Vasco Santana

Acting

Born January 29, 1898, Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

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.

Filmography

• 1956Lisbon — Customer at Fado's House
• 1956O Dinheiro dos Pobres — Marcos, o sacristão
• 1954O Costa d'África — Bernardo Costa, Screenplay, Dialogue
• 1953O Comissário de Polícia — Rolinho - deputy commissioner
• 1952Confissões de um Analfabeto — Zé Analfabeto
• 1952Eram Duzentos Irmãos — Fernão Mentes Minto
• O Zé Analfabeto — Zé Analfabeto
• 1952O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame — Zé Analfabeto
• 1952O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito — Zé Analfabeto, José Vasco (Speaker)
• 1952O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente — Zé Analfabeto
• 1952O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT — Zé Analfabeto
• 1952O Zé já não é Analfabeto — Zé Analfabeto
• 1949Ribatejo — Colorau
• 1947Fado, a Singer's Story — Joaquim Marujo
• 1946Camões — Mal-Cozinhado
• 1942The Courtyard of the Ballads — Narciso, Screenplay, Dialogue
• 1941Famalicão — Narrator (voice)
• 1941The Tyrannical Father — Mestre José Santana, Dialogue
• 1933A Song of Lisbon — Vasco Leitão
• 1931A Via Áurea — Manuel
• 1930Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle