Demetrio González

Born

1927-10-07

Died

2015-01-25

Birthplace

Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Biography

Demetrio González (Bernueces, Gijón, Asturias, 7 October 1927 – Tepoztlán, Morelos, 25 January 2015) was a Spanish film actor and singer of ranchera music. He is sometimes called El Charro Español. He has starred in Mexican ranchera-music films from 1955 to 1968. Dos Corazones y un Cielo (1959), in which he co-starred with Rosa de Castilla and Eulalio González, is one of his most notable films. He died after a stroke in 2015, aged 87.