Biography

Santos Morales was an actor, known for ¡Three Amigos! (1986), Back to School (1986) and The Relic (1997). He died on July 7, 2012 in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Was the first of two actors in two different Vietnam war movies to be replaced by R. Lee Ermey as the Drill Sergeant: The Boys in Company C (1978) (in which Morales was recast and played the higher ranking staff sergeant in a few scenes). Later, in Full Metal Jacket (1987), Ermey also replaced the originally cast actor.