Rodolfo Arena

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-12-15 (70 years old)

Deathday

1980-08-31

Place of Birth

Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodolfo Arena

Biography

Angelo Arena, known as Rodolfo Arena (Araraquara, December 15, 1910 — Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1980), was a Brazilian actor. Son of Italians Antonio Arena and Rosa Acettosi, he was born in the interior of São Paulo. He began his artistic career in the circus. In the 1930s he debuted in theater and from then on had a successful career that included almost one hundred films, some soap operas and more than three hundred plays. He was one of the most prolific actors in Brazilian cinema.

Acting

1974

Motel

as Leopoldo

1946

The Drunkard

as José

1966

Plantation Boy

as José Paulino

1968

Capitu

as José Dias

1976

Xica

as Sargento-Mor

1972

Saint Bernard

as Dr. Magalhães

1969

1979

1980

Bye Bye Brazil

as Lavrador

1963

Golden Mouth

as Dentista

1974

1969

Macunaima

as Maanape

1968

1971

Em Família

as Seu Souza

1977

Sweet Thieves

as Português

1979

1964

Lollipop

as Capitão

1981

A Mulher Sensual

as Pai de Marina

1975

Enigma for Demons

as Dr. Barbosa

1980

The Woman Who Invented Love

as Doutor Perdigão

1971

Crioulo Doido

as Ruralista

1974

O Mau-Caráter

as Barão de Moncovil

1972

Missão: Matar!

as Cordeiro

1978

Summer Showers

as Lourenço

1976

1973

Go To Work You Bum!

as Pai de Dino

1976

Intimacy

as Cícero

1974

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