Abel Pêra

Acting

Born November 16, 1891, Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal

Abel Pêra (Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis, 16 November 1891 – Rio de Janeiro, 27 September 1975) was a Portuguese actor based in Brazil. Brother of Manuel Pêra and uncle of actress Marília Pêra, Abel Pêra entered the world of theater in his late teens as a carpenter, among his works are A Pensão da Dona Estela and Feitiço, by Oduvaldo Vianna. Uncle and godfather of actress Marília Pêra, Abel, even after becoming an actor, continued making wooden objects. Friend Chico Anysio once received a golf club he had made from Abel. On television, he participated in the soap opera Fogo Sobre Terra in 1974. Abel Pêra's last work was the film O Casamento, released in 1975.

Filmography

• 1976The Wedding — Sabino’s Father
• Bravo! — Frederico Vieira
• 1973A Filha de Madame Betina
• Os Ossos do Barão — louco
• 1972Eu Transo, Ela Transa — Comendador
• 1971As Quatro Chaves Mágicas — Avô
• 1971O Enterro da Cafetina — Dono da Pensão
• 1970Vida e Glória de um Canalha
• 1969A Penúltima Donzela
• 1969As Duas Faces da Moeda
• 1968The Brave Warrior — Professor
• 1968The Man Who Bought the World — Professor Bagdá
• 1959O Homem do Sputnik
• 1959Pintando o Sete
• 1957De Vento em Popa
• 1945O Cortiço — Vendeiro
• 1943Entra na Farra
• 1943Samba em Berlim
• 1941Black Diamonds — Moribundo
• 1940E o Circo Chegou — Joaquim
• 1939Onde Estás, Felicidade?
• 1936João Ninguém