Leo Carrillo

Birth Name:

Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Toured Latin America as a goodwill ambassador for the New York World's Fair in 1960
Attended St․ Vincent's College and paid for his tuition by working in the engineering department of Southern Pacific Railroad
Began working as a cartoonist at the San Francisco Examiner after leaving the railroad and attended art school in his spare time
Made his first stage appearance at an amateur benefit and later began performing on the Orpheum Circuit
Made his screen acting debut in the short film "At the Ball Game" in 1927
Best known as an actor, conservationist, and political cartoonist who played Pancho in "The Cisco Kid" and as Pablo Braganza in "The Gay Desperado․"
Was appointed to the California State Park Commission in 1942 and served through his late '70s
While working on the Southern Pacific Railroad along the California coastline, he picked up several dialects from his co-workers that he would later use on stage and learned five different languages, including Japanese and Chinese

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