Nacho Galindo (actor)

Nacho Galindo (November 7, 1908 – June 22, 1973) was a Mexican-American film and television actor who lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for most of his life.

The actor was 32 when he received uncredited bit parts in three 1941 musical comedies, Week-End in Havana (as a singing seller of lollipops), Fiesta and Rio Rita (completed in 1941, released in April 1942), where he was given the opportunity for a solo vocal in "The Ranger's Song".

Following another unbilled bit, he played the biggest part of his film career in Monogram's low-budget release The Cisco Kid in The Gay Cavalier.

Also, starting with a 1952 episode of the anthology series Rebound, he made 28 television appearances during the decade, with roles in such series as The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman (both in 1953), My Little Margie and The Lone Ranger (in 1954), The 20th Century Fox Hour (in 1955), Screen Directors Playhouse, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre and I Love Lucy [cigar store owner in "The Ricardos Visit Cuba"] (in 1956), Maverick (in 1958) and Zorro in 1959.

There were 29 such television appearances in addition to 6 theatrical features, including vehicles for Marlon Brando (1961's One-Eyed Jacks), Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr and Dean Martin (1965's Marriage on the Rocks) as well as John Wayne and Robert Mitchum (1966's El Dorado).

Nacho Galindo (right) with Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks (1961).