Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco (February 2, 1934 − September 19, 2021) was a Spanish-Brazilian actor.
Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador.
He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law. Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Beto Rockfeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.
Death Luís Gustavo died on September 19, 2021, in Itatiba, at the age of 87. He had been undergoing an intestine cancer treatment in 2018, having withdrawn from acting since then.
Filmography Television Year Title Role 1953 Segundos Fatais Somos Dois TV de VanguardaSeveral characters (1953–1957) 1954 Sangue na Terra PintadoO Destino Desce de Elevador 1955 Oliver Twist Raposa Caminhos Sem Fim Felismino1956Caminhos Incertos E o Vento Levou O Contador de Histórias 1959O Príncipe e o Pobre 1962A Noite Eterna A Única Verdade 1963 Terror nas Trevas Noites Quentes de Copacabana 1964 O Direito de Nascer OsvaldoSe o Mar Contasse PoloO Sorriso de HelenaHudson 1965 Teresa Mário O Pecado de Cada Um Fernando 1966 O Amor Tem Cara de Mulher Paulo Ciúme Alfredo 1967 Yoshico, Um Poema de Amor Luís Paulo Estrelas no Chão Jorge A Hora Marcada Mário 1968 Beto Rockfeller Beto Rockfeller 1972 Editora Mayo, Bom Dia Ray 1973 A Volta de Beto Rockfeller Beto Rockfeller 1974 Os Inocentes Victor 1975 O Sheik de Ipanema Carlos Alberto 1976 Duas Vidas Osvaldo Anjo Mau Ricardo Medeiros 1978 Te Contei? Léo 1979 Cara a Cara Fran 1980 Rosa Baiana Marcelo 1982 Elas por Elas Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)1983Mário FofocaMário Cury (Mário Fofoca)Caso VerdadeAntônio Maciel (Episode: "Vida Nova") 1985 Ti Ti Ti Ariclenes Almeida (Victor Valentin) 1989 O Salvador da Pátria José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama) Que Rei Sou Eu? Charles Müller 1990 Mico Preto Firmino do Espírito Santo 1993 O Mapa da Mina Antonny Sgrangatto (Tony)1994–96Confissões de AdolescentePaulo Araújo1996–02Sai de BaixoVanderley Mathias (Vavá) 2002 O Beijo do Vampiro Galileu Van Bürger 2004 Começar de Novo Elvis / Glauco Oliveira (Vô Doidão) 2005 Alma Gêmea Romeu Dantas de Carvalho 2006 O Profeta Piragibe Carvalho2007Faça Sua HistóriaAgostinho 2008 Três Irmãs Nereu Vidigal Castro (Deputado Vidigal) 2009 Cama de Gato Waldemar2010As CariocasGustavo Ti Ti Ti Mário Fofoca 2012 Malhação Rômulo Rios2013 Joia Rara Apolônio FonsecaSai de BaixoVanderley Mathias (Vavá) 2016 Êta Mundo Bom! Comendador Eustáquio Fragoso2018Malhação: Vidas BrasileirasHeitor LarocheBrasil a BordoGonçalo Galvez
Cinema YearTitleRole 1956 O SobradoJango Veiga1963 Casinha PequeninaBento 1963 Mord in RioRaul1970Beto Rockfeller Beto Rockfeller1978 Amada AmanteAugusto 1979 Sede de Amar Jairo1982 As Aventuras de Mário FofocaMário Fofoca2005O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta Alfredo Baragatti 2012 Os PenetrasAnchieta 2019 Sai de Baixo – O Filme"Vavá" Vanderley Mathias
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