{{short description|Spanish-Mexican actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Alejandro Cobo | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Alejandro Cobo Higuera | birth_date = 1904 | birth_place = Liérganes, Cantabria, Spain | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|3|21|1904|df=y}} | death_place = Mexico City, Mexico | othername = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = }} '''Alejandro Cobo Higuera''' (1904 –&nbsp;21 March 1950) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. He worked in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, in films such as ''Virgen de medianoche'' (1942),<ref>''25 años Filmoteca de la UNAM''. UNAM. 1986. p. 35.</ref> ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942),<ref>Aviña, p. 47.</ref> ''The White Monk'' (1945),<ref>Ibarra, p. 222.</ref> ''Hermoso ideal'' (1948),<ref>Riera, p. 42.</ref> ''The Genius'' (1948) and ''The Magician'' (1949).<ref>{{cite web|title=Alejandro Cobo|url=http://www.sensacine.com/actores/actor-717863/biografia/|website=SensaCine.com|language=es}}</ref> He was the stepfather of Roberto Cobo.<ref>''Siempre!'' (1985), Universidad de Michigan, Editorial Siempre, p. 34.</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''The 9.15 Express'' (1941) *''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) *''I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) *''María Eugenia'' (1943) * ''Christopher Columbus'' (1943) * ''Resurrection'' (1943) * ''Lightning in the South'' (1943) *''El Misterioso señor Marquina'' (1943) *''El corsario negro'' (1944) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1944) *''The White Monk'' (1945) * ''Arsène Lupin'' (1947) * ''Ecija's Seven Children'' (1947) *''The Genius'' (1948) * ''Beau Ideal'' (1948) *''The Magician'' (1949) *''The Bewitched House'' (1949) *''The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) *''The King of the Neighborhood'' (1950) * ''Red Rain'' (1950)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== *Aviña, Rafael. ''David Silva: un campeón de mil rostros''. UNAM, 2007. {{ISBN|978-9-7032-3129-4}} *Ibarra, Jesús. ''Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano''. UNAM, 2006. {{ISBN|978-9-7032-3074-7}} *García Riera, Emilio. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano, Volumen 18 1997''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1997. {{ISBN|978-9-6889-5662-5}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0167930}}

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