Vasco Santana
Born: 1898-01-29 in Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: 1958-06-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Vasco António Rodrigues Santana was a Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of Portuguese cinema. He already had a long career in theatre when he played the main character in the first Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa, in 1933. He starred in about one dozen films.
Filmography
1956
- Lisbon as Customer at Fado's House
- O Dinheiro dos Pobres as Marcos
1954
- O Costa d'África as Costa, Amadeu's uncle
1953
- O Comissário de Polícia as Rolinho - deputy commissioner
1952
- Eram Duzentos Irmãos as Fernão Mentes Minto
- Confissões de um Analfabeto as Zé Analfabeto
- O Zé já não é Analfabeto as Zé Analfabeto
- O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente as Zé Analfabeto
- O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito as Zé Analfabeto
- O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame as Zé Analfabeto
- O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT as Zé Analfabeto
1949
- Ribatejo as Colorau
1947
- Fado, a Singer's Story as Joaquim Marujo
1946
- Camões as Mal-Cozinhado
1942
- The Courtyard of the Ballads as Narciso
1941
- Famalicão as Narrator (voice)
- The Tyrannical Father as Mestre José Santana
1933
- A Song of Lisbon as Vasco Leitão
1931
- A Via Áurea as Manuel