Abel Pêra

Born: 1891-11-16

Abel Pêra (Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis, 16 November 1891 – Rio de Janeiro, 27 September 1975) was a Portuguese actor based in Brazil. Brother of Manuel Pêra and uncle of actress Marília Pêra, Abel Pêra entered the world of theater in his late teens as a carpenter, among his works are A Pensão da Dona Estela and Feitiço, by Oduvaldo Vianna. Uncle and godfather of actress Marília Pêra, Abel, even after becoming an actor, continued making wooden objects. Friend Chico Anysio once received a golf club he had made from Abel. On television, he participated in the soap opera Fogo Sobre Terra in 1974. Abel Pêra's last work was the film O Casamento, released in 1975.


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As Duas Faces da Moeda

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-22

A long time public servant is told by an angel that he will die at midnight of the following day.

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O Enterro da Cafetina

as Dono da Pensão
Released: 1971-08-30

As the owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro gets buried, an old scoundrel remembers...

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The Man of The Sputnik

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-21

UFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent...

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The Man Who Bought the World

as Professor Bagdá
Released: 1968-09-16

In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten...

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Eu Transo, Ela Transa

as uncredited
Released: 1972-12-10

Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of...

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Onde Estás, Felicidade?

as uncredited
Released: 1939-04-17

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Samba em Berlim

as uncredited
Released: 1943-02-22

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The Wedding

as Sabino’s Father
Released: 1976-01-01

On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the...

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O Cortiço

as Vendeiro
Released: 1945-07-16

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A Penúltima Donzela

as uncredited
Released: 1969-10-27

A young women from a conservative family loses her virginity to her boyfriend who dumps her...

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As Quatro Chaves Mágicas

as Avô
Released: 1971-07-03

Sad with her grandfather's death, Maria goes on vacation with her friend João on board a jeep....

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The Brave Warrior

as uncredited
Released: 1968-11-22

Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present...

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Vida e Glória de um Canalha

as uncredited
Released: 1970-05-12

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Black Diamonds

as Moribundo
Released: 1941-10-17

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A Filha de Madame Betina

as uncredited
Released: 1973-01-01

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune.

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João Ninguém

as uncredited
Released: 1936-01-01

João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend...

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De Vento em Popa

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-12

Industrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics,...

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Pintando o Sete

as uncredited
Released: 1959-12-10

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