SANTOS, GASTÓN

(Gastón Santos Pué)

(1931 - )

   the son of powerful politician Gonzalo N. Santos, Gastón Santos was born in San Luis Potosí and educated in a Texas military academy. In the early 1950s, he traveled to Portugal and learned the art of rejoneo (mounted bullfighting). Back in Mexico, the handsome playboy bullfighter signed a contract with Alameda Films and worked in 10 films between 1956 and 1961, mostly as a Western hero. After two comeback films in 1965-66, Santos retired from the screen (except for a cameo appearance in Bang Bang al hoyo in 1970). He currently raises and trains horses on his hacienda in San Luis Potosi.