Before becoming a director, screenwriter, and producer, Artur Semedo enjoyed success as an actor on stage, television, and in feature films from 1949 through 1965. Semedo spent the years 1962 through 1965 working in Brazil.

Filmography

• História do Cinema Português
• 1998António Silva - Um Artista Popular
• 1992Aqui D'El Rei! — Velho General
• 1992No Dia dos Meus Anos
• 1991A Luxury Crime — Bar owner, Director, Writer, Producer
• Humor de Perdição — Pato
• 1987The Dear Lilás — Sertório, Sequence Supervisor, Producer, Writer, Director
• 1986O Barão de Altamira — D. Diogo de Altamira, Executive Producer, Writer, Director
• 1986Saudades Para Dona Genciana — Barber, Production Manager
• 1985A Moura Encantada — Conselheiro do Príncipe
• 1984Chronicle of Good Hoodlums — Major, Writer, Production Manager
• 1983Impossível Evasão
• 1983Pôr do Sol no Areeiro — Producer
• 1982A Estrangeira — Nunes
• 1982The State of Things — Production Manager
• 1981O Banqueiro Anarquista — Production Manager
• 1981The Territory — Wanderer #1
• 1980Bárbara — Joe Valente
• 1979Donasvinte — Screenplay
• Le Comte de Monte-Cristo — Marquis Cavalcanti
• 1978A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História — General
• 1978Madrugada — Pai
• 1978O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas — Marquis of Pombal, Director, Screenplay
• 1977The Assignment
• 1977The Guns and the People — Director
• 1977The Misadventures of Dracula Von Barreto in the Lands of the Agrarian Reform — Capitalist
• 1976The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir — Capitão da GNR, Executive Producer
• 1975O Funeral do Patrão — Production Manager
• 1974Malteses, Burgueses e às Vezes... — Gabriel da Mota / Trafaria / Trotil, Director
• 1974Sofia and Sexual Education — Henrique, Producer
• 1970A Maluquinha de Arroios — Baltasar
• 1965Crônica da Cidade Amada — Cláudio (episódio "O Homem que se Evadiu")
• As aventuras de Eva — Dr. Borelli
• 1957Perdeu-se um Marido
• 1956O Dinheiro dos Pobres — Professor, Writer, Director, Script
• 1956Vidas sem Rumo — Meia-Lua
• 1954O Cerro dos Enforcados — D. Rui de Cardena
• 1952Chaimite — Daniel
• 1952Nazaré — Manuel Manata
• 1952Two Causes — Raúl Bento
• 1951The Circus — Tony
• 1949Sun and Bulls — Carlos Alberto's Friend
• Lotação Esgotada

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Joaquim Letria — Self
• Já Está — Self