Vasco Santana

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-01-29

Deathday 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

Actor

1956
Lisbon

as Customer at Fado's House

1956
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

1952
1952
O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame

as Zé Analfabeto

1952
O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT

as Zé Analfabeto

1952
1952
O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito

as José Vasco (Speaker)

1952
1952
1949
Ribatejo

as Colorau

1947
Fado, a Singer's Story

as Joaquim Marujo

1946
Camões

as Mal-Cozinhado

1941
The Tyrannical Father

as Mestre José Santana

1941
Famalicão

as Narrator (voice)

1933
A Song of Lisbon

as Vasco Leitão

Writer

1954
O Costa d'África

as Dialogue

1954
O Costa d'África

as Screenplay

1941