Óscar Acúrsio

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Óscar Acúrsio da Silva Pereira (born August 7, 1916 in Lisbon , † March 29, 1990 ) was a Portuguese actor .

Life

Acúrsio was born to the journalist Acúrsio Pereira . He dropped out of college to devote himself to film. In 1935 he started working as a production assistant and was on the production staff for the films Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca (1938), Ala-Arriba (1942), A Mantilha de Beatriz (1946), Camões (1946), Amanhã Como Hoje (1948) and Heróis do Mar (1949). At the invitation of Vasco Morgado , he trained as a film technician in Rome in 1950. He later worked for many years as an assistant and producer for the television station RTP .

He had previously taken on supporting roles in several films, such as João Ratão (1940), Cais do Sodré (1946), Os Vizinhos do Rés do Chão (1947), O Leão da Estrela (1947) and Três Espelhos (1947). In 1952 he made his stage debut at the Teatro Monumental in the play Viva o Luxo . This was followed by roles in the productions Cá vai Lisboa and Garotas no Espeto , in the comedies Pinto Calçudo and Ela nicht gostava do Patrão , in children's theater, in revues and in the tele-theater of the television station RTP, including the acclaimed production A Casa-Fronteira (1969). In 1970 he was seen for the last time in the cinema alongside Ivone Silva and Fernanda Borsatti in the film A Maluquinha de Arroios . In 1984 he took on the role of Graxas in the telenovela Chuva na Areia .

He was married to the actress Isabel de Castro .

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SURNAME Acúrsio, Óscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acúrsio da Silva Pereira, Óscar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1990