Raul Solnado

Raul Solnado

Born: October 19, 1929
Died: August 8, 2009
in Lisbon, Portugal
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.

Movies for Raul Solnado...

O Meu Raul
Title: O Meu Raul
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A Documentary about Raul Solnado's work and life.
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América
Title: América
Character: Melo
Released: May 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Lisa, a beautiful young Russian woman, is married to Victor, a Portuguese. Fernanda, the Spanish ex-wife of Victor, taking advantage of the coming wave of illegal immigrants in Portugal, wants to do business with false passports. Since then, and to Lisa's desperation, her home becomes a halfway house for immigrants of various nationalities and different races, all in search of a better future. Among them is Andrei, a young Ukrainian orthopedist who is wanted by the Russian mafia. Andrei falls in love with Lisa, who sees in him the opportunity to get out of that life. But things are not simple.
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Façam o Favor de Ser Felizes
Title: Façam o Favor de Ser Felizes
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary about Raul Solnado's Life.
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Call Girl
Title: Call Girl
Character: Jacinto
Released: December 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
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Title: Ilha dos Amores
Character: Dr. Cabral
Released: March 26, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Ajuste de Contas
Character: Coronel
Released: November 13, 2000
Type: TV
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Facas e Anjos
Title: Facas e Anjos
Character: Catita
Released: March 14, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1983, little João Amaral Severo asks his father to go to the circus. His father, and army captain who had been recently widowed, refuses to take him under the pretext that the circus would draw his attention away from his studies. Ten years later João is a student in the Military College, and is tired of the harsh discipline imposed by his father and decides to join a travelling circus that stops in his hometown, Alcochete. From then on João, alone and free to live his life the way he wants, finds a world of magic, the love of Dolores (a young trapeze artist) and the family he never really had. Until a twist of fate turns João into a father...
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Requiem
Title: Requiem
Character: Cemetery guard
Released: June 3, 1998
Type: Movie
What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.
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Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
Title: Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
Character: Self
Released: January 27, 1998
Type: Movie
A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.
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Title: Meu Querido Avô
Character: Avô
Released: April 6, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Zona+
Character: Próprio
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: A Banqueira do Povo
Character: Guimarães
Released: April 12, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Parabéns
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 1992
Type: TV
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Aqui D'El Rei!
Title: Aqui D'El Rei!
Character: Matos
Released: April 24, 1992
Type: Movie
At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty. Mouzinho instantly becomes a national hero but his raising popularity worries the State.
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Title: Joaquim Letria
Character: Self
Released: October 24, 1990
Type: TV
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Duke
Title: Duke
Released: April 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Duke is the name of a journalist who investigates the famous Ballet Rose case. During the investigation, he stumbles upon a mysterious murder.
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The Jester
Title: The Jester
Character: Inspector Aranha
Released: October 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
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The Jester
Title: The Jester
Character: inspector Aranha
Released: October 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
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Title: Já Está
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 1987
Type: TV
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Balada da Praia dos Cães
Title: Balada da Praia dos Cães
Character: Elias Santana
Released: March 12, 1987
Type: Movie
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
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Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
Title: Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Na Minha Aldeia, Cerveja a Copo
Title: Na Minha Aldeia, Cerveja a Copo
Released: March 13, 1969
Type: Movie
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O Milionário
Title: O Milionário
Character: Milionário
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
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Dom Roberto
Title: Dom Roberto
Character: João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Released: May 30, 1962
Type: Movie
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...
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Martes y trece
Title: Martes y trece
Character: Entrenador
Released: March 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Lola and Maria are two Spanish young ladies engaged to Franz and Pepe, all so eager to spend their honeymoon that the moment seems never to come, as all sorts of problems pave their way.
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As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Title: As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Character: Sacristão
Released: January 13, 1961
Type: Movie
The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho.
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O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo
Title: O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo
Character: Manuel / Tarzan
Released: August 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Luisa and Manuel begin the existence of married, having only their dream and hope. He judges himself a Tarzan in the jungle of life, able to face all the threats, next to his companion.
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Sangue Toureiro
Title: Sangue Toureiro
Released: March 7, 1958
Type: Movie
Eduardo, the son of the wealthy farmer Jerónimo de Vinhais, falls in love and departs for Lisbon with the fado singer Maria da Graça, after studying abroad, and refusing his father "too" to be a taurenic knight.
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Ar, Água e Luz
Title: Ar, Água e Luz
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
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A Garça e a Serpente
Title: A Garça e a Serpente
Released: May 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Melancholic and atheist bank clerk Manuel is stuck in a love triangle with two women, the fiery art model Albertina and the quiet and religious Ana Maria. After spending several years working in Africa, Manuel returns to Portugal only to find both women already married, and his life marred by problems.