---
name: "Peter Ortiz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-ortiz"
fi1m_id: "peter-ortiz"
imdb_id: "nm0651237"
tmdb_id: 96245
wikidata_id: "Q3376679"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1913"
died: "16 May 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T04:57:13.180304+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Ortiz

## Identity

Peter Ortiz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-ortiz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-ortiz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0651237
- **TMDB ID:** 96245
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3376679
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Ortiz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96245

Actor. Born 5 July 1913 in New York, New York, U.S. Died 16 May 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1913, New York, New York, U.S
- **Died:** 16 May 1988
- **Active:** 1949–1950
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 83 (1), 1950s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Ortiz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96245

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Rio Grande*](https://film.one/film/rio-grande.md) (74)

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## Biography

Peter Ortiz (1913–1988) was an American actor. Born Pierre Julien Ortiz in New York City, he appeared in numerous films from the late 1940s onwards, often in small or uncredited roles.

Before his acting career, Ortiz served in the French Foreign Legion and, during the Second World War, in the United States Marine Corps and the Office of Strategic Services. He received two Navy Crosses and other decorations for his wartime service.

Ortiz appeared in several films directed by John Ford, including *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949) and *Rio Grande* (1950), in which he played Capt. St. Jacques. He also worked as a technical adviser on films such as *13 Rue Madeleine* (1947).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rio Grande* (1950), Fi1m 74, as Capt. St. Jacques — [page](https://film.one/film/rio-grande.md)
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Fi1m 83, as Weather Observer — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wings of Eagles* (1957), as Lt. Charles Dexter (uncredited)
- *The Halliday Brand* (1957), as Manuel
- *7th Cavalry* (1956), as Pollock
- *A Lawless Street* (1955), as Hiram Hayes (uncredited)
- *Son of Sinbad* (1955), as Cutthroat
- *King Richard and the Crusaders* (1954), as Castelaine
- *Hell and High Water* (1954), as Crewman (uncredited)
- *The Desert Rats* (1953), as Wireman (uncredited)
- *Blackbeard, the Pirate* (1952), as Pirate
- *What Price Glory* (1952), as French General
- *Retreat, Hell!* (1952), as Maj. Knox
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (1951), as Soldier (uncredited)
- *Flying Leathernecks* (1951), as Captain (uncredited)
- *Sirocco* (1951), as Maj. Robbinet (uncredited)
- *Rio Grande* (1950), as Capt. St. Jacques — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/rio-grande.md)
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion* (1950), as Corporal (uncredited)
- *Spy Hunt* (1950), as Soldier
- *The Capture* (1950), Actor
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), as Weather Observer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949), as Gunrunner (uncredited)

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