Chel López was born on 29 May 1905 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1948) and Canaima (1945). He was married to Elena Richards Warner, María Teresa del Mar Rigalt and Ángeles Miret Crespo. He died on 9 February 1962 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.