Ricardo Garibay was born on January 18, 1923 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. He was a writer and actor, known for La cucaracha (1959), Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1962) and Valentín de la Sierra (1968). He died on May 4, 1999 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.