
Raul Solnado
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-10-19
Day of Death
2009-08-08 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Raul Solnado
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.
Acting
(2011)
América
as Melo
(2011)
(2009)
(2007)
Call Girl
as Jacinto
(2000)
Facas e Anjos
as Catita
(1998)
Requiem
as Cemetery guard
(1998)
(1992)
Aqui D'El Rei!
as Matos
(1988)
(1987)
The Jester
as inspector Aranha
(1987)
The Jester
as Inspector Aranha
(1987)
Ballad of Dog Beach
as Elias Santana
(1975)
(1969)
(1962)
Martes y trece
as Entrenador
(1962)
Dom Roberto
as João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
(1962)
O Milionário
as Milionário
(1961)
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
as Sacristão
(1958)
O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo
as Manuel / Tarzan
(1958)
(1956)
(1952)