Vasco Santana
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 29, 1898, Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
- Died
- June 13, 1958
- Movies
- 22
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1956 | Lisbon | Customer at Fado's House |
| 1956 | O Dinheiro dos Pobres | Marcos, o sacristão |
| 1954 | O Costa d'África | Bernardo Costa |
| 1953 | O Comissário de Polícia | Rolinho - deputy commissioner |
| 1952 | Eram Duzentos Irmãos | Fernão Mentes Minto |
| 1952 | O Zé já não é Analfabeto | Zé Analfabeto |
| 1952 | O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame | Zé Analfabeto |
| 1952 | O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT | Zé Analfabeto |
| 1952 | O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente | Zé Analfabeto |
| 1952 | O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito | Zé Analfabeto, José Vasco (Speaker) |
| 1952 | Confissões de um Analfabeto | Zé Analfabeto |
| 1949 | Ribatejo | Colorau |
| 1947 | Fado, a Singer's Story | Joaquim Marujo |
| 1946 | Camões | Mal-Cozinhado |
| 1942 | The Courtyard of the Ballads | Narciso |
| 1941 | The Tyrannical Father | Mestre José Santana |
| 1941 | Famalicão | Narrator (voice) |
| 1933 | A Song of Lisbon | Vasco Leitão |
| 1931 | A Via Áurea | Manuel |
| 1930 | Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1954 | O Costa d'África | Screenplay |
| 1942 | The Courtyard of the Ballads | Screenplay |
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