Rodolfo Acosta

Rodolfo Acosta
Born	(1920-07-29)July 29, 1920 Chihuahua, Mexico
Died	November 7, 1974(1974-11-07) (aged 54) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles California, USA
Cause of death	Cancer
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California
Years active	1946–73

Rodolfo Acosta (July 29, 1920 – November 7, 1974) was a Mexican character actor, typically playing heavies in Hollywood westerns. He worked in Mexico in films of the great director Emilio Fernández, which led to a bit in John Ford's 1947 film The Fugitive. He arrived in the US and was signed by Universal Studios for a small role in One Way Street (1950). He stayed in the US and his sharp, ruthless features led him to a long succession of roles as bandits, Native American warriors and outlaws. In The Tijuana Story (1957), he actually had a sympathetic leading role, but in general he spent his career as a familiar western antagonist.

Acosta was also a regular as Vaquero on NBC's The High Chaparral from 1967-1969. His other television appearances included Cheyenne, Maverick, Zorro, Rawhide, Bonanza, and Daniel Boone.

In 1959, Acosta played the Kiowa Chief Satanta in the third episode entitled "Yellow Hair" of the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams as a former Confederate soldier who wanders through the American West.

Acosta, who died of cancer, is interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Partial filmography

• The Fugitive (1947)
• Salón México (1949)
• Victimas del Pecado (1951)
• Horizons West (1952)
• Hondo (1953)
• Destination Gobi (1953)
• "Drum Beat" (1954)
• The Proud Ones (1956)
• Bandido (1956)
• The Tijuana Story (1957)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• The Second Time Around (1961)
• How the West Was Won (1962)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
• Stranger on the Run (1967)
• Impasse (1969)
• The Great White Hope (1970)

Television series

• Cheyenne
• Maverick
• Zorro as Perico Verdugo
• Rawhide
• Bonanza
• Daniel Boone
• The High Chaparral as Vaquero
• Have Gun-Will Travel as Pedro Valdez

External links

• Rodolfo Acosta at the Internet Movie Database
• Rodolfo Acosta at Find a Grave