Rodolfo Arena

Personal Info

Birthday

December 15, 1910

Day of Death

1980-08-31

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodolfo Arena

Biography

Angelo Arena, known as Rodolfo Arena (Araraquara, December 15, 1910 — Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1980), was a Brazilian actor. Son of Italians Antonio Arena and Rosa Acettosi, he was born in the interior of São Paulo. He began his artistic career in the circus. In the 1930s he debuted in theater and from then on had a successful career that included almost one hundred films, some soap operas and more than three hundred plays. He was one of the most prolific actors in Brazilian cinema.

Known For

O Semideus

Bye Bye Brazil

Macunaima

The Woman Who Invented Love

Enigma for Demons

Baron Olavo, The Horrible

Independência ou Morte

Adventures with Uncle Manuelo

Filmography

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1981
A Mulher Sensual
as Pai de Marina
1980
The Woman Who Invented Love
as Doutor Perdigão
Bye Bye Brazil
as Lavrador
1979
Maneco, o Super Tio
as Avô
Parceiros da Aventura
as Inspetor
Delirious Saturdays
as Afonso
I Killed Lucio Flavio
as Celso
1978
Summer Showers
as Lourenço
1977
Sweet Thieves
as Português
1976
The Vampire of Copacabana
as Motorista
Xica
as Sargento-Mor
Noite Sem Homem
as Lima
Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro
as Dom Joaquim
Intimacy
as Cícero
1975
Com as Calças na Mão
as Lauro
Enigma for Demons
as Dr. Barbosa
O Caçador de Fantasma
as Avô
Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas
as Arquimedes
1974
Brutos Inocentes
as Inácio
Sagarana: O Duelo
as Exaltino
O Mau-Caráter
as Barão de Moncovil
Motel
as Leopoldo
1973
Go To Work You Bum!
as Pai de Dino
1972
Eu Transo, Ela Transa
as Afonso
Independência ou Morte
as Palmela
Jesuíno Brilhante, o Cangaceiro
as Soares
Saint Bernard
as Dr. Magalhães
Missão: Matar!
as Cordeiro
1971
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
as Uncle
Adventures with Uncle Manuelo
as Avô
Em Família
as Seu Souza
Crioulo Doido
as Ruralista
1969
Macunaima
as Maanape
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
as Baron Olavo
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
as Pai
1968
Capitu
as José Dias
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
as Coronel Canavieira
1966
Plantation Boy
as José Paulino
1964
Lollipop
as Capitão
1963
Golden Mouth
as Dentista
1958
O Camelô da Rua Larga
as Rafael
1946
The Drunkard
as José