AGOSTI, CARLOS

(1922 - )

Spanish actor who, after a substantial screen career in his native country in the 1940s, relocated to Mexico in the '50s and amassed numerous credits well into the '80s, often playing crafty-looking villains. Well-known as the sinister vampire "Count Frankenhausen" inInvasión de los vampirosandEl vampiro sangriento('61). Agosti received an Ariel nomination as Best Supporting Actor forLa escondida('55).