Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra. In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi. His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela. In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1965 Quatro Brasileiros em Paris Policial 1971 Diabólicos Herdeiros 1980 O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima Padre Rosendo TV series1988 Fera Radical Donato Orsini 1989 Tieta Jairo 1992 Pedra sobre Pedra TV series1992-1993 Despedida de Solteiro Vitório 203 episodes1993-1994 Sonho Meu Zé 1999 Terra Nostra Padre Olavo TV series2000 Uga-Uga Ceguinho TV series2002 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo Rei Euristeus TV series2003 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo Berloque TV series2004 Didi Quer Ser Criança Seu Tião 2006-2007 Pé na Jaca Giácomo 159 episodes2009 Divã Agenor 2009 Caminho das Índias Cadore 95 episodes2010-2011 Passione Diógenes Santarém 68 episodes2013 Flor do Caribe Manolo Gutierrez TV series2014 Boogie Oogie Padre Claudius TV series, (final appearance)
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