Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín was born on December 23, 1893 in Lima, Peru as Leopoldo Ortin Salas. He was an actor and writer, known for Caballo a caballo (1939), El superloco (1937) and Guadalupe La Chinaca (1938). He died on August 3, 1953 in Acapulco, Mexico.