Luis Gustavo (actor)
Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco (February 2, 1934 − September 19, 2021) was a Brazilian actor.[1]
Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador.[2]
He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by , the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law.[3] Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Beto Rockfeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.
Death[]
Luís Gustavo died on September 19, 2021, in Itatiba, at the age of 87. He had been undergoing an intestine cancer treatment in 2018, having withdrawn from acting since then.[4]
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1953 | Segundos Fatais | N/A |
Somos Dois | N/A | |
Several characters (1953-1957) | ||
1954 | Sangue na Terra | Pintado |
O Destino Desce de Elevador | N/A | |
1955 | Oliver Twist | Raposa |
Caminhos Sem Fim | Felismino | |
1956 | Caminhos Incertos | N/A |
N/A | ||
O Contador de Histórias | N/A | |
1959 | O Príncipe e o Pobre | N/A |
1962 | A Noite Eterna | N/A |
A Única Verdade | N/A | |
1963 | Terror nas Trevas | N/A |
Noites Quentes de Copacabana | N/A | |
1964 | Osvaldo | |
Se o Mar Contasse | Polo | |
O Sorriso de Helena | Hudson | |
1965 | Mário | |
Fernando | ||
1966 | Paulo | |
Alfredo | ||
1967 | Luís Paulo | |
Jorge | ||
Mário | ||
1968 | Beto Rockfeller | Beto Rockfeller |
1972 | Ray | |
1973 | Beto Rockfeller | |
1974 | Victor | |
1975 | Carlos Alberto | |
1976 | Osvaldo | |
Anjo Mau | Ricardo Medeiros | |
1978 | Te Contei? | Léo |
1979 | Fran | |
1980 | Marcelo | |
1982 | Elas por Elas | Mário Cury () |
1983 | Mário Cury () | |
Antônio Maciel (Episode: "Vida Nova") | ||
1985 | Ti Ti Ti | Ariclenes Almeida (Victor Valentin) |
1989 | O Salvador da Pátria | José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama) |
Que Rei Sou Eu? | Charles Müller | |
1990 | Firmino do Espírito Santo | |
1993 | O Mapa da Mina | Antonny Sgrangatto (Tony) |
1994–96 | Paulo Araújo | |
1996–02 | Sai de Baixo | Vanderley Mathias (Vavá) |
2002 | O Beijo do Vampiro | Galileu Van Bürger |
2004 | Elvis / Glauco Oliveira (Vô Doidão) | |
2005 | Alma Gêmea | Romeu Dantas de Carvalho |
2006 | Piragibe Carvalho | |
2007 | Faça Sua História | Agostinho |
2008 | Nereu Vidigal Castro (Deputado Vidigal) | |
2009 | Waldemar | |
2010 | As Cariocas | Gustavo |
Ti Ti Ti | ||
2012 | Malhação | Rômulo Rios |
2013 | Joia Rara | Apolônio Fonseca[5] |
Sai de Baixo | Vanderley Mathias (Vavá) | |
2016 | Êta Mundo Bom! | Comendador Eustáquio Fragoso [6] |
2018 | Heitor Laroche[7] | |
Gonçalo Galvez |
Cinema[]
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1956 | Jango Veiga | |
1963 | Bento | |
1963 | Mord in Rio | Raul |
1970 | Beto Rockfeller | |
1978 | Augusto | |
1979 | Jairo | |
1982 | ||
2005 | O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta | Alfredo Baragatti |
2012 | Anchieta | |
2019 |
References[]
- ^ "Perfil Completo – Luis Gustavo – Página: 2513964 – Memória" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Luis Gustavo". www.purepeople.com.br (in Breton). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Biografia de LUIZ GUSTAVO". biografias.netsaber.com.br. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Ator Luis Gustavo morre aos 87 anos em Itatiba". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ João Gabriel Batista. "Joia Rara repete parte do elenco de Cordel Encantado". Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Gshow (27 November 2015). "Veja o elenco da nova novela das 6, 'Êta Mundo Bom!'". TV - Gshow. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Redação (4 February 2018). "Luis Gustavo será ex-maestro na nova temporada de 'Malhação'". Gshow.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- 1934 births
- 2021 deaths
- Brazilian television actors
- Brazilian film actors
- Brazilian people of Spanish descent
- People from Gothenburg