Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril was the son of parents of a rich economic position, his mother Orsolina Bertani was born in Argentina (daughter of the Italian Anarchist Orsini Bertani), but his father, Hugo Fontana was an Italian architect, born in Milan. But in spite of the comforts and the comfortable life they led, his parents separated and young Hugo was left in the charge of a family friend.