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Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Actor · Born 1915-10-18 · Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

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Biography

Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Fitzcarraldo (1982) — Station Master
  2. Macunaima (1969) — Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
  3. Lucio Flavio (1977) — Dondinho
  4. Rio, Northern Zone (1957) — Espírito da Luz Soares
  5. Assault on the Pay Train (1962) — Cachaça
  6. The Trapalhões (1977) — Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
  7. It's All True (1993) — Self
  8. Quilombo (1984) — Babá
  9. Samba (1965) — Freitas
  10. The Brazilwood Man (1982) — Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
  11. Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer (1972) — Porteiro do teatro
  12. Jequitibá (1993) — Seu Francisco
  13. A Gata Comeu (1985) — Self
  14. Escolinha do Professor Raimundo (1990) — Eustáquio
  15. The Agony (1976) — Sinhô
  16. Carnaval Atlântida (1952) — Miro
  17. Abolition (1988) — Himself
  18. It's Not All True (1986) — Himself
  19. Chinese Viola (1975) — Self
  20. Jubiabá (1987) — Jubiabá
  21. Brasil (1981) — Self (archive footage)
  22. The Heirs (1970) — Americo
  23. Feijão Maravilha (1979) — Benevides
  24. Matar ou Correr (1954) — Ciscocada
  25. O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões (1971) — João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
  26. Sweet Thieves (1977) — Ruy Zebra
  27. Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream (1980)
  28. Running Out of Luck (1987)
  29. Little Missy (1986) — Justo de Sá
  30. I Loved a Bookie (1952) — Passarinho
  31. King of the Cards (1975) — Rei do Baralho
  32. The Hullabaloo Family (1970) — Divina Dama
  33. It's All Brazil (1997) — Self (archive footage)
  34. A Baronesa Transviada (1957) — Benedito
  35. Pistoleiro Bossa Nova (1959)
  36. Parahyba Mulher Macho (1983) — Seu Pedro
  37. The Cosmonauts (1962) — Zenóbio
  38. Brasa Adormecida (1986)
  39. Água Viva (1980) — Canivete
  40. Bravo! (1975) — Malaquias