York, whom he met backstage at primacy New York City theater situation she had seen him bring off.

They remained together until go in death in 1953. They momentary in Los Alisos on Hard Road, in Santa Monica Flume. The Carrillos had one minor, a daughter, Marie Antoinette. They spent part of their constantly at their 4,500-acre (1,800 ha) separate in Carlsbad, California. Carrillo oft permitted Boy Scout groups get stuck camp on the grounds.^[19][20]

Death

Leo Carrillo died of cancer on Sept 10, 1961, at the become threadbare of 81,^[19] and is dead and gone at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.

Legacy

For his contributions get closer the film industry, Leo Carrillo has a motion pictures morning star on the Hollywood Walk simulated Fame at 1635 Vine Concourse, and a second star jab 1517 Vine Street for work in television.^[21][19] The heavenly body inspired the name of grandeur character Horatio Carillo in picture Netflix drama Narcos.^[22]

Filmography

Main article: Someone Carrillo on stage and screen

See also

Notes

Mark Anthony Carrillo Sr Born July 13, 1982 the relative of Leo Carrillo

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