Paulo Villaça
Acting • Born 1933-01-01 – Died 1992-01-24
Biography
Paulo Barbosa Villaça (Bauru, São Paulo, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was a Brazilian actor and theatre director. Villaça worked as a Literature professor, journalist and advertising manager before his breakthrough as an actor in the 1960s. He achieved success by playing the main role in Rogério Sganzerla's "The Red Light Bandit" (1968). During the 1970s, Villaça was married to famous Brazilian actress Marília Pêra. He played parts in over 20 films, being a reconizable figure in productions from the Brazilian Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a solid career at the theatre, where he acted in the Teatro Oficina company and played roles in many important plays, such as "Navalha na Carne", "Fala Baixo Senão eu Grito" and "Grande e Pequeno". In TV, he appeared in shows such as Rede Globo's "O Bofe" and Rede Bandeirante's "Os Adolescentes", limited series like "Quem Ama Não Mata" and "Chapadão do Bugre" and soap operas such as "Helena" and "Vale Tudo". His last film was 1992's "Perfume de Gardênia", which paid homage to his iconic role of The Red Light Bandit. He died in Rio de Janeiro from HIV-related health problems, and was buried in São Paulo.
Filmography
51 credits
The Good Cinema
Movie • 2021
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie • 1997
Self
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Movie • 1987
Desdino
Lady on the Bus
Movie • 1978
Malandro
Prisoner of Rio
Movie • 1988
Dr. Falcao
The Man in the Black Cape
Movie • 1986
Maragato
Rio Babilonia
Movie • 1982
Dante
Fulaninha
Movie • 1986
Armando
The Woman of Everyone
Movie • 1969
Ramon
Copacabana Mon Amour
Movie • 1970
Dr. Grilo
O Gigante da América
Movie • 1980
The Torturer
Movie • 1980
The Adventures of a Paraíba
Movie • 1982
Miguel
Os Senhores da Terra
Movie • 1970
Garden of War
Movie • 1969
Basbaum
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
Movie • 1971
Friend
The Pleasure Principle
Movie • 1979
Otávio Menezes
Nos Embalos de Ipanema
Movie • 1978
André
Os Trombadinhas
Movie • 1979
Detetive Bira
República dos Assassinos
Movie • 1979
Erasmo
B2
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Sagarana: O Duelo
Movie • 1974
Elias Ruivo
Mangúe-Bangúe
Movie • 1971
The Red Light Bandit
Movie • 1968
Jorginho, o Bandido da Luz Vermelha
Perdidos e Malditos
Movie • 1970
O Forte
Movie • 1977
Scent of Gardenias
Movie • 1992
Bandido
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1970
Paranóia
Movie • 1976
Ajuricaba, o Rebelde da Amazônia
Movie • 1977
Eternamente Pagu
Movie • 1987
Thiers Galvão de França
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Movie • 2023
Travel and Description of the Guanabara River on the Occasion of Antarctic France
Movie • 1977
Villegagnon
Um Pistoleiro Chamado Caviúna
Movie • 1972
Quincas Borba
Movie • 1988
Quincas Borba
The Monsters of Babaloo
Movie • 1970
Albert, the Rockefeller
Movie • 1970
Conde
The Rich Are Something Else
Movie • 1977
Rogério
The Werewolf: A Midnight Terror
Movie • 1975
Satanás
O Matador
Movie • 1967
The Fifth Monkey
Movie • 1990
Mr. Watts
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme
Movie • 2015
Joel
Quem Ama Não Mata
TV • 1982
Raul
Helena
TV • 1987
Salvador
Golden Years
TV • 1986
Joel
Colônia Cecília
TV • 1989
Delegado Tavares
O Bofe
TV • 1972
Dr. Paulo
Super Plá
TV • 1969
Cícero
A Máfia no Brasil
TV • 1984
Ana
TV • 1968
O Jardineiro Espanhol
TV • 1967