Walter Chiari

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Walter Chiari, stage name of Gualtiero Annichiarico, (2 March 1924 - 20 December 1991) was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.

Born in Verona, Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as The Little Hut, Bonjour Tristesse, Chimes at Midnight and The Valachi Papers. He also appeared in They're a Weird Mob, based on a popular Australian novel by John O'Grady. He plays an italian immigrant to Australia 'Nino Culotta' who is deserted by his cousing owing debts to 'Kay' the landlady. Nino gets into trouble at work and at Bondi Beach because of language and cultural ignorance. He wins the respect and love of Kay. His most memorable performance was opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's 1951 film Bellissima. He also appeared on Broadway in the 1961 musical The Gay Life.

Chiari died in Milan in 1991 in a strange situation in a private hospital closed by Italian Police. Chiari's body has been found in the garden of the hospital (were lot of old persons have been found dead) with no brain in his skull. Police at the begin said probably Chiari's body has been used in satanic rite , after few hours of horror produced by this story on italian public opinion , they changed version saying that Chiari was dead because of mistakes appeared few days after tests he made in this private hospital.

All this story now has been hidden by the family of the actor.