Ronald Golias

Ronald Golias (4 May 1929 – 27 September 2005) was a Brazilian comedian and actor.

Biography Golias was born in the city of São Carlos, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and worked as a tailor assistant and insurance agent, amongst other professions. But, during the 1950s, he impressed Manoel de Nóbrega, who hired him to work as a comedian, both on TV and on the radio.

His first character was named "Pacífico", a tongue-in-the-cheek young man, that made famous the catch phrase "Ô Cride!", Portuguese for "Hey, Cride!", being "Cride" a Brazilian nickname, or misspell for the name Euclides. A big hit, it paved the way for a cinema career, where he worked on ten movies. Back to television, he brought with himself "Bronco", his main cinema character, and became a big TV hit from 1967 to 1971 with A Família Trapo ("The Trapo Family", a reference to the von Trapp family from The Sound of Music). In this show, Bronco was the brother-in-law of an Italian short-tempered man. Bronco never held a job and lived off his brother-in-law, and he was never too intimidated to view his (often provocative) opinions. His sister was a character played by Renata Fronzi. Golias' character was the most important for the show's "rhythm" and also the funniest character.

In 1979, a short-lived Brazilian version of Mork & Mindy appeared as Superbronco. It was produced by Rede Globo and starred Ronald Golias and actress Liza Vieira. Superbronco had only one season and was canceled although it was among the ten highest TV audience rates in 1979.

Since the early 1990s, he worked in the TV show A Praça é Nossa, playing the character Pacífico, and sometimes also "The Master" (a sage who answered questions from the people using sexual innuendo jokes on them), "Isolda" (a woman who liked to talk about her personal life to Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega, the host of the show A Praça é Nossa) and "Professor Bartolomeu Guimarães". Also was starring since 2004 a TV show of his own called Meu Cunhado, along with another famed Brazilian comedian, Moacyr Franco. When Golias died, there were 22 episodes of Meu Cunhado never shown on TV, and that probably will never be aired, because his family asked SBT to stop airing his material. He was a good friend of the Brazilian comedian Renato Aragão.

Golias died in 2005 in São Paulo, from multiple organ failure, after being hospitalized with lung infection.

Discography

78 rpm disc Lágrimas de Amor / Chico Mulato (1956) Trudia / Ai que Humilhação (1957) Festa de Aniversário / O Gozadinho Chegou (1957) Copa do Mundo / Toureiro (Torero) (1958) A Bandolinha / Aguenta Bastiana (1958) Ó Crides / Mi Dimira Muito (1959)

LP record Bilhetinhos de Jânio (Coletânea de J. Pereira) (1960) "Côrte Rayol Show" (1967) – Guest appearance Olímpiaaaa (1967) Ronald Golias (1968) A escolinha do Golias (1968) Ronald Golias (1970) Ronald Golias (1972) Ronald Golias (1974) Humor a quatro (1979) As anedotas do Pasquim (1980)

Theatrical performances

Year Title Role Notes 1972 Circuito Fechado It premiered at the Theatro Serrador.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 1956 A Praça da Alegria Pacífico Broadcast by TV Paulista 1965 Quatro Homens Juntos Carne de Pescoço and Tony Frank Broadcast by TV Record 1965 Ceará contra 007 Bartolomeu Broadcast by TV Record 1967 Família Trapo Bronco Broadcast by TV Record 1972 Bronco Total Bronco Broadcast by TV Record 1979 Superbronco Bronco Broadcast by Rede Globo 1986 Bronco Bronco Broadcast by Rede Bandeirantes 1990–2005 A Praça é Nossa Pacífico, Bartolomeu Guimarães, The Master, Isolda, and Profeta Broadcast by SBT 1991–1997 A Escolinha do Golias Pacífico Broadcast by SBT 2004 Meu Cunhado Bronco Broadcast by SBT

Film Year Title Role Notes 1957 Marido Barra Limpa Teófilo 1958 Vou te Contá… 1960 Tudo Legal Bronco 1961 O Dono da Bola Carlos da Silva Bronco 1961 Os Três Cangaceiros Carlos Bronco 1962 Os Cosmonautas Gagarino da Silva 1963 O Homem que Roubou a Copa do Mundo 1968 Repórter da Tela. n.740 Himself Newsreel 1969 Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista! Brazilian driver Guest appearance 1969 Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas Pacífico 1996 Celebração Himself Documentary film