Enrique Acosta
Biography
Enrique Acosta was a Mexican American actor who began in silent films and continued into sound pictures. Born in Mexico City, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in the Southern California film industry as a bilingual performer. His early screen work included Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925), in which he played Ramon, and Whispering Sage (1927), as Pedro. He appeared in many Spanish-language shorts produced by Hal Roach, as well as English-language features, and worked with Laurel and Hardy. He also directed the Spanish-language film Hollywood, City of Dreams in 1931. Acosta often played authority figures such as judges, military officers, and police officers, and at age 66 he portrayed General Calixto García in A Message to Garcia (1936). He appeared in films from 1925 to 1947 and died in 1949.
79years old at death
- Born Mexico City
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 21 years1925 to 1946
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Behind the camera
Acosta received a film director credit for Hollywood, City of Dreams, whose Spanish title is Hollywood, ciudad de ensueno, in 1931. This Spanish-language movie was made in the United States.
Languages
Acosta was bilingual in English and Spanish, which let him act in Hal Roach's Spanish-language shorts and in English-language films.
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Ed Agresti2 films together, 1942 to 1946
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