
Acting
Mar 13, 1927
Belém, Pará, Brazil
Lúcio Mauro
Acting
Biography
Lúcio Mauro, stage name of Lúcio de Barros Barbalho (Belém, March 14, 1927 — Rio de Janeiro, May 11, 2019), was a Brazilian actor and comedian, one of the pioneers of television in Brazil. He worked on TV Rio, Tupi, Excelsior and TV Globo. He was known for the humorous characters he played.
Feature Films (17)

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!
The Invisible Woman

Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.
December

Bebeto, a scoundrel and flirt, always gets the short end of the stick in his flirtatious advances. Having his eye on a woman who claims to be married, he uses various tactics to win her over. Following a friend's advice, he takes her to a deserted location, where he plans to make love in a van. The boys from a nursing home run by a priest show up, forcing him to referee a soccer match, ruining the romantic afternoon. On Carnival Sunday, Bebeto manages to take the girl to the apartment of his friend Gugu, who lent him the key. However, a malfunction in the toilet floods the apartment and the building with water, making the efforts of a plumber, the Fire Department, and the Radio Patrol ineffective.
O Rei da Pilantragem

British secret agent 007½ is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans stolen from a new metal alloy. His contact is a taxi driver, who ends up being murdered by enemy agents.
007½ no Carnaval

Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.
Redeemer

After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.
The Man Who Challenged the Devil

The film follows the life of the doctor Menezes (Carlos Vereza), known as the doctor of the poor.
Bezerra de Menezes: O Diário de um Espírito

After going through a failed heist, 5 friends, apparently back to their normal lives, are involved in an opportunity to pull off another one.
Vai Que Dá Certo 2

Three young friends, Tita, Mari and Aninha decide to change their situations and travel to a beach place for a weekend. On the road, they meet Estrella, a hippie that wants a hide to try to find her unknown father. Together, they will live hilarious, absurd and moving situations. More than a change the air, they change themselves.
Muita Calma Nessa Hora

The path of five bullets and the people they pass during a shootout in a square. Anyone can die.
Stray Bullet
Television & Series (24)

The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Tropical Paradise

'Escolinha do Professor Raimundo' was a comedy program starring Chico Anysio, the unforgettable Professor Raimundo Nonato, and which brought together some of the biggest names in Brazilian comedy. Marked by informality and improvisation, the School was a landmark, immortalized catchphrases like "And the salary, huh?" and paved the way for new and established talents. Created in 1952 by radio host and comedian Haroldo Barbosa for Rádio Mayrink Veiga, the School arrived on TV five years later as a segment of the program Noites Cariocas, on TV Rio. For 38 years, the School was a segment hosted by Chico Anysio in various comedy programs. In 1990, it premiered as an independent program on Globo and became a classic of Brazilian television.
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

"Tecendo o Saber" (Weaving Knowledge) is a Brazilian educational television series produced by the Paulo Freire Institute and broadcast on TV Globo from October 3 to December 29, 2005, in 64 episodes. It aired daily at 6:30 AM, immediately following Telecurso, as part of the channel's educational programming, and was rebroadcast until 2010 at the same time.








