Gonzalo Cañas was born on July 7, 1937 in Cuenca, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain as Gonzalo Cañas Olmeda. He was an actor and writer, known for Fifteen Year Old Captain (1974), Días de viejo color (1968) and El sobre verde (1971). He died on October 29, 2012 in Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain.