Ricardo Petraglia

Acting

Ricardo Petraglia

Born

1950-10-07 (76)

Place of birth

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Ricardo Petraglia Margutti, currently known as Mohammed Abdullah, (São Paulo, October 7, 1950), is a former Brazilian actor and musician, recognized for his work in the 1990s and 2000s, especially on television networks such as Rede Globo and RecordTV.

Known for

Young Hearts poster
6.3

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Young Hearts

1995

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

2001

The Trapalhões poster
8.0

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

The Trapalhões

1977

História de Amor poster
8.0

Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.

História de Amor

1995

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Machão

1974

Chico Anysio Show poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chico Anysio Show

1982

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 5 titles

Series credits

Young Hearts poster
6.3

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Young Hearts

1995

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

2001

The Trapalhões poster
8.0

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

The Trapalhões

1977

História de Amor poster
8.0

Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.

História de Amor

1995

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Machão

1974

Chico Anysio Show poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chico Anysio Show

1982

Anything for Love poster
7.0

Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

Anything for Love

1997

Student's Heart poster
6.4

Biology professor Edu is an idealistic man who moves with his son Lipe to the charming, fictional town of Nova Aliança, in Minas Gerais, in search of a better quality of life. Edu is engaged to Amelinha, daughter of the wealthy and greedy rancher João Mourão. But this relationship becomes unstable when Edu falls in love with the dreamy lawyer Clara, daughter of Lígia and the experienced lawyer Raul Gouveia. Edu is a single father and tries to always be present in Lipe's life, attempting to keep him away from his mother, Mariana, whose drug addiction prevented her from raising her son. Edu's future father-in-law, João Mourão, is the biggest businessman in Nova Aliança: he owns a farm, a dairy, a meatpacking plant, and a transportation company. João takes issue with Edu when he discovers that the young man is a strong defender of nature and environmental protection laws, which turns him into a rival in the fight for a stretch of virgin forest.

Student's Heart

2002

Uga-Uga poster
6.7

An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.

Uga-Uga

2000

Another Power poster
9.4

The first scenes of the telenovela Another Power were recorded at Palermo and Tonnara di Scopello two cities in Italy. One of the most impressive scenes was the terrible explosion of a car where were Tony Castellamare’s wife and their twin daughters; after he arrive at the crime scene, he testified the explosion causing the death of his family.

Another Power

2009

Água Viva poster
8.2

No synopsis available yet.

Água Viva

1980

A Viagem poster
8.4

The soap opera's central theme is life after death, inspired by the philosophy of Allan Kardec, the codifier of Spiritism. The character who drives the plot is Alexandre, a delinquent who kills himself in prison after being convicted of robbery followed by homicide and goes on to torment the lives of all those he considers responsible for his tragic fate.

A Viagem

1994

Jogo da Vida poster
8.5

The cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.

Jogo da Vida

1981

Salsa e Merengue poster
7.0

The elegant and wealthy Bárbara gives birth to a stillborn child, but never receives the bad news. Her husband, Guilherme, swaps the child's body for that of a baby whose mother is very poor and unable to raise him. Thirty years later, Eugênio, the swapped boy, suffers mercury poisoning, develops leukemia, and needs an urgent bone marrow transplant. But the surgery can only be performed with a donation from a blood relative. Faced with the risk of his son's death, Guilherme tells Bárbara the truth. With everything clarified, the two go in search of Anabel Muñoz, the boy's real mother and the only one who can save his life. Anabel kept her pregnancy a secret, but never forgot the child she had with the unscrupulous Urbano. She is the widow of the Cuban Félix Muñoz and has five other children: Valentim, Remédios, Amparo, Assunção, and Antônio.

Salsa e Merengue

1996

The Return Of The Rockefeller poster
9.0

The big shot Albert returns after three years, reuniting with his family — his parents and his sister. And he gets in touch with some acquaintances, such as his old friend Vitório and a decadent high society woman. And once again Albert, the Rockefeller gets involved with millionaires and opportunists.

The Return Of The Rockefeller

1973

My Sweetheart poster
7.7

The plot revolves around the romantic conflict involving four young people who have known each other since childhood. Antônio Mourão, an orphan raised by Father Ovídio, has two dreams in life: to graduate in Medicine – he has just passed the entrance exam – and to marry Rebeca, one of the daughters of his godfather, the Protestant pastor Bilac. Antônio and Rebeca end up separated thanks to the interference of Lívia, the youngest daughter of Pastor Bilac. Sensual and deceitful, she dreams of abandoning her life in São Tomás de Trás, working as a lacemaker and attending her father's church services, to live in the big city. She sees in Antônio a chance to fulfill her desire and, even knowing about the romance between the young man and her sister, she orchestrates a situation to seduce him and manages to get pregnant by him. The two are then forced to marry and move to the capital.

My Sweetheart

1998

Vidas em Jogo poster
9.8

No synopsis available yet.

Vidas em Jogo

2011

Tricky Business poster
5.0

Isabel Vilela is about to fulfill one of her greatest wishes. She’s been married for a year with the cheerful Danilo when she realizes that she’s pregnant on the eve of a romantic trip. Isabel’s professional life is also booming, with financial help from Danilo, she’s about to inaugurate her own architecture firm

Tricky Business

2012

Pecado Mortal poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pecado Mortal

2013

Eu Prometo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eu Prometo

1983

Pacto de Sangue poster
10.0

Antônio is on his deathbed after helping a Black man escape his own father's plantation. Before dying, Antônio asks his father, Judge Queiroz Antunes, to raise the young enslaved boy, Bento, as his own son.

Pacto de Sangue

1989

Salomé poster
7.0

Salome returns to Sao Paulo from Paris to scandalize a conservative society and her own family with desire to be free. She meets Duda, who is already involved romantically with Salome's mother, Santa

Salomé

1991

Cinderela 77 poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Cinderela 77

1977

Obrigado, Doutor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obrigado, Doutor

1981

Malu Mulher poster
9.0

After her divorce, Malu faces challenges in supporting her daughter and reinventing herself, grappling with loneliness, work, and the search for a new place in the world.

Malu Mulher

1979

Love at First Sight poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Love at First Sight

1992

Delegacia de Mulheres poster
8.6

No synopsis available yet.

Delegacia de Mulheres

1989

As Noivas de Copacabana poster
6.6

Donato Menezes, a renowned art restorer from Copacabana is also a serial killer obsessed with women in their bridal gowns. His crimes follows the same pattern: he seduces and then kills the victim during the sexual act, always when they're wearing the gown.

As Noivas de Copacabana

1992

Os Normais poster
7.8

A "normal" couple are living a "normal" life together, but they have many complaints about themselves and each other.

Os Normais

2001