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==Background==

==Background==

Acosta was born to Jose Acosta and Alexandrina Perez de Acosta on July 29, 1920 in the disputed American territory of [[rural]] Chamizal in Socorro County, [[New Mexico]], outside of [[El Paso]], [[Texas]].<ref name="Reyes">{{cite book|last1=Reyes|first1=Luis|last2=Rubie|first2=Peter|title=Hispanics in Hollywood|date=October 1, 2000|publisher=Lone Eagle|isbn=978-1580650250|page=412}}</ref> His father, a carpenter, moved the family to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], where Acosta was raised and graduated from Lincoln High School. Acosta studied drama at Los Angeles City College and [[UCLA]] and he appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse. At the age of nineteen, he received a scholarship to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in [[Mexico City]],  where he studied for three years. In 1943, during [[World War II]], Acosta enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] and worked in Naval Intelligence.<ref name="Reyes"/>

Acosta was born to Jose Acosta and Alexandrina Perez de Acosta on July 29, 1920 in the disputed American territory of [[rural]] Chamizal in Socorro County, [[New Mexico]], outside of [[El Paso]], [[Texas]].<ref name="Reyes">{{cite book|last1=Reyes|first1=Luis|last2=Rubie|first2=Peter|title=Hispanics in Hollywood|date=October 1, 2000|publisher=Lone Eagle|isbn=978-1580650250|page=412}}</ref>  

 

His father, a carpenter, moved the family to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], where Acosta was raised and graduated from Lincoln High School. Acosta studied drama at Los Angeles City College and [[UCLA]] and he appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse. At the age of nineteen, he received a scholarship to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in [[Mexico City]],  where he studied for three years. In 1943, during [[World War II]], Acosta enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] and worked in Naval Intelligence.<ref name="Reyes"/>

==Career==

==Career==

* ''Trooper Hook'' (1957)

* ''Trooper Hook'' (1957)

* ''The Tijuana Story'' (1957)

* ''The Tijuana Story'' (1957)

* ''Posse from Hell'' (1961)

* ''Posse from Hell'' (1961)

* ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (1961)

* ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (1961)