Artur Fernandes Agostinho (25 December 1920 – 22 March 2011)[1] was a Portuguese journalist, radio host, actor, publicist and writer, recipient of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada).
[2] Born and raised in Lisbon, Artur Agostinho went to Liceu Camões, did amateur theatre at Campolide Atlético Clube and entered the Instituto Superior Técnico in order to study electrical engineering at the largest school of engineering in Portugal,[3] but gave up when one of his professors there, Professor Ilharco, told him he wasn't the engineering-type of person.
[5] As an actor, Artur Agostinho had roles in films such as Cais do Sodré (1946), O Leão da Estrela (1947), Capas Negras (1947), Cantiga da Rua (1950), Sonhar é Fácil (1951), O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo (1958), Dois Dias no Paraíso (1958), O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno (1997), A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) and Tudo Isto é Fado (2004).
After that, he would be part of several tv series and soap operas, such as Casa da Saudade, Ganância, Clube das Chaves, Ana e os Sete, Sonhos Traídos, Inspector Max, Tu e Eu, Pai à Força and Perfeito Coração.
[6][7] As a notable personality in Portuguese radio broadcast and cinema until then, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 in Lisbon and the fall of the Estado Novo regime, he was victim of prejudice and ostracism by the new left-wing ruling forces in Portugal.