José Hermano Saraiva was born on October 3, 1919 in Leiria, Portugal. He was a writer and actor, known for Passos em Volta de Camões (1980), Histórias Que o Tempo Apagou (1994) and Horizontes da Memória (1996). He was married to Maria de Lourdes de Bettencourt de Sá Nogueira. He died on July 20, 2012 in Setúbal, Portugal.