Vasco Santana
Birthday
1898/01/29
Day of death
1958/06/13 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Also know as
Vasco António Rodrigues Santana
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.
Acting
(1953) O Comissário de Polícia
as Rolinho - deputy commissioner
(1933) A Song of Lisbon
as Vasco Leitão
(1942) The Courtyard of the Ballads
as Narciso
(1954) O Costa d'África
as Costa, Amadeu's uncle
(1941) The Tyrannical Father
as Mestre José Santana
(1947) Fado, a Singer's Story
as Joaquim Marujo
(1949) Ribatejo
as Colorau
(1956) O Dinheiro dos Pobres
as Marcos
(1941) Famalicão
as Narrator (voice)
(1952) O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
as Zé Analfabeto
(1952) O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
as José Vasco (Speaker)
(1952) O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
as Zé Analfabeto
(1952) O Zé já não é Analfabeto
as Zé Analfabeto
(1952) Confissões de um Analfabeto
as Zé Analfabeto
(1952) O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
as Zé Analfabeto
(1952) O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
as Zé Analfabeto
(1946) Camões
as Mal-Cozinhado
(1952) Eram Duzentos Irmãos
as Fernão Mentes Minto
(1956) Lisbon
as Customer at Fado's House
(1930) Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
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