Cláudio Luís Murgel Corrêa e Castro (February 27, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was a Brazilian actor who appeared in over fifty Brazilian telenovelas. He was known for playing Mr. Leopoldo in "Força de um Desejo" (1999); Count Klaus in "Chocolate com Pimenta" (2003); Gugu in ' (1985); Vidal in '; and Archangel Gabriel in "Deus Nos Acuda".
Biography.
First years and education.
Castro was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1928. Study at the na Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and study in France, returned to Brazil after graduating and began his career as an artist as a painter, but the theater soon entered his life. He majored in theater direction at the (FBT).
Career.
Right from his debut in 1954 with the amateur theater group O Tablado, he stood out for his strong stage presence and clear interpretative intentions. He played the role of the stagehand in "Our Town by Thornton Wilder", directed by . By 1955, he had already taken on a major leading role, portraying Uncle Vanya in "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov. In the 1959 play "Señora Carrar's Rifles" by Bertolt Brecht, staged by , Castro won the best actor award at the Brazilian Association of Theater Critics Awards.
He made his film debut in 's 1959 film "É Um Caso de Polícia". In the 1960s, he was invited to be the first director of the (TCP), based in Curitiba, when he invited actor couple Paulo Goulart and Nicette Bruno to be part of TCP's first team.
In 1968, called by Zé Celso, he went to São Paulo to play the title role in Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo Galilei", produced by Teatro Oficina, where he played the Fiorentine scientist. In the same year, he made his television debut in the soap opera "A Muralha", where he played Dom in TV Excelsior.
After working on three soap operas at the station, he moved to TV Tupi in 1970 to join the cast of "O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima" to play Portuga. He spent seven years at the broadcaster, where he worked on 11 productions, including soap operas such as ' and '.
In 1978, she moved to Rio de Janeiro's TV Globo to work on the soap opera "Dancing Days". He remained with the station for twenty and six years, until 2004. Over the decades he worked on various productions for the broadcaster, including soap operas such as "", "Sinhá Moça", "Vale Tudo", "Tieta", "História de Amor" and "Chocolate com Pimenta". He also acted in other productions for the broadcaster, such as the comedy "Zorra Total" and the miniseries "A Casa das Sete Mulheres and" "."
In addition to television, he has acted in 18 films and 65 plays.
Personal life.
He had three children: Guilherme, from his first marriage, Gabriel and João Pedro, from his second.
Death.
Cláudio suffered from diabetes and hypertension. After her first separation, she got into a lot of financial trouble and even moved to the , a philanthropic institution in Rio de Janeiro that takes care of artists, athletes and intellectuals with financial problems.
He died of multiple organ failure, due to complications from a heart bypass surgery performed in April 2005 at the São Lucas Hospital in Copacabana.