ALDÁS, LUIS

(Luis Aldás Luzarreta)

(1910 or '14?-1990)

   dignified-looking leading man, often in comedies like La pícara Susana (1944) with Mapy Cortés, but also competent in dramas. Made his Mexican screen debut in '38 after reportedly working as an extra in Hollywood; returned to his native Argentina several years later and appeared in a number of pictures. Returned to Mexican cinema in 1943, and worked into the early '70s, then retired.