(José René Ruiz)
(1932-1993)
one of the two major little person performers in Mexican cinema (the other was "Santanón"), René Ruiz was born in Tamaulipas. His first film was El rey del barrio (1949), with Tin Tan; over the years, Ruiz would appear frequently with Valdés, often in roles which made little or no reference to his diminuitive stature. He also worked in many other films and on the stage, into the 1990s.
Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers. EdwART. 2012.