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's 1982 film '' Fitzcarraldo''.

Biography

He was born in Veranópolis,

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, to a

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n father and an American mother, who met in New York. He died in

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. He was considered one of the best actors in Brazil, and was usually typecast as a

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Selected filmography

* ''Carnaval no Fogo'' (1949) - Anjo * ''Quando a Noite Acaba'' (1950) * ''Katucha'' (1950) * ''Cascalho'' (1950) * ''Aviso aos navegantes'' (1950) - Professor Scaramouche * ''Maior Que o Ódio'' (1951) * ''Aí Vem o Barão'' (1951) - Von Mack * ''Três Vagabundos'' (1952) - Schultz * ''Carnaval Atlântida'' (1952) - Conde Verdura * ''Barnabé Tu És Meu'' (1952) - Garcia * ''Areias Ardentes'' (1952) - Ambrósio * ''Amei um Bicheiro'' (1953) - Almeida * ''Três Recrutas'' (1953) * ''Carnaval em Caxias'' (1954) - Honório Boa Morte * ''Matar ou Correr'' (1954) - Jesse Gordon * '' Escapade'' (1957) - Caraco * '' S.O.S. Noronha'' (1957) - Pratinho * '' A Bomb for a Dictator'' (1957) - Ramirez * ''Quand sonnera midi'' (1958) - Salvador * ''História de um Crápula'' (1965) * ''Mercenários do Crime'' (1966) - President (Rio segment) (uncredited) * '' Ring Around the World'' (1966) - Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''As Cariocas'' (1966) * '' Una rosa per tutti'' (1967) - Floreal * '' Entranced Earth'' (1967) - Felipe Vieira * ''Arrastão'' (1967) * ''Jerry - a grande parada'' (1967) - Dr. Karloff * '' Tarzan and the Jungle Boy'' (1968) - Djenda (uncredited) * ''Palmeiras Negras'' (1968) - Pepito * '' Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-rosa'' (1968) * ''Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura'' (1968) - Pierre * ''Os Viciados'' (1968) - (segment "Trajetória, A") * ''A Vida Provisória'' (1968) * ''Operaçao Tumulto'' (1969) - Le père * ''Os Paqueras'' (1969) - Marido * ''A um Pulo da Morte'' (1969) * ''A Cama Ao Alcance de Todos'' (1969) - Gangster * ''O Donzelo'' (1970) * '' Mortal Sin'' (1970) - José * ''O Bolão'' (1970) * ''Não Aperta, Aparício'' (1970) * '' Pra Quem Fica, Tchau'' (1971) - Tio Gustavo * ''Os Amores de Um Cafona'' (1971) - Almir * ''Lua-de-Mel e Amendoim'' (1971) - Lover of Serginho's mother * ''Gaudêncio, o Centauro dos Pampas'' (1971) - Giovanni * ''A Viúva Virgem'' (1972) - Padre * ''Independência ou Morte'' (1972) * ''Os Mansos'' (1972) - (segment "A B... de Ouro") * ''O Grande Gozador'' (1972) * ''Como É Boa Nossa Empregada'' (1973) - Dr. Leonel (segment "O terror das empregadas") * ''Relatório de Um Homem Casado'' (1974) * ''Gente que Transa'' (1974) - Casimiro Bilac * ''As Alegres Vigaristas'' (1974) * ''Um Soutien Para Papai'' (1975) * ''Intimidade'' (1975) - Industrialist * ''Eu Dou O Que Ela Gosta'' (1975) * ''As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo'' (1975) * ''O Flagrante'' (1976) * ''Padre Cícero'' (1976) * ''O Quarto da Viúva'' (1976) * ''O Ibraim do Subúrbio'' (1976) - Casimiro de Abreu de Sousa * ''O Homem de Papel'' (1976) - Raul * ''Ouro Sangrento'' (1977) * ''Os Mucker'' (1978) - Abílio * ''O Outro Lado do Crime'' (1978) - Alberto Lima Cordeiro * ''O Gigante da América'' (1978) * ''Diário da Província'' (1978) * ''Curumim'' (1978) * ''Terror e Êxtase'' (1979) - Pai de Betinho * ''República dos Assassinos'' (1979) - Gilberto * ''Engraçadinha'' (1981) - Arnaldo * '' Fitzcarraldo'' (1982) - Don Aquilino * ''Tensão no Rio'' (1982) * ''Tabu'' (1982) - João do Rio * ''Perdida em Sodoma'' (1982) - Dr. Sander * '' Blame It on Rio'' (1984) - Eduardo Marques * ''Quando o Carnaval Chegar'' (1984) - Anjo * '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985) - Warden * ''Os Bons Tempos Voltaram, Vamos Gozar Outra Vez'' (1985) - Coronel (segment "Sábado Quente") * '' Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol'' (1986) - Dr.Velhaccio * '' La Mansión de Araucaima'' (1986) - Don Graciliano 'Don Graci', The Landowner * '' Cobra Verde'' (1987) - Don Octavio Coutinho * '' The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema'' (1987) - Linus * ''

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'' (1988) - Archbishop * ''Faca de Dois Gumes'' (1989) - Sr. Álvaro J. Amado * ''Festa'' (1989) * ''Sermões, a História de Antônio Vieira'' (1989) * ''Stelinha'' (1990) * ''O Escorpião Escarlate'' (1990) * '' O Sorriso do Lagarto'' (1991, TV Mini Series) - Dr. Lúcio Nemésio * '' Perfume de Gardênia'' (1992) - Ody Marques * ''Boca'' (1994) - Quintella * ''Mil e Uma'' (1994) * '' O Quatrilho'' (1995) - Rocco * ''O Monge e a Filha do Carrasco'' (1996) - Superior * '' The Jew'' (1996) - D. Nuno da Cunha * '' Anjo Mau'' (1997, TV Series) - Eduardo Medeiros * ''Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil'' (1997) - Albernaz * ''A Hora Mágica'' (1999) - Hilário / Max / Diretor * ''Sonhos Tropicais'' (2001) - Tibério * ''Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria'' (2003) - Dr. Boris Lewinsky - the brain scientist * ''Chatô: O Rei do Brasil'' (2015) - General #1 (final film role)

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