Hugo del Carril

Born in Buenos Aires, Hugo del Carril entered the film industry in a roundabout way--he was originally a popular personality on Argentine radio, and parlayed that into a film career that began in 1936. He was an immediate hit, and developed into one of Argentina's major film stars. He turned to directing in 1949, and in 1952 directed what is generally considered a classic of Argentine film, Dark River (1952) ("River of Blood"). Although his subsequent films never matched the quality of that and many of his previous ones, he still remained a major Argentine star.