
Vasco Santana
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

O Comissário de Polícia
1953

A Song of Lisbon
1933

O Costa d'África
1954

The Courtyard of the Ballads
1942

The Tyrannical Father
1941

Fado, a Singer's Story
1947

Ribatejo
1949

O Dinheiro dos Pobres
1956

Famalicão
1941

O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
1952

O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
1952

O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
1952

O Zé já não é Analfabeto
1952

Confissões de um Analfabeto
1952

O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
1952

O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
1952

Camões
1946

Eram Duzentos Irmãos
1952

Lisbon
1956

Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
1930

A Via Áurea
1931