José Lewgoy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-11-16 (83 years old)

Deathday

2003-02-10

Place of Birth

Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

José Lewgoy

Biography

José Lewgoy was a Brazilian actor (Veranópolis, November 16, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2003). Since 1940, he acted in more than one hundred films, including Fitzcarraldo with German actor Klaus Kinski and studied at Yale University. In 1973, he participated in the film by Colombian director Carlos Mayolo, La mansión de Araucaíma, in the role of Graciliano "Don Graci". The film is based on a story of the same name by writer Álvaro Mutis, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2001.

Acting

1987

Cobra Verde

as Don Octavio Coutinho

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Don Aquilino

1988

Moon Over Parador

as Archbishop

1967

Entranced Earth

as Felipe Vieira

1952

1990

The Scarlet Scorpion

as Radioator do Inspetor

1994

Boca

as Quintella

1979

Horror and Ecstasy

as Pai de Betinho

1952

Carnaval Atlântida

as Conde Verdura

1954

Matar ou Correr

as Jesse Gordon

1950

Aviso aos Navegantes

as Professor Scaramouche

1951

1949

1983

Tabu

as João do Rio

1971

Lua de Mel e Amendoim

as Amante da mãe de Serginho

1989

Party

as Bêbado

1981

Engraçadinha

as Arnaldo

1998

The Patriot

as Albernaz

1969

Os Paqueras

as Marido

1973

Hung Up

as Father

2006

1957

Escapade

as Caraco

1957

1974

A Married Man's Report

as Dr. Francisco

1970

Mortal Sin

as José

1992

Scent of Gardenias

as Ody Marques

1995

The Quartet

as Rocco

2003

1967

1966

Ring Around the World

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

2015

1976

1996

The Jew

as D. Nuno da Cunha

1952

1984

Blame It on Rio

as Eduardo Marques

1974

Gente Que Transa

as Casimiro Bilac

1989

Two-Edged Knife

as Álvaro J. Amado

1977

O Ibraim do Subúrbio

as Casemiro de Abreu de Souza

1995

Glaura

as Seu Orestes

1975

1971

O Donzelo

as O Ator

1968

On Borrowed Time

as Torturador

1972

1971

1990

Stelinha

as Padre

1979

Os Mucker

as Abílio

1957

S.O.S. Noronha

as Pratinho

2001

Sonhos Tropicais

as Tibério

1984

Tensão no Rio

as Tibério

1972

1976

Intimacy

as Industrial

1998

A Hora Mágica

as Max, Hilário e Diretor

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Self - Actor

1966

Where Are You Taking That Woman

as President (Rio segment) (uncredited)

1986

1980

Curumim

as Oswaldo

1977

Despedida de Casado

as Dr. José Farc

Production

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