Leo Carrillo on stage and screen

Leo Carrillo (Spanish pronunciation: [Cay-reel-yo][a]) (1881–1961) was an American cartoonist, a comedian in vaudeville, and an actor on stage, film and television.

He was best known in the United States as the Cisco Kid's sidekick Pancho on 1950s children's television, a role which capped a long show business career that began decades earlier.

[2] Growing up in culturally diverse Los Angeles, Carrillo was conversant in five languages with a keen ear for dialects.

A 1927 touring revival production of Lombardi, Ltd., again featured Carrillo in the lead, and began at George M. Cohan's Theatre before going on the road.

He played everything from the hero to the villain, in straight dramatic parts as well as appearing in light comedy and musical films.