ORTIZ DE PINEDO, OSCAR

(1910 or '14?-1978)

Cuban-born comic character actor, seldom seen on screen without a cigar. The son of acting parents, Ortiz de Pinedo made his stage debut as a child. Came to Mexico in the mid-'40s, and appeared in many films, TV shows, and stage presentations. Often cast as eccentric doctors or businessmen, as inLa casa de terror(1959), andEl que con niños se acuesta('57), both in support of Tin Tan. Father of Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.