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- Mexican character actor Rodolfo Acosta (born Rodolfo Acosta Pérez) achieved his greatest success in the US, primarily as a villain in westerns. He was born in Chamizal, a section of land disputed by Mexico and Texas due to changes in the Rio Grande river which forms the border. At the time of Acosta's birth, the area was generally accepted by both Mexican and Texas governments as U.S. territory, and Acosta was born an American citizen, despite the fact that his birthplace is now in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. He served in the U.S. Navy in naval intelligence during World War II and married Jeanine Cohen, a woman he met in Casablanca during the North African campaign. They had four children. She filed for divorce after she found out Acosta was having an affair and sharing an apartment in Mexico City with actress Ann Sheridan in the 1950s. They divorced in 1957. Rodolfo Acosta married again on September 18, 1971 to Vera Martinez and they had one child. She divorced him in 1974 a few weeks before his death at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. After the war, Acosta worked in Mexico in films of the great director Emilio Fernández, which led to a bit in John Ford's film The Fugitive (1947). He came to the US and was signed by Universal 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, Indian warriors and outlaws. In The Tijuana Story (1957), he had a sympathetic leading role, but in general he spent his career as a very familiar western bad guy.
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Humberto Alejandro Castro Ward was born on December 15, 1984 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and raised across the border in El Paso, Texas after his parents separated. As a teenager, he became interested in acting, screenwriting and filmmaking. He graduated from Father Yermo High School in 2003 and went on to attend The University of Texas at El Paso where he earned his B.A. in Psychology and Minor in Criminal Justice in 2010. Following his college graduation, he spontaneously enrolled into acting courses at Latin American Talent Studio and decided to pursue a career in the film industry instead. Since then, he has showcased his talents as an actor, screenwriter and filmmaker through his work on several short films as well as his first feature film called El Sueño (2016). He continues to live in El Paso, Texas and has been married to Lorraine Sanchez since August 23, 2014.- Maria Prats Gomez was born in 1908 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She was married to Pepe Gomez. She died on 10 June 2014 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
- Luis J. Sánchez was born on 16 April 1983 in Ciudad Juarez. He is an actor, known for Cassandro (2023).
- Susan Rubio was born on 25 December 1970 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.