Santiago Gómez Cou

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Cousillas.

Santiago Gómez Cou
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Born	1903 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	April 1984 (aged 80–81) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Santiago Gómez Cousillas (September 26, 1903, Montevideo, Uruguay - March 24, 1984, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Cou moved to Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a screen actor. He appeared in his first film in 1936. He made 65 screen appearances in Argentina and the United States between 1936 and 1980. He appeared in films such as The Grandfather in 1954 alongside actors Enrique Muino and Mecha Ortiz.

Selected filmography

• The Life of Carlos Gardel (1939)
• Story of a Poor Young Man (1942)
• A Woman of No Importance (1945)
• The Three Rats (1946)
• The Orchid (1951)
• The Black Market (1953)
• El Abuelo (1954)
• La Procesión (1960)
• Crimen sin olvido (1968)

External links

• Santiago Gómez Cou at the Internet Movie Database