Known for Acting

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.
1954
as Bernardo Costa
1954
Dialogue
1954
Screenplay
1956
as Customer at Fado's House
1942
as Narciso
1942
Dialogue
1942
Screenplay
1933
as Vasco Leitão
1941
as Mestre José Santana
1941
Dialogue
1947
as Joaquim Marujo
1946
as Mal-Cozinhado
1952
as Fernão Mentes Minto
1941
as Narrator (voice)
1956
as Marcos
1952
as Zé Analfabeto
1949
as Colorau
1952
as Zé Analfabeto
1931
as Manuel
1953
as Rolinho - deputy commissioner