Elin Ortiz
| Elín Ortiz | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 14, 1934 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Died |
June 12, 2016 (aged 81) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian and TV Producer |
| Spouse(s) |
Iris Chacón (m. 1969; div. 1975) Charytín Goyco (m. 1978) |
| Children | 3 |
Elín Ortiz (December 14, 1934 – June 12, 2016) was a Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer. He died on June 12, 2016, primarily due to Alzheimer's Disease.
Elín Ortiz graduated from Ponce High School at the age of 16.
Ortiz began his career as a radio and stage actor while still studying at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, sharing credits with Luis Antonio Rivera (Yoyo Boing), Walter Mercado, Adela Villamil, Jacobo Morales and many others. Since the beginning of TV in 1954 he participated in local soap operas (telenovelas), comedy programs and televised stage plays, as well as cultural programming on WIPR, the radio and television government operated stations where he also worked as writer and director.
On stage, Ortiz was considered among the most versatile actors of his generation, due to his talent for both, drama and comedy. With Morales, Myrna Vazquez, Marcos Betancourt and Alicia Moreda, Ortiz was a founder of El Cemi Theater Company.
In the 1960s Ortiz was a star of many of the programs produced for Telemundo by Paquito Cordero on a weekly basis, especially 'La Taberna India', in which he played Reliquia, an ancient (although Ortiz was in his 20s) small town smart aleck lawyer who victimized the everyday countryman (jibaro) played by Adalberto Rodriguez (Machuchal) through money making schemes created by Reliquia's corrupt mind. The show was a very popular one for more than a decade.
In the early 1970s, Ortiz started the production of his own TV shows at Telemundo, among them the first Astrology related program starring Walter Mercado and segments designed to showcase the talents of dancing/singing bombshell Iris Chacon, who later became his second wife. Years later, after marrying Charytin Goyco, he produced and co-starred with her in 'Mi Dulce Charytin' a weekly long running variety show which combined music and comedy, produced at WAPA-TV. Ortiz was always the writer, director and visionary mastermind of his productions.
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