Paulo Villaça

Personal Info

Birthday

January 1, 1933

Day of Death

1992-01-24

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Villaça

Biography

Paulo Barbosa Villaça (Bauru, São Paulo, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was a Brazilian actor and theatre director. Villaça worked as a Literature professor, journalist and advertising manager before his breakthrough as an actor in the 1960s.

He achieved success by playing the main role in Rogério Sganzerla's "The Red Light Bandit" (1968). During the 1970s, Villaça was married to famous Brazilian actress Marília Pêra. He played parts in over 20 films, being a reconizable figure in productions from the Brazilian Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and 1970s.

Known For

O Bofe

Prisoner of Rio

Helena

The Red Light Bandit

Anos Dourados

Super Plá

The Fifth Monkey

Lady on the Bus

Filmography

2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme
as Joel
2001
B2
as (archive footage)
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1992
Scent of Gardenias
as Bandido
1990
The Fifth Monkey
as Mr. Watts
1988
Quincas Borba
as Quincas Borba
Prisoner of Rio
as Dr. Falcao
1987
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
as Desdino
Eternamente Pagu
as Thiers Galvão de França
1986
The Man in the Black Cape
as Maragato
Fulaninha
as Armando
1982
Rio Babilonia
as Dante
The Adventures of a Paraíba
as Miguel
1979
República dos Assassinos
as Erasmo
Os Trombadinhas
as Detetive Bira
The Pleasure Principle
as Otávio Menezes
1978
Lady on the Bus
as Malandro
Nos Embalos de Ipanema
as André
1977
The Rich Are Something Else
as Rogério
Travel and Description of the Guanabara River on the Occasion of Antarctic France
as Villegagnon
1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
as Elias Ruivo
1971
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
as Friend
1970
Copacabana Mon Amour
as Dr. Grilo
Albert, the Rockefeller
as Conde
1969
The Woman of Everyone
as Ramon
Garden of War
as Basbaum
1968
The Red Light Bandit
as Jorginho, o Bandido da Luz Vermelha