Acting

Billy Davis

Born — Died

1930-05-18 — 2016-05-29

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto poster
7.0

Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.

Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto

1967

Marido de Mulher Boa poster
5.6

Partner in a haute couture house, Anacleto is a ladies' man who charms all his clients and employees. Despite being married, he cares little for his wife and is always secretly arranging meetings with other women, causing a lot of confusion.

Marido de Mulher Boa

1960

Bom Mesmo É Carnaval poster
6.5

Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeiro with this function. False moralist that is, ends up falling in the revelry, meets a beautiful dancer and invites the girl to spend the carnival on his farm. Drunk, he confuses the addresses and causes his driver to take the dancer in place of the teacher to Passaroca, which will cause a lot of confusion.

Bom Mesmo É Carnaval

1962

Briga, Mulher e Samba poster
7.0

Marcelino, a country bumpkin, comes from the countryside to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro. His uncle Simão, a taxi driver and resident of a favela with Sofia, comes to greet him at the train station. A neighbor, Tereza, takes an interest in the newcomer. At the pier, the criminal Zé receives a package and is pursued by police. Mira Diler performs at the Caverna nightclub. In her dressing room, the criminal Zé is found, injured and without the package. Valentino complains about the police action that is disrupting his "business." Marcelino still hasn't found work; at the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to sell his compositions. He begins helping his uncle as a driver, but puts his own worries first: he goes to the nightclub looking for Mira, but finds himself caught up in Valentino's schemes.

Briga, Mulher e Samba

1961

O Impossível Acontece poster
8.0

Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors.

O Impossível Acontece

1969

The Girl from Ipanema poster
6.3

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

The Girl from Ipanema

1967

Film credits

1960s · 12 titles

Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto poster
7.0

Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.

Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto

1967

Marido de Mulher Boa poster
5.6

Partner in a haute couture house, Anacleto is a ladies' man who charms all his clients and employees. Despite being married, he cares little for his wife and is always secretly arranging meetings with other women, causing a lot of confusion.

Marido de Mulher Boa

1960

Bom Mesmo É Carnaval poster
6.5

Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeiro with this function. False moralist that is, ends up falling in the revelry, meets a beautiful dancer and invites the girl to spend the carnival on his farm. Drunk, he confuses the addresses and causes his driver to take the dancer in place of the teacher to Passaroca, which will cause a lot of confusion.

Bom Mesmo É Carnaval

1962

Briga, Mulher e Samba poster
7.0

Marcelino, a country bumpkin, comes from the countryside to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro. His uncle Simão, a taxi driver and resident of a favela with Sofia, comes to greet him at the train station. A neighbor, Tereza, takes an interest in the newcomer. At the pier, the criminal Zé receives a package and is pursued by police. Mira Diler performs at the Caverna nightclub. In her dressing room, the criminal Zé is found, injured and without the package. Valentino complains about the police action that is disrupting his "business." Marcelino still hasn't found work; at the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to sell his compositions. He begins helping his uncle as a driver, but puts his own worries first: he goes to the nightclub looking for Mira, but finds himself caught up in Valentino's schemes.

Briga, Mulher e Samba

1961

O Impossível Acontece poster
8.0

Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors.

O Impossível Acontece

1969

The Girl from Ipanema poster
6.3

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

The Girl from Ipanema

1967

The Guns poster
7.5

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.

The Guns

1964

Carnival of Crime poster
3.0

Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him solve the mystery.

Carnival of Crime

1962

How Are You, Well? poster
7.0

Two fanatical Flamengo fans get drunk after a defeat of time; a voyeurist peers at his neighbor's nakedness with binoculars; a suburbanite kills his wife over a chicken; an ambitious father makes money from his daughter who pretends to see the virgin Mary; a loving couple desperately seeks to satisfy their sexual desires; a priest tries to extort more alms from his parishioners; a married man, to survive, poses as a transvestite on a boat; a suburbanite prepares to sing on the Chacrinha show! Anything can happen in this film!

How Are You, Well?

1968

The Deceased poster
7.2

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.

The Deceased

1965

The Cosmonauts poster
6.6

After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.

The Cosmonauts

1962

No artwork available
7.0

Helena, married to decorator Bruno, is a woman dissatisfied with the futility of social life. She rekindles her relationship with her former boyfriend, Clóvis, and discovers how difficult the struggle for happiness is by seeing the example of the less fortunate. After saving herself from the rough seas on the beach, Helena finds herself possessed by a mystical fear. On New Year's Eve, while the people celebrate Iemanjá, Helena and Bruno throw a lavish party. Their employee, Luiz, is arrested as a suspect in the death of a woman found on the beach. Having a disagreement with her husband, Helena leaves the party and throws herself into the sea. She is saved by Umbanda followers and welcomed by Bruno, who tries in vain to comfort her.

Mar Corrente

1967

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