Nélson Dantas (November 17, 1927 – March 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor in film and television. He began in 1949, but his peak period began in 1962. In 1981 he won an award at the
Festival de Gramado
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[Tania Carvalho - 2009 Tônia Carrero: movida pela paixão p265 "Tônia, como Clara Zachanassian, e Carlos Alberto (substituído em São Paulo por Edney Giovenazzi), Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Ivan Cândido, Fábio Sabag, Nélson Dantas, Ivone Hoffman, Leonardo Thierry, Paulo Vespúcio e Leon Góes, ..."]
Partial filmography
* ''A Mulher de Longe'' (1949)
* ''Almas Adversas'' (1952)
* ''Carnaval em Caxias'' (1954)
* ''Matar ou Correr'' (1954)
* ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' (1962) - Priest
* ''Pluft, o Fantasminha'' (1962) - Fantasma / Humano
* ''Capitu'' (1969) - Padua
* ''
The Alienist
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'' (1970) - The Accountant
* ''A Casa Assassinada'' (1971)
* ''Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa'' (1971) - F.A.
* ''O Doce Esporte do Sexo'' (1971)
* ''Os Inconfidentes'' (1972) - Padre
* ''Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo'' (1973)
* ''A Estrela Sobe'' (1974)
* ''O Casamento'' (1975) - Xavier
* ''As Aventuras de Um Detetive Português'' (1975) - Zelador
* ''
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' ( pt, Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, it takes place in 1940s Bahia and has Sônia Braga, José ...
'' (1976) - Clodoaldo the Poet
* ''Assuntina das Amérikas'' (1976)
* ''A Noiva da Cidade'' (1978)
* ''O Bom Burguês'' (1979)
* ''Insônia'' (1980) - (segment "Dois Dedos")
* ''Cabaret Mineiro'' (1980)
* ''Engraçadinha'' (1981) - Dr. Pergamini
* ''O Santo e a Vedette'' (1982)
* ''
O Homem do Pau-Brasil'' (1982) - Friar
* ''Bar Esperança'' (1983) - Ivan
* ''
Blame It on Rio
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'' (1984) - Doctor
* ''
Memoirs of Prison
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'' (1984) - Ilha Grande's Prison Warden
* ''O Cavalinho Azul'' (1984) - Vicente's Father
* ''Urubus e Papagaios'' (1985)
* ''Noite'' (1985)
* ''Chico Rei'' (1985)
* ''Fulaninha'' (1986)
* ''Minas-Texas'' (1989) - Seu Correia
* ''
A Maldição do Sanpaku'' (1991) - Gold
* ''
Tropicaliente
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Written by Walter Negrao, in collaboration with Elizabeth Jhin, Angela Lamb, Mark Si ...
'' (1994, TV Series) - Bujarrona
* ''Lamarca'' (1994) - Lamarca's father
* ''
Four Days in September
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'' (1997) - Toledo
* ''Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil'' (1997) - Caldas
* ''Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura'' (1998) - Costa
* ''
Midnight
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'' (1998) - Farmacêutico
* ''
Amor & Cia
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'' (1998) - Asprígio
* ''O Viajante'' (1998) - Mestre Juca
* ''
Força de um Desejo
''Força de um Desejo'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Globo, and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 227 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Noguei ...
'' (1999, TV Series) - Dr. Xavier
* ''
Traveller'' (1999) - Vice-rei
* ''Sonhos Tropicais'' (2001) - Prefeito Pereira Passos
* ''
Desejos de Mulher
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It stars Regina Dua ...
'' (2002, TV Series) - Ubaldo
* ''
Narradores de Javé
''Narradores de Javé'' (''The Storytellers'') is a 2003 Brazilian film by Eliane Caffé.
Plot
A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove t ...
'' (2003) - Vicentino
* ''
Celebridade
''Celebridade'' is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from October 13, 2003 to June 25, 2004, totaling 221 episodes.
Featured Malu Mader, Marcos Palmeira, Cláudia Abreu, Fábio Assunção, Marcio Garcia, Deborah Sec ...
'' (2003, TV Series) - Alcir Nogueira
* ''
Zuzu Angel
SNI document on Stuart, 1971
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'' (2006) - Antônio Lamarca (final film role)
References
External links
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1927 births
2006 deaths
Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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