Raul Solnado
Actor
Biography
Raul Augusto de Almeida Solnado (19 October 1929, Lisbon - 8 August 2009) was a popular Portuguese actor and comedian. He was born in Lisbon's Madragoa neighborhood, and first appeared on stage there. In his long career, he developed many comic pieces that have become classics.
His humour was, at the time (especially considering Portugal was still under the dictatorial Salazar regime), both unexpected and fresh. It included a lot of nonsense, and stories making fun of daily life. He often played an ingenuous poor man, whose life was neither good or bad. Solnado hosted Portugal's first talk show, in 1969, alongside Carlos Cruz and Fialho Gouveia. The show, called Zip Zip is still considered a landmark in the history of Portuguese television. He died on 8 August 2009 of heart disease.
Filmography
Requiem
as Cemetery guard 1998
The Jester
as inspector Aranha 1987
Ballad of Dog Beach
as Elias Santana 1987
The Jester
as Inspector Aranha 1987
América
as Melo 2011
Martes y trece
as Entrenador 1962
Dom Roberto
as João Barbelas / Dom Roberto 1962
Aqui D'El Rei!
as Matos 1992
O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo
as Manuel / Tarzan 1958
Sangue Toureiro
1958
O Milionário
as Milionário 1962
Duke
1988
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
as Sacristão 1961
Na Minha Aldeia, Cerveja a Copo
1969
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975
Ar, Água e Luz
1956