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Biography. By his mid-30s, Fernando Lamas was already a heartthrob and bona fide movie star in his native Argentina, but he was more than willing to bring his unique brand of suave sophistication to the United States He was initially typecast for American audiences, playing characters that mirrored his real-life persona, but he managed to ...
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1916 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director. He was known for playing the "Latin Lover" in many movies during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1951, Lamas starred as Paul Sarnac in the musical, Rich, Young and Pretty with Jane Powell.
Oct 9, 1982 · Fernando Lamas, 67, the Argentine-born actor who played Latin lovers in more than two dozen Hollywood movies, and later directed and acted in television series, died of cancer yesterday at the ...
