Ricardo Melchor Zamacois y Zabala (6 January 1847, Bilbao - 18 February 1888, Barcelona)[1] was a Spanish actor and singer.

[2] He studied sculpture and drawing in Paris but, after his father's death, he returned to his family and enrolled at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático [es], where he was awarded a gold medal for his work.

Especially gifted for comedy, he began his career at the Café San Isidro in Madrid, where he developed his personal style.

He was especially well known for his impersonations of notable figures, such as the bullfighter, Frascuelo [es], and the tenor, Enrico Tamberlik.

He never fully recovered and was admitted to a mental hospital in Barcelona, where he died early the following year.