THOMPSON, CARLOS

(Juan Carlos Mundin Schaffter)

(1923-1990)

handsome Argentine actor, on-screen from 1939, who also worked in Hollywood, Mexico (one film), and Europe, appearing opposite María Félix and Lana Turner, among others. Thompson, also a published author, had a torrid romance with María Félix and later married actress Lilli Palmer. Most of his later films were made in Germany. Off-screen since the late '60s, Thompson committed suicide in 1990.