the movies, his participation has been intense since the 1950s. He began by participating in films like Agüenta Firme, Izidoro, a comedy; Anjo do Lôdo, an adaptation of the book Lucíola written by José de Alencar; and O Rei do Samba, biography of the legendary samba composer Sinhô. He played secondary roles and cameos in chanchadas with actors like Wilson Gray, Wilson Viana, Zé Trindade and so many others of that generation. Sometimes he was a bandit (De Pernas pro Ar) or even a newspaper photographer (É de Chuá!). With the arrival of more ambitious and supposedly intellectual cinematic movements of Glauber Rocha and its pairs, the space of comedians originating from the chanchada went to the television. Comedians such as Oscarito, Grande Otelo, and Ankito were without the cinema and without the stardom of before. In the 1960s, very few comedies or popular films were made in Brazil compared to the previous decade. An exception is a cycle of crime and Nazi exploitation films. In the case of Costinha, he went to television premiering on TV Excelsior. In the 1970s the cinema is popular again and brings the old comedians back to the screens. Costinha returns acting in urban films (Como Ganhar na Loteria sem Perder a Esportiva), homages to the chanchada (Salário Mínimo), films about the youth (Amor em Quatro Tempos – História 1) or even pornochanchadas (Histórias Que Nossas Babás não Contavam). He also began to be the protagonist of films, as in O Libertino, O Homem de Seis Milhões de Cruzeiros contra as Panteras, Costinha, o Rei da Selva, Costinha e o King Mong, and As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé. He has performed in several plays and TV shows, such as Apertura on Rede Tupi, Aperte o Cinto and Domingo de Graça on Rede Manchete, Costinha em 3 Atos e ½ on SBT, Planeta dos Homens, Os Trapalhões, and Chico Anysio Show on Rede Globo. His last role was as "Seu Mazarito" (a homage to Mazzaropi and Oscarito) in the Escolinha do Professor Raimundo TV show. On 4 September 1995, Costinha was admitted to the Pan-Americano Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, with shortness of breath, and died on the 15th of the same month at 72 years of age of pulmonary emphysema. He was buried in the Cemitério de São João Batista, in Rio de Janeiro. He was first married to Irani Pereira da Costa, with