Cast

Paulo Villaça

Acting

Cast

Paulo Villaça

Known for

Acting

Born

1933-01-01

From

Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Died

1992-01-24

Biography

Paulo Barbosa Villaça (Bauru, São Paulo, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was a Brazilian actor and theatre director. Villaça worked as a Literature professor, journalist and advertising manager before his breakthrough as an actor in the 1960s. He achieved success by playing the main role in Rogério Sganzerla's "The Red Light Bandit" (1968). During the 1970s, Villaça was married to famous Brazilian actress Marília Pêra. He played parts in over 20 films, being a reconizable figure in productions from the Brazilian Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a solid career at the theatre, where he acted in the Teatro Oficina company and played roles in many important plays, such as "Navalha na Carne", "Fala Baixo Senão eu Grito" and "Grande e Pequeno". In TV, he appeared in shows such as Rede Globo's "O Bofe" and Rede Bandeirante's "Os Adolescentes", limited series like "Quem Ama Não Mata" and "Chapadão do Bugre" and soap operas such as "Helena" and "Vale Tudo". His last film was 1992's "Perfume de Gardênia", which paid homage to his iconic role of The Red Light Bandit. He died in Rio de Janeiro from HIV-related health problems, and was buried in São Paulo.

Paulo Villaça

Paulo Villaça

Biography

Ajuricaba, o Rebelde da Amazônia

The Fifth Monkey

Lady on the Bus

The Rich Are Something Else

O Forte

Copacabana Mon Amour

The Torturer

Paranóia

Um Pistoleiro Chamado Caviúna

Sagarana: O Duelo

The Red Light Bandit

Prisoner of Rio

Rio Babilonia

The Woman of Everyone

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema

The Pleasure Principle

Nos Embalos de Ipanema

The Man in the Black Cape

Os Trombadinhas

The Monsters of Babaloo

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Fulaninha

República dos Assassinos

Albert, the Rockefeller

Perdidos e Malditos

Lucia McCartney, Call Girl

Os Senhores da Terra

Eternamente Pagu

Scent of Gardenias

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Mangúe-Bangúe

Quincas Borba

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme

The Adventures of a Paraíba

The Good Cinema

Garden of War

The Giant of America

Travel and Description of the Guanabara River on the Occasion of Antarctic France

The Werewolf: A Midnight Terror

B2

O Matador