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.
O Comissário de Polícia
As Rolinho - deputy commissioner
A Song of Lisbon
As Vasco Leitão
The Courtyard of the Ballads
As Narciso
O Costa d'África
As Costa, Amadeu's uncle
The Tyrannical Father
As Mestre José Santana
Fado, a Singer's Story
As Joaquim Marujo
Ribatejo
As Colorau
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
As Marcos
Famalicão
As Narrator (voice)
O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
As Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
As Zé Analfabeto
O Zé já não é Analfabeto
As Zé Analfabeto
Confissões de um Analfabeto
As Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
As Zé Analfabeto
O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
As Zé Analfabeto
Camões
As Mal-Cozinhado
Eram Duzentos Irmãos
As Fernão Mentes Minto
Lisbon
As Customer at Fado's House
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle