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    David Cardoso

    1943-04-09 (81 years old) in Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    José Darcy Cardoso, better known by his stage name David Cardoso, is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and television, who has also worked as a filmmaker and producer. Founder of production company DaCar Produções Cinematográficas , he's known as one of the main names among the erotic and pornographic productions of São Paulo's "Boca do Lixo". Born and raised in Maracaju, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, by 1963 Cardoso moved to São Paulo and began searching for gigs as a technician in filmmaking. Working as continuity supervisor and production director at Pam Filmes, Amacio Mazzaropi's production company, he got his debut as an actor in a short role in Mazzaropi's O Lamparina (1963). He would have his first substancial role in Walter Hugo Khouri's "O Corpo Ardente", in 1966. By the early 1970s Cardoso already had gain notoriety as a star, after acting in Glauco Mirko Laurelli's "A Moreninha" (1970). In 1973 he founded DaCar Produções Cinematográficas, which would go on to produce most of his later films. His debut as a director was 1977's DaCar production "Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem". As an actor, Cardoso was featured in more than 40 films, from pornographic features to family-friendly movies such as Roberto Farias' "Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura" (1968), including avant-garde and cult films like Ozualdo Candeias' "A Herança" (1971). He played the main part in Rede Globo's soap opera "O Homem Proibido" (1982), leading to a series of protests from a conservative part of the public in account of his well-known connection to erotic productions. Cardoso is father to actors David Cardoso Júnior and Tallytha Cardoso, and currently lives in a farm in his home state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

    Movies

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    Crepúsculo das Deusas
    0 %|Dec 13, 2022
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    A Boca do Cinema
    0 %|Feb 25, 2017
    Documentary
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    Sem Defesa
    0 %|Dec 1, 2015
    Crime
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    Um Cara Diferente
    0 %|Apr 14, 2014
    Documentary
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    Mazzaropi
    70 %|Oct 8, 2013
    Documentary
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    Corpo Presente
    0 %|Nov 18, 2011
    Drama
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    Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
    100 %|Apr 13, 2011
    Documentary
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    Na Mira dos Assassinos
    0 %|Jan 1, 2011
    Crime
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    Cabeça a Prêmio
    37 %|Aug 20, 2010
    Drama
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    Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
    100 %|Apr 17, 2008
    Documentary
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    Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
    0 %|Jul 13, 2006
    Documentary
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    A Hora Mágica
    53 %|Jul 3, 1998
    Thriller, Drama
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    O Dia do Gato
    0 %|Mar 15, 1987
    Crime, Action
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    I Have Got AIDS
    60 %|Jul 16, 1986
    Documentary, Drama
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    Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
    25 %|Jan 24, 1985
    Comedy, Drama
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    Erotic Hunts
    67 %|Mar 12, 1984
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Nun and the Torture
    38 %|Mar 7, 1984
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    O Viciado em C...
    0 %|Jan 31, 1984
    Comedy
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    Tentação na Cama
    66 %|Jan 1, 1984
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    Body and Soul of a Woman
    42 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Drama
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    A Noite das Taras nº 2
    35 %|Sep 10, 1982
    Comedy, Horror
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    As Seis Mulheres de Adão
    43 %|May 8, 1982
    Comedy
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    Porno
    49 %|Jan 1, 1981
    Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
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    Corpo Devasso
    57 %|Feb 8, 1980
    Drama
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    E Agora, José?
    10 %|Dec 8, 1979
    Drama
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    Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
    0 %|Nov 23, 1979
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    O Guarani
    28 %|Nov 14, 1979
    Adventure, Drama
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    O Amante de Minha Mulher
    10 %|Feb 5, 1979
    Comedy
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    Desejo Selvagem
    0 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Adventure
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    19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
    0 %|Jun 17, 1977
    Drama, Adventure, Comedy
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    Possuídas pelo Pecado
    38 %|Oct 24, 1976
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    Loved and Abused
    40 %|Mar 25, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror
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    A Ilha do Desejo
    0 %|Jun 7, 1975
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    Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
    60 %|May 19, 1974
    Comedy
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    Caçada Sangrenta
    40 %|May 12, 1974
    Action, Adventure
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    Trindad... É Meu Nome
    0 %|Feb 3, 1974
    Western
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    Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
    0 %|Dec 29, 1973
    Western
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    Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
    30 %|Dec 10, 1972
    Drama
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    Corrida em Busca do Amor
    0 %|Jan 5, 1972
    Comedy
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    Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
    10 %|Jun 15, 1971
    Comedy
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    Se Meu Dólar Falasse
    50 %|Mar 8, 1971
    Comedy
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    The Inheritance
    70 %|Nov 5, 1970
    Drama
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    A Moreninha
    40 %|Jan 4, 1970
    Romance, Drama, History
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    Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
    0 %|Jan 1, 1969
    Adventure, Music
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    Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
    48 %|Dec 4, 1968
    Adventure, Music, Science Fiction
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    Vidas Estranhas
    0 %|Aug 8, 1968
    Drama
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    Férias No Sul
    0 %|Sep 12, 1967
    Comedy
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    The Burning Body
    61 %|Jul 22, 1966
    Drama
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    Men and Women
    72.33 %|Aug 17, 1964
    Drama

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