One of Portugal's most popular leading actors from the mid-1940s, who enjoyed equal success in Spanish cinema and also worked in Hollywood. . His last film was shot on location in 2009 on his native island of Madeira.
Father of two, one of them is Pedro Teixeira.
Played an uncredited but famous role in Doctor Zhivago (1965) as the Czarist captain standing on a barrel who tries to convince the deserting soldiers to fight the invading Germans. As he steps forward, he falls into the water-filled barrel and is shot dead by one of the deserting soldiers.