Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1929-10-19
Day of Death
2009-08-08
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Raul Solnado
Biography
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.
Filmography (24)
O Meu Raul
2011
América
2011
Façam o Favor de Ser Felizes
2009
Call Girl
2007
Facas e Anjos
2000
Requiem
1998Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
1998
Aqui D'El Rei!
1992
Duke
1988
The Jester
1987
The Jester
1987
Ballad of Dog Beach
1987
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975Na Minha Aldeia, Cerveja a Copo
1969
