António Vilar
Acting
Biography
António Vilar Justiniano dos Santos worked as an actor mainly in Portugal, where he was born, but also in Spain, where he took residence until he died. He also did some acting in France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a make-up artist and as a decorator.
Born: October 31, 1912
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
Alerta en el cielo
A child suffering from leukemia craves getting on a plane, so at a U.S. base located in Zaragoza will make the kid a favor and grant his wish.
Love and Desire
A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.
The Courtyard of the Ballads
A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.
The Girl Next Door
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
Scheherazade
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
Il padrone delle ferriere
Philippe Derblay, master of Pont Avesnes ironworks, is an honest and generous young man loved by his workers. He has long been in love with Marchioness Claire de Beaulieu.
La mantilla de Beatriz
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
Embajadores en el infierno
Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.
O Primo Basílio
Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.
Judas
A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.
Filmography
as Dr. Mario Alberto Vilas / Dr. Carl Kaufman
as El Juez
as Vizconde Pepe
as Henrique
as Ronald Hoffman
as Pierre Genet / Dick
as Haroun-al-Raschid
as Coronel Weston
as Enrique
as Rey Basilio
as Virgilio Delise
as Basílio
as Pontius Pilate / Saint Peter
as Philippe Derblay
as Don Matteo Diaz
as Carlos
as Félix, el vagabundo
as Segmento "La venganza"
as Capitán Ricardo Adrados
as Fray Pedro de Figueroa, The Saint
as Antonio (segmento "Cádiz")
as Juan Fernando
as Mariano Torné
as Cristóbal Colón
as Antonio, pescador español
as Dr. Claude Moulin
as Don Juan
as Daniel
as Luis
as Carlos Gomes
as Dinis, King of Portugal
as Luiz Vaz de Camões
as Don Francisco de Mendoça
as Eduardo
as Pedro I of Portugal
as Simão Botelho
as Carlos Bonito
as Agente local