Acosta, Rodolfo (1920-74)

Actor. Acosta began in Mexican films, working several times with the distinguished director Emilio Fernandez. Then he obtained a part in John Ford's The Fugitive when Ford was shooting in Mexico, and inevitably hit the trail tor Hollywood. Here his lot was usually to play heavies in Western or adventure movies, but he achieved one lead, as an honest editor embroiled with racketeers in The Tijuana Story, and usually made his small parts tell. Occasionally Acosta played Indians, the fearsome Silva in Hondo being a notable example

Actor - filmography

Pancho Villa Returns 1950 ■ Horizons West; 1952 ■ San AntonejCity of Bad Men/Wings of the Hawk Hondo 195 3 ■ Passion/Drum Beat 1954 ■ The Littlest Outlaw 1955 ' The Proud Ones Bandido 1956 ■ Apache Warrior;Trooper Hook 1957 ■ From Hell to Texas/1958 ■ Flaming StarWalk Like a Dragon/One-Eyed Jacks/1960 ■ Posse from Hell The Second Time Around/El ultimo rebeldel 1961 ■ How the West Was Won: 1962 ■ Savage Sam/1963 ■ Rio Conehos 1964 ■? The Sons of Katie Elder/The Reward 1965
■ Return of the Seven, 1966 ■ Young Bilk Young/1969 ■ Flap/1970 Television Have Qun, Will Travel 57 Jefferson Drum/Cheyenne/58 ■ The Texan The Rebel,''59 ■ Rauhide 60 ■ The Big ValleyiDaniel Boone/65 ■ Iron Horse 66 -The High Chaparral! Stranger on the Run 67 ■? Bonanza/68 ■ The Outcasts 69 ■ Cade's County! 71