Grande Otelo
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.
Filmography
Archive footage
Station Master
tranviere
Sinhô
Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
Self
Bides
Passarinho
Rei do Baralho
Espírito da Luz Soares
(archive footage)
Divina Dama
Self (archive footage)
Azulão
Ciscocada
Benedito
Veludo
Faísca
Himself
Moleque Miro
Seu Napoleão
Dondinho
Self (archive footage)
Empregado do Hotel
Narrator
Tisiu
Brancura
Self
Cachaça
Jubiabá
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
Freitas
Babá
Seu Pedro
João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
Coalhada
Beicinho
Líbero
Zenóbio
Ruy Zebra
Focinho
Self (archive footage)
(episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
Grande Otelo
Self (archive footage)
Lamparina
Rapadura/Milk Shake
Sebastião
Himself
Alah
Zé Gatinho
Gibi
Narrator
Empregado da pensão
Omero
Motorista de Taxi
Porteiro do teatro
Lepto
Boneco de Pixe
Tonico
Empregado da tendinha
Sexta-Feira
Himself (Archive Footage)
(archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
(imagens de arquivo)
himself
Self (archive footage)
Americo
Chocolate