Pío Baroja was born on December 28, 1872 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain as Pío Baroja y Nessi. He was a writer and actor, known for La busca (1966), Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía (1947) and Zalacaín el aventurero (1955). He died on October 30, 1956 in Madrid, Spain.