Raul Solnado

DOB: 1929-10-19

DOD: 2009-08-08

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.

Starred In

2007
Movie

Call Girl

1987
Movie

The Jester

1962
Movie

Dom Roberto

1958
Movie

Sangue Toureiro

1962
Movie

O Milionário

1956
Movie

Ar, Água e Luz

1988
Movie

Duke

2011
Movie

O Meu Raul

2011
Movie

América

2000
Movie

Facas e Anjos

1987
Movie

The Jester

1992
Movie

Aqui D'El Rei!

1998
Movie

Requiem

1962
Movie

Martes y trece

1956
Movie

O Noivo das Caldas

1994
Tv

Zona+

1987
Tv

Já Está

1992
Tv

Parabéns