Vasco Santana

from Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

Artwork for A Via ÁureaImage of 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.

Timeline

1956Aged 58

  • Poster for O Dinheiro dos Pobres

    Marcos, o sacristão

  • Poster for Lisbon

    Customer at Fado's House

1954Aged 56

  • Poster for O Costa d'África

    Bernardo Costa

1953Aged 55

  • Poster for O Comissário de Polícia

    Rolinho - deputy commissioner

1952Aged 54

  • Poster for Confissões de um Analfabeto

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for O Zé já não é Analfabeto

    Zé Analfabeto

  • Poster for Eram Duzentos Irmãos

    Fernão Mentes Minto

1949Aged 51

  • Poster for Ribatejo

    Colorau

1947Aged 49

  • Poster for Fado, a Singer's Story

    Joaquim Marujo

1946Aged 48

  • Poster for Camões

    Mal-Cozinhado

1942Aged 44

  • Poster for The Courtyard of the Ballads

    Narciso

1941Aged 43

  • Poster for Famalicão

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Tyrannical Father

    Mestre José Santana

1933Aged 35

  • Poster for A Song of Lisbon

    Vasco Leitão

1931Aged 33

  • Poster for A Via Áurea

    Manuel

1930Aged 32

  • Poster for Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

    (Unknown)