Rodolfo Pérez Acosta (July 29, 1920 – November 7, 1974)[1] was a Mexican-American character actor who became known for his roles as Mexican outlaws or American Indians in Hollywood western films.

[3][4] His father, a carpenter, moved the family to Los Angeles, where Acosta was raised and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School.

In 1959, Acosta played the Kiowa Chief Satanta in the third episode entitled "Yellow Hair" of the ABC western series The Rebel.

On the 1964 episode "A Book of Spanish Grammar" of Death Valley Days Acosta played Valdez, the traveling companion of Stephen F. Austin.

In 2013, Acosta along with Lee Marvin and Stuart Hamblen was inducted into Newhall, California's Walk of Western Stars during the annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.