Maximo Pila

born: 30 January 1885
Santander, Cantabria,
Spain
died: 02 August 1939
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(coronary thrombosis, age 54)

Spanish film and stage actor. His Variety obituary said he had been in pictures for 14 years (thus beginning circa 1925), while his death certificate says he had been a motion picture actor for 17 years (thus beginning circa 1922), last working the year of his passing.

Height: 5'8"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

1


1925
His Wooden Wedding
[?]

Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6Q-DLDY (1914 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ1Z-HWD (1920 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC87-KQV (1930 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24J1-4MC (1933 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VG-ZBQ (1935 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-DXBW (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-DXSV (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRK-W16B (death certificate)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235293501 (Find a Grave)
https://archive.org/details/stand-cast-dir-may-1926/page/117/mode/1up?q=%22maximo+pila%22 (The Standard Casting Directory, May 1926)
https://archive.org/details/variety135-1939-08/page/n109/mode/1up?q=%22maximo+pila%22 (Variety, 09 Aug 1939)
Robert Demoss (cast identification in His Wooden Wedding)
Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research)

This page was last updated on: 15 June 2026