Hugo del Carril

Biography

Piero Bruno Hugo Fontana Bertani, known as Hugo del Carril (November 30, 1912 - August 13, 1989), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. He began his career as a singer of tango choruses at the age of fifteen. He made his film debut as an actor in 1937 and in 1949 as a director. In 1948 he would go on to immortality as the voice of La Marcha Peronista, for which he would be persecuted and imprisoned in 1955 after the coup against the government of Juan Domingo Perón.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Beyond Oblivion (1956) — Fernando de Arellano
2. Historia del 900 (1949) — Julián Acosta
3. The Circus Cavalcade (1945) — Roberto
4. Dark River (1952) — Santos Peralta
5. Gente bien (1939) — Carlos
6. Esta tierra es mía (1961) — Laureano Cabral
7. La vida es un tango (1939) — Raúl Contreras
8. A media luz (1947) — Miguel Valle
9. The Black Man Who Had a White Soul (1951) — Peter Ward
10. Pobre mi madre querida (1948)
11. Amorina (1961) — Humberto Bonelli
12. La calesita (1963) — Goyo / Raimundo Lucero
13. El socio (1946) — Julián Pardo
14. Culpable (1960) — Leo / Pablo Morán
15. La noche y tú (1946)
16. La cumparsita (1947) — Ricardo Galván / Pablo
17. The Bad Life (1973) — Víctor, The French
18. El último perro (1956) — Nicasio Gauna
19. El último payador (1950) — José Betinotti
20. Three Argentines in Paris (1938) — Ricardo
21. Fire in the Flesh (1958) — Allan
22. Honeysuckle (1938) — Mario del Solar
23. Amalio Reyes, un hombre (1970)
24. La novela de un joven pobre (1942)
25. Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina (1937) — Cantor
26. La canción de los barrios (1941) — Antonio Reyes
27. Vida nocturna (1955)
28. Cómo se hace una película argentina (1948)
29. La vida de Carlos Gardel (1939) — Carlos Gardel
30. El astro del tango (1940) — Hugo del Campo
31. Confesión (1940) — Ricardo Morales
32. Cuando canta el corazón (1941) — Martín
33. The Two Rivals (1944) — Rafael Aguilar
34. Buenos Aires canta (1947)
35. Siempre fuimos compañeros (1973) — Don Armando García
36. Surcos de sangre (1950) — Pablo Fontán
37. Las tierras blancas (1959)
38. Good Night, Buenos Aires (1964)
39. La sentencia (1964)
40. En la luz de una estrella (1941) — Jorge

Directed

1. Beyond Oblivion (1956) — Director
2. Historia del 900 (1949) — Director
3. Dark River (1952) — Director
4. Esta tierra es mía (1961) — Director
5. The Black Man Who Had a White Soul (1951) — Director
6. Amorina (1961) — Director
7. La calesita (1963) — Director
8. Culpable (1960) — Director
9. I Did Kill Facundo (1975) — Director
10. The Vampire of Santiago (1955) — Director
11. Surcos de sangre (1950) — Director
12. Las tierras blancas (1959) — Director
13. Una cita con la vida (1958) — Director
14. Good Night, Buenos Aires (1964) — Director
15. La sentencia (1964) — Director
16. En marcha… (1964) — Director