Raul Augusto de Almeida Solnado (19 October 1929, Lisbon - 8 August 2009) was a popular Portuguese actor and comedian. He was born in Lisbon's Madragoa neighborhood, and first appeared on stage there. In his long career, he developed many comic pieces that have become classics. His humour was, at the time (especially considering Portugal was still under the dictatorial Salazar regime), both unexpected and fresh. It included a lot of nonsense, and stories making fun of daily life. He often played an ingenuous poor man, whose life was neither good or bad. Solnado hosted Portugal's first talk show, in 1969, alongside Carlos Cruz and Fialho Gouveia. The show, called Zip Zip is still considered a landmark in the history of Portuguese television. He died on 8 August 2009 of heart disease.

Filmography

• 2011América — Melo
• 2011O Meu Raul
• 2009Façam o Favor de Ser Felizes
• 2007Call Girl — Jacinto
• Ilha dos Amores — Dr. Cabral
• História do Cinema Português
• Ajuste de Contas — Coronel
• 2000Facas e Anjos — Catita
• 1998Requiem — Cemetery guard
• Meu Querido Avô — Avô, Idea
• Zona+ — Próprio
• A Banqueira do Povo — Guimarães
• 1992Aqui D'El Rei! — Matos
• 1988Duke
• 1987Ballad of Dog Beach — Elias Santana
• Lá em Casa Tudo Bem — Horácio
• 1987The Jester — inspector Aranha, Inspector Aranha
• 1986Há Petróleo no Beato — Juvenal Costa
• 1975Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
• 1969Na Minha Aldeia, Cerveja a Copo
• 1962Dom Roberto — João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
• 1962Martes y trece — Entrenador
• 1962O Milionário — Milionário
• 1961As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor — Sacristão
• 1958O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo — Manuel / Tarzan
• 1958Sangue Toureiro
• 1957Perdeu-se um Marido
• 1956Ar, Água e Luz
• 1956O Noivo das Caldas — Detetive do hotel
• 1952A Garça e a Serpente

Appearances as themselves (6)

• As Divinas Comédias — Self - Host
• 1998Vasco Santana: O Bom Português — Self
• Parabéns — Self
• Joaquim Letria — Self
• Já Está — Self
• Raul Solnado - O Estado da Graça — Self