Vasco Santana

Personal Info

Birthday

January 29, 1898

Day of Death

1958-06-13

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

Also Known As

Vasco António Rodrigues Santana

Vasco 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.

Known For

Lisbon

Eram Duzentos Irmãos

The Courtyard of the Ballads

O Zé já não é Analfabeto

O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT

Famalicão

A Song of Lisbon

O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame

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
O Zé já não é Analfabeto
as Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
as Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
as Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
as Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
as José Vasco (Speaker)
Confissões de um Analfabeto
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
The Tyrannical Father
as Mestre José Santana
Famalicão
as Narrator (voice)
1933
A Song of Lisbon
as Vasco Leitão
1931
A Via Áurea
as Manuel