António Vilar

António Vilar

Born: October 31, 1912
Died: August 16, 1995
in Lisbon, Portugal
António Vilar Justiniano dos Santos worked as an actor mainly in Portugal, where he was born, but also in Spain, where he took residence until he died. He also did some acting in France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a make-up artist and as a decorator.

Movies for António Vilar...

Black Jack
Title: Black Jack
Character: Dr. Mario Alberto Vilas / Dr. Carl Kaufman
Released: September 14, 1981
Type: Movie
Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.
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Estimado Sr. juez...
Title: Estimado Sr. juez...
Character: El Juez
Released: May 9, 1978
Type: Movie
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Fulanita y sus menganos
Title: Fulanita y sus menganos
Character: Vizconde Pepe
Released: September 26, 1976
Type: Movie
The Spanish official representative of the European Congress of prostitutes, held in Paris, is dedicated to remembering various stories that have occurred in the performance of their profession over the years.
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Disco rojo
Title: Disco rojo
Character: Henrique
Released: March 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A member of the jet-set dies in Lisbon, of drug overdose. A journalist tries to pass through disinformation nets to get to the traffick ring leader who is acting with such impunity. He is up to a surprise, when all evidence points him towards a lady of immaculate repute...
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Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Title: Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Character: Ronald Hoffman
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek seems eager to buy up the property left behind by the murder victims, and one of them could well be behind the killings. The sheriff himself is not above suspicion, so Sartana must uncover the culprit all on his own.
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High Season for Spies
Title: High Season for Spies
Character: Pierre Genet / Dick
Released: July 29, 1966
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers the formula of a particular resistant steel, and a spy ring from an enemy power sets after him to obtain it.
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Scheherazade
Title: Scheherazade
Character: Haroun-al-Raschid
Released: May 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
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Alerta en el cielo
Title: Alerta en el cielo
Character: Coronel Weston
Released: May 26, 1961
Type: Movie
A child suffering from leukemia craves getting on a plane, so at a U.S. base located in Zaragoza will make the kid a favor and grant his wish.
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Cuidado con las personas formales
Title: Cuidado con las personas formales
Character: Enrique
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Two men, father and son, meet Carmen la Martillo, a regular at the soirees organized in the evenings of flamenco. The contact with this woman will altere their lives, especially when one death cames to scene and nobody knows where it came from.
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The Prince in Chains
Title: The Prince in Chains
Character: Rey Basilio
Released: December 20, 1960
Type: Movie
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Death at Dawn
Title: Death at Dawn
Character: Virgilio Delise
Released: June 7, 1960
Type: Movie
The prestigious composer Virgilio Delise, suspected of being involved in the death of his stepfather, unexpectedly runs away. Doria, an ambitious insurance detective, will stop at nothing to prove his guilt.
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O Primo Basílio
Title: O Primo Basílio
Character: Basílio
Released: March 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.
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El Maestro
Title: El Maestro
Released: April 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Redeemer
Title: The Redeemer
Character: Pontius Pilate / Saint Peter
Released: March 20, 1959
Type: Movie
El redentor (original title)
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Il padrone delle ferriere
Title: Il padrone delle ferriere
Character: Philippe Derblay
Released: March 11, 1959
Type: Movie
Philippe Derblay, master of Pont Avesnes ironworks, is an honest and generous young man loved by his workers. He has long been in love with Marchioness Claire de Beaulieu.
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A Woman Like Satan
Title: A Woman Like Satan
Character: Don Matteo Diaz
Released: February 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.
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La noche y el alba
Title: La noche y el alba
Character: Carlos
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.
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Historias de la feria
Title: Historias de la feria
Character: Félix, el vagabundo
Released: March 13, 1958
Type: Movie
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El festín de Satanás
Title: El festín de Satanás
Released: January 30, 1958
Type: Movie
With his own money, Pappier produced this ambitious adaptation of Manuel Gálvez's "Miércoles Santo", whose release was delayed for three years due to political reasons. When it finally came out, it bombed, but its formal originality was mentioned even in unfavorable reviews. Later, it became a cursed film, impossible to see due to lack of prints. To date, it remains lost in great part.
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Embajadores en el infierno
Title: Embajadores en el infierno
Character: Capitán Ricardo Adrados
Released: September 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.
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Los hermanos corsos
Title: Los hermanos corsos
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Vampire of Santiago
Title: The Vampire of Santiago
Character: Fray Pedro de Figueroa, The Saint
Released: January 20, 1955
Type: Movie
In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest.
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Three Dates with Destiny
Title: Three Dates with Destiny
Character: Antonio (segment "Cádiz")
Released: February 28, 1954
Type: Movie
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Fuego en la sangre
Title: Fuego en la sangre
Released: September 10, 1953
Type: Movie
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Judas
Title: Judas
Character: Mariano Torné
Released: May 21, 1952
Type: Movie
A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.
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Dawn of America
Title: Dawn of America
Character: Cristóbal Colón
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Kingdom of Castile, the late fifteenth century. The film chronicles the events that Cristóbal Colón lived (Antonio Vilar) from their stay in the Convent of La Rabida, his meeting with the Catholic Monarchs and, above all, the great odyssey that led to cross the Atlantic and reach the shores of America (1492), thus beginning a new era in the history of mankind.
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Love and Desire
Title: Love and Desire
Character: Antonio, a Spanish fisherman
Released: October 9, 1951
Type: Movie
A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.
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Beautiful Love
Title: Beautiful Love
Character: Dr. Claude Moulin
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Dr. Claude Moulin leaves his wife and child for a younger woman but the child needs attention and the wife falls very ill.
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Don Juan
Title: Don Juan
Character: Don Juan
Released: October 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Don Juan leaves Venice and gets back to Seville, his home city. When he arrives there, he learns that his father is dead and has left all his properties to him, on codition that he marries Doña Inés. Don Juan makes up a former marriage, but when he meets her he becomes fascinated by her beauty.
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El duende y el rey
Title: El duende y el rey
Released: May 29, 1950
Type: Movie
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Santo disonore
Title: Santo disonore
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
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Alas de juventud
Title: Alas de juventud
Character: Daniel
Released: November 10, 1949
Type: Movie
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An Ordinary Woman
Title: An Ordinary Woman
Character: Luis
Released: August 15, 1949
Type: Movie
A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.
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The Sunless Street
Title: The Sunless Street
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
Mauricio is a Frenchman who arrived in Barcelona fleeing from justice. He takes refuge in a hostel in Chinatown and falls in love with Pilar, the niece of the owner. When a murder is committed in the neighborhood, Mauricio becomes the prime suspect.
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Guarany
Title: Guarany
Character: Carlos Gomes
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.
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Reina santa
Title: Reina santa
Character: Dinis, King of Portugal
Released: January 11, 1947
Type: Movie
A virtuous Spanish princess becomes queen of Portugal, and soon is affected by the social struggles and the reckless fight to power between the king's faction and that of his son's.
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Camões
Title: Camões
Character: Luiz Vaz de Camões
Released: September 20, 1946
Type: Movie
The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
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La mantilla de Beatriz
Title: La mantilla de Beatriz
Character: Don Francisco de Mendoça
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
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A Vizinha do Lado
Title: A Vizinha do Lado
Character: Eduardo
Released: May 7, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
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Inés de Castro
Title: Inés de Castro
Character: Pedro I of Portugal
Released: December 28, 1944
Type: Movie
In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noblewoman, for political reasons; but the impulsive prince ends up giving in to his love for Inés de Castro, his wife's lady-in-waiting.
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Doomed Love
Title: Doomed Love
Character: Simão Botelho
Released: October 11, 1943
Type: Movie
The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.
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The Courtyard of the Ballads
Title: The Courtyard of the Ballads
Character: Carlos Bonito
Released: January 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.
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The Spell of the Empire
Title: The Spell of the Empire
Character: Agente local
Released: May 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa, he will find true love, and also learn to value his country and its colonial grandeur.