Augusto Monterroso was born on December 21, 1921 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as Augusto Monterroso Bonilla. He was an actor and writer, known for El último pistolero (1969), La gitana y el charro (1964) and Pesadilla mortal (1980). He was married to Barbara Jacobs. He died on February 7, 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico.