
Vasco António Rodrigues Santana was a Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of Portuguese cinema.
He already had a long career in theatre when he played the main character in the first Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa, in 1933. He starred in about one dozen films.

Camões
1946 · as Mal-Cozinhado

Lisbon
1956 · as Customer at Fado's House

Famalicão
1941 · as Narrator (voice)

O Costa d'África
1954 · as Bernardo Costa

Fado, a Singer's Story
1947 · as Joaquim Marujo

The Courtyard of the Ballads
1942 · as Narciso

Eram Duzentos Irmãos
1952 · as Fernão Mentes Minto

O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
1952 · as Zé Analfabeto

A Song of Lisbon
1933 · as Vasco Leitão

Ribatejo
1949 · as Colorau

O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
1952 · as Zé Analfabeto

O Dinheiro dos Pobres
1956 · as Marcos, o sacristão

The Tyrannical Father
1941 · as Mestre José Santana

O Zé já não é Analfabeto
1952 · as Zé Analfabeto

Confissões de um Analfabeto
1952 · as Zé Analfabeto

Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
1930

A Via Áurea
1931 · as Manuel

O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
1952 · as Zé Analfabeto