Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 29, 1898
Place of Birth
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Also Known As
- Vasco António Rodrigues Santana
Vasco Santana
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 - Movies
Lisbon
as Customer at Fado's House
O Costa d'África
as Costa, Amadeu's uncle
A Song of Lisbon
as Vasco Leitão
The Tyrannical Father
as Mestre José Santana
Camões
as Mal-Cozinhado
The Courtyard of the Ballads
as Narciso
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
as Marcos
Famalicão
as Narrator (voice)
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Fado, a Singer's Story
as Joaquim Marujo