José Ortega was born in 1918 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. He was an actor, known for
Three and a Half Musketeers (1957),
Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957) and
The King of the Neighborhood (1950). He was married to Lila Zumalacárregui Oropeza. He died on March 30, 1958 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.