Ernesto Albán Mosquera (June 5, 1912, in Ambato – July 22, 1984, in Quito) was a popular vaudeville and film actor in Ecuador.

He and his wife, Chavica Gómez, gained fame as actors, and formed a theater company, which consisted of other acclaimed actors such as Oscar Guerra and Lastenia Rivadeneira, with whom he launched the "Estampas Quiteñas", comedies regarding the humor of everyday life in Ecuador.

He performed in plays such as En un burro tres baturros by Alberto Novión from Argentina, A Campo Atraviesa by Felipe Sassone from Peru, and Argentino en Madrid, as well as French vaudevilles and the Spanish comedies of Carlos Arniches, Navarro y Torrado, Linares Rivas, Joaquín Dicenta, Jacinto Benavente and others.

He appeared in the films En la mitad del mundo (1964), 'Santo' contra los secuestradores (1973) and Fiebre de juventud (1966).

[3] He was widely associated with the comedic character he played named "Evaristo Corral y Chancleta" in the "Estampas Quiteñas", created by the writer Alfonso García Muñoz.