Emilio Comte Explained

Birth Date:15 January 1941
Birth Place:Argentina
Years Active:1956–1998

Emilio Comte (born 15 January 1941) is an Argentine actor who was active between 1956 and 1998. He is best remembered for his role in the popular Argentine telenovela La familia Falcón.[1]

Career

In 1956, Comte made his film debut in Ignacio Tankele's Prohibido para menores opposite Francisco de Paula, Diana Myriam Jones and Noemí Laserre.[2] In 1971 he starred in Enrique Carreras's Aquellos años locos opposite Palito Ortega and Mercedes Carreras.[3]

Comte was the voice of "Cachito", the children's character of the popular radio program Los Pérez García. Later, in 1957 he worked in the comedy ¡Son cosas de esta vida! which, like the previous one, was broadcast on Radio El Mundo.[4] [5]

Personal life

On November 24, 1962, Comte married Silvia Merlino, whom he had met in Tovarich, one of the Saturday Theater plays. She was also his co-star in La familia Falcón, and the mother of their four children: Gabriela, Karina, Luciano and Patrick. Merlino died in 2007.[6]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniela Chueke Perles. La Familia Falcón en el recuerdo de la hija de dos de sus protagonistas: “Papá se puso celoso porque Delon le tiró los galgos a mamá”. La Nación. 8 March 2024. 1 April 2024. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Prohibido para menores. Cinenacional.com. 1 April 2024. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Aquellos años loco. Cinenacional.com. 1 April 2024. Spanish.
  4. Web site: La familia más famosa de la radio. La Nación. 12 June 2005. 1 April 2024. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Radio El Mundo Historia. Arabito, Jorge. Issuu.com. 1 April 2024. Spanish.
  6. News: EMILIO COMTE, EN UNA NUEVA EDICION DE ACORTANDO DISTANCIAS. Cultivosdequimes.com. 1 April 2024. Spanish.