ANCIRA, CARLOS

(1929-1987)

   highly-respected stage actor and acting teacher whose film roles usually saw him cast as hunchbacked assistants to mad doctors, rat-faced henchmen, and other unsavory roles distinguished by physical and mental deformities, as in Misterios de ultratumba ('58) and Misterios de la magia negra ('57). Made his film debut in 1949's Lluvia roja, and continued to appear in films through the '80s, although with much less frequency as he devoted most of his time to stage work. Married to actress Karina Duprez. A daughter by a previous marriage is also an actress.