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José Lewgoy

Actor

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.

  • 2Movie
  • 11TV Series
  • 1972Career Start

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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.

Filmography

Poster for Hilda Furacão
Tenente Benedito
1998
Poster for O Outro
Agostinho Della Santa
1987
Poster for Rio Serüveni
Eduardo Marques
1984
Poster for Telerromance
Seu Leocádio Santarém
1981
Poster for Plumas & Paetês
1980
Poster for Feijão Maravilha
Ambrósio / Ambrásio
1979
Poster for Dancin' Days
Horácio Pratini
1978
Poster for Nina
Professor Frazão (Protógenes de Oliveira Frazão)
1977
Poster for Os Trapalhões
1977
Poster for Anjo Mau
Augusto Noronha
1976
Poster for Cavalo de Aço
1973
Poster for O Bofe
Barão
1972
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