John Herbert

John Herbert

Born: May 17, 1929
Died: January 26, 2011
in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
John Herbert Buckup (São Paulo, May 17, 1929 – São Paulo, January 26, 2011) was a Brazilian actor, director and producer. In some works, he was credited as Johnny Herbert.

He was married to the actress Eva Wilma, from 1955 to 1976, and both are parents to the actress, Vivian Buckup, born in 1956 and John Herbert Junior (Johnnie) born in 1958. With Eva Wilma, he had great success on Brazilian television in the 1950s and 60s, with the series Alô Doçura.

Movies for John Herbert...

Title: Três Irmãs
Character: Álvaro Gutierrez (Excelência / Tubarão Branco)
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Cabocla
Character: Vigário Gabriel
Released: May 10, 2004
Type: TV
Brasil República, 1918. Luís Jerônimo is a rich young man. Womanizer, spends all night on the street drinking and having fun with prostitutes, the boy finds out that he has an injury to his right lung. Advised by Edmundo Esteves, his doctor, he decides to spend a season at a cousin's farm in the small town of Vila da Mata in Espírito Santo, in search of fresh air, to prevent the disease from developing into tuberculosis.
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Por Um Fio
Title: Por Um Fio
Character: Presidente do banco
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Uga-Uga
Character: Veludo Herrera
Released: May 8, 2000
Type: TV
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A Hora Mágica
Title: A Hora Mágica
Character: Jorge
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
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Title: Young Hearts
Character: Nabucodonosor Pereira (Nabuco)
Released: April 24, 1995
Type: TV
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
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Title: Young Hearts
Character: Horácio Barreto
Released: April 24, 1995
Type: TV
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
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Title: A Viagem
Character: Agenor Barbosa
Released: April 11, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: O Mapa da Mina
Character: Wagner Amaral
Released: March 29, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Perigosas Peruas
Character: Cervantes
Released: February 10, 1992
Type: TV
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Forever
Title: Forever
Character: Médico
Released: August 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Marked by her father's strong presence, since he is a rich and powerful businessman, the beautiful Berenice investigates his love life, to feel closer to him. With her findings, their relationship becomes mixed with a strong sense of seduction.
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Title: Que Rei Sou Eu?
Character: Bidet Lambert
Released: February 13, 1989
Type: TV
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The Girl Next Door
Title: The Girl Next Door
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's daughter, a beautiful teenager much younger than he, ignoring the social implications.
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The Seven Vampires
Title: The Seven Vampires
Character: Rogério
Released: September 9, 1986
Type: Movie
A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious deaths happening in a nightclub show.
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Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
Title: Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
Character: Fernando
Released: April 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
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Made in Brazil
Title: Made in Brazil
Released: March 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Segment 1: "Impossible Weekend." Desperate to attract the attention of a sexy teacher, a young man steals an experimental aphrodisiac from the laboratory and mixes it into the teacher's lunch. The result exceeds all expectations. ******** Segment 2: "A Chained Hurricane." A humble clerk, tired of enduring the ridicule of colleagues and mistresses about his sexual failure, decides to end his life; just then, hidden reserves awaken in him. Segment 3: ******** "Brazilian Miracle." Scientists create a robot indistinguishable from a person in the image of a sexy girl. However, the program crashes and the robot leaves obedience and sets off on an independent journey.
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Jeitosa, Um Assunto Muito Particular
Title: Jeitosa, Um Assunto Muito Particular
Released: June 17, 1984
Type: Movie
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The Adventures of Mario Fofoca
Title: The Adventures of Mario Fofoca
Released: March 10, 1983
Type: Movie
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Amor de Perversão
Title: Amor de Perversão
Released: June 15, 1982
Type: Movie
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Retrato Falado de Uma Mulher Sem Pudor
Title: Retrato Falado de Uma Mulher Sem Pudor
Character: Johnny Gravatinha
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A model is found dead in the bathtub of her own mansion. A policeman tries to investigate, inquiring the rich and powerful men who knew her.
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Deu Veado na Cabeça
Title: Deu Veado na Cabeça
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
As condition to inherit some assets, three women must turn three gay men into their lovers. Fighting for the money are also a charitable nun, a gay lawyer and a dissolute woman.
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Bacanal
Title: Bacanal
Released: December 17, 1980
Type: Movie
One car failure and a long bus ride to nowhere lead to a small Brazilian country town where two groups of guys and girls meet. This coincidences change the courses of their lives as they soon mingle and passion arises among them.
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O Gosto do Pecado
Title: O Gosto do Pecado
Character: Eneas
Released: August 22, 1980
Type: Movie
After his wife leaves him, Júlio starts an affair with his secretary.
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The Torturer
Title: The Torturer
Released: May 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's being protected by the local dictator. Get ready for gunshots; sex scenes; strange form of tortures; a cocaine-addict priest who helps the dictatorship; contemptous remarks and behavior from the main "hero"; amusing sequences of Chuchu having fun with beautiful women pretending to be James Bond; and the wimp colonel who is in love with a male prostitute. It's all good and fun to watch but remember that this is a product of its era, so it's quite possible to see some objectionable things. But for the most part it's never crass or insanely offensive.
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Title: Água Viva
Character: Jaime Alves Cardoso
Released: February 4, 1980
Type: TV
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Ariella
Title: Ariella
Character: Diogo
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Ariella, a lonely young woman, feels like a stranger in her own house. Ariella is discovering her sexuality and her arrogant mother Helena, her father Rodrigo and her brothers Clécio and Alfonso do not give any love or affection to her. One day Ariella discovers the secret of her despair and plots to take her revenge.
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O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Title: O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Character: Armeiro
Released: May 25, 1979
Type: Movie
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
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Meus Homens, Meus Amores
Title: Meus Homens, Meus Amores
Released: December 11, 1978
Type: Movie
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Cocky
Title: Cocky
Released: September 11, 1978
Type: Movie
Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...
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A Santa Donzela
Title: A Santa Donzela
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Jordão Magalhães, a young plastic artist from a small inland city, is hired to sculpt the statue of the local virgin patron. The model that inspires her is Verinha, with whom she maintains a loving relationship.
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Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
Title: Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
Character: Macedo
Released: December 7, 1976
Type: Movie
Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tattooed man he saw escaping through his wife's bedroom window.
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O Sexo Mora ao Lado
Title: O Sexo Mora ao Lado
Released: December 20, 1975
Type: Movie
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Assim Era a Atlântida
Title: Assim Era a Atlântida
Released: August 27, 1975
Type: Movie
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Cada um Dá o Que Tem
Title: Cada um Dá o Que Tem
Character: Otávio
Released: June 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women.
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The Delights of Life
Title: The Delights of Life
Character: Esteves
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.
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A Super Fêmea
Title: A Super Fêmea
Character: Leão Maia
Released: November 5, 1973
Type: Movie
Eva is a beautiful model who’s hired to star in a campaign to sell a marvelous new product: the male contraceptive pill. But it isn't easy to win the confidence of its target market, since they believe it causes impotence.
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O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Title: O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Character: Sócio da firma
Released: June 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.
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Cleo e Daniel
Title: Cleo e Daniel
Character: Rudolf Fluegel
Released: May 26, 1970
Type: Movie
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The Palace of Angels
Title: The Palace of Angels
Character: Carlos Eduardo
Released: May 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", securing money and success, but some problems as well.
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Em Cada Coração um Punhal
Title: Em Cada Coração um Punhal
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
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Transplante de Mãe
Title: Transplante de Mãe
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Title: Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Character: Bem-Te-Viu
Released: September 29, 1969
Type: Movie
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Helga und die Männer - Die sexuelle Revolution
Title: Helga und die Männer - Die sexuelle Revolution
Character: Carlos
Released: April 24, 1969
Type: Movie
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O Cangaceiro Sanguinário
Title: O Cangaceiro Sanguinário
Character: Cisso
Released: April 10, 1969
Type: Movie
After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.
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Bebel, Garota Propaganda
Title: Bebel, Garota Propaganda
Character: Marcos
Released: November 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom.
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The Case of the Naves Brothers
Title: The Case of the Naves Brothers
Character: Dr. Alamy
Released: May 30, 1967
Type: Movie
After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.
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As Cariocas
Title: As Cariocas
Released: October 24, 1966
Type: Movie
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Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que é Uma Fera
Title: Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que é Uma Fera
Released: May 24, 1966
Type: Movie
General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend decides to help them, but things only get worse.
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Der Satan mit den roten Haaren
Title: Der Satan mit den roten Haaren
Released: September 11, 1964
Type: Movie
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Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Title: Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Released: June 22, 1963
Type: Movie
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Tödlicher Karneval
Title: Tödlicher Karneval
Character: Inspector Britto
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The shooting of a movie is to take place in Rio de Janeiro. The script states that an actor is to shoot himself. The director wants to demonstrate how he imagines this scene. When he takes the revolver and pulls the trigger, he actually falls to the ground. The crew is horrified when they realize that the ammunition was live and the director is lying dead on the floor. Inspector Moura is assigned to investigate the case. He suspects a jealous motive.
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Copacabana Palace
Title: Copacabana Palace
Released: November 3, 1962
Type: Movie
For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
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Assassinato em Copacabana
Title: Assassinato em Copacabana
Released: May 26, 1962
Type: Movie
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Girl In Room 13
Title: Girl In Room 13
Character: Capitão Policial
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A letter summons American detective Steve Marshall to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in search of fugitive murderess Louise Dunning. Marshall contacts Louise and learns that she murdered her husband only in self-defense. In the meantime, Marshall is set up as a pawn in a counterfeiting ring (they were the ones who sent him the letter), and unwittingly helps the police capture the criminals. Louise decides to remain in Brazil.
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E o Espetáculo Continua
Title: E o Espetáculo Continua
Released: October 26, 1959
Type: Movie
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Maria 38
Title: Maria 38
Released: August 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.
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A Grande Vedete
Title: A Grande Vedete
Character: Paulo
Released: April 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One day she meets young author Paulo and falls for him; but he is in love and engaged to ballerina Vilma, and misunderstandings abound.
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Joy of Living
Title: Joy of Living
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The boss of Gilberto, an exemplary employee, wants to marry him with his daughter, Elisabeth. But her cousin, an unattractive girl, appears to meet him. Gilberto, who leads a hectic life, knows Betty, independent girl by whom one falls in love. In the end, she discovers that she is the boss's daughter.
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Love Slaves of the Amazons
Title: Love Slaves of the Amazons
Character: Hotel Clerk
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A party of explorers in the Amazon jungle are captured by a tribe of women, and learn that they are to be used as the tribe's "love slaves."
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Dioguinho
Title: Dioguinho
Released: September 25, 1957
Type: Movie
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Rio Fantasia
Title: Rio Fantasia
Character: Carlos
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
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A Outra Face do Homem
Title: A Outra Face do Homem
Released: December 15, 1954
Type: Movie
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Floradas na Serra
Title: Floradas na Serra
Character: Flávio Abreu
Released: October 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.
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O Petróleo é Nosso
Title: O Petróleo é Nosso
Released: July 26, 1954
Type: Movie
A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum company into giving up her property for nothing, but is saved by his son's noble intervention.
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Candinho
Title: Candinho
Character: Quincas
Released: March 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.
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Matar ou Correr
Title: Matar ou Correr
Character: Bill
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure.
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Uma Pulga na Balança
Title: Uma Pulga na Balança
Character: Alberto Motta Freixoso
Released: April 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives.