Alan Furlan
Alan Furlan |
Born |
Aleardo Furlan
13 April 1920(1920-04-13)
Farla, Italy |
Died |
14 May 1997(1997-05-14) (aged 77)
Winchester, Virginia, United States |
Alan Furlan (13 April 1920 - 14 May 1997) was an Italian-American actor.
Biography
Born Aleardo Furlan in Farla, in the North Friuli region of Italy, Furlan acted in films in Europe and the United States, on Broadway and in commercials.[1]
On Broadway he appeared in productions such as Holiday for Lovers (1957), The Best House in Naples (1956), Idiot's Delight (1951)[2] and Romeo and Juliet (1951) starring Olivia de Havilland.[3] In the late 40s, he performed in Chicago area summer stock theaters with actors such as Richard Kiley.[4]
Furlan played the role of Giancarlo in the Italian film Donatella (1956)[5] which was selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival.[6] He appeared in numerous live broadcast anthology drama television series with lead roles in episodes of Police Call,[7][8] one of the top grossing television series released in 1955,[9] as well as a supporting role in the Producers' Showcase production (1957) of the melodramatic comedic Broadway play The Great Sebastians, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne [10] and the Armstrong Circle Theatre episode The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket (1959).[11]
He toured with Mae West as her Latin lover in Come On Up, Ring Twice and performed in the TV version of the Moon and Sixpence with Laurence Oliver (1959).[12]
Furlan later became the mentor of Wisconsin's Sunset Playhouse [13] where he remained artistic director for 28 years.
Personal life
He was married to Mary Lake and they had a daughter Nicola Lea.[14]
Filmography
- The Sinner (1959), aka La peccatrice del deserto (original title Italy); aka Desert Desperados (USA title)
- Armstrong Circle Theatre, (1959) The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket
- Producers' Showcase, The Great Sebastians (1957)
- Defend My Love (1956), aka Difendo il mio amore (original title Italy)
- War and Peace (1956 film)
- I tre moschettieri (1956, TV series); aka The Three Musketeers (USA title)
- Donatella (1956)
- Police Call (1955)
- La tua donna (1954)
- Orient Express (1953); episode His Son (aka His Boy)
Broadway stage work
- Holiday for Lovers (1957)
- The Best House in Naples (1956)
- Idiot's Delight (1951)
- Romeo and Juliet (1951)
References
- ^ "The Miwaukee Journal". April 11, 1970. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19700411&id=xMMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f34EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938,78860.
- ^ "Broadway database". retrieved July 29, 2010. http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=79223.
- ^ Billboard Magazine. March 17, 1951. http://books.google.fr/books?id=OR8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=%22alan+furlan%22+acting&source=bl&ots=9qBfwEypgd&sig=Y_yJ2isKUkLbssz3XSDZTixb7Ak&hl=fr&ei=E7hUTJmDBZX00gTkpuiAAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCThG#v=onepage&q=%22alan%20furlan%22%20acting&f=false.
- ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". July 30, 1985. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R10aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ayoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5103,8758627&dq=sunset+playhouse&hl=en.
- ^ "Libero Magazine (Italian)". retrieved July 31, 2010. http://magazine.libero.it/cinema/bd/schedafilm.php?sch=10275.
- ^ "Berlin Film Festival Archive". retrieved July 31, 2010. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/02_programm_1956/02_Filmdatenblatt_1956_19560004.php.
- ^ "TV Guide Police Call episode -An unappreciative delinquent defies his aunt's kindness". retrieved August 1, 2010. http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738183.
- ^ "TV Guide Police Call episode - Someone is putting arsenic in bonbons". retrieved August 1, 2010. http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738182.
- ^ "IMBD database Top Grossing TV Series 1955". accessed August 1, 2010. http://www.imdb.com/search/title?sort=boxoffice_gross_us&title_type=tv_series&year=1955,1955.
- ^ "Producer's Showcase Library". retrieved July 31, 2010. http://www.producersshowcase.org/library/greatsebastians.html.
- ^ "TV Episode Guide". retrieved August 1, 2010. http://www.tv.com/the-armstrong-circle-theatre/the-sound-of-violence-the-jukebox-racket/episode/358265/summary.html.
- ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". June 27, 1959. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19590627&id=igMkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=viUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3751,3464079.
- ^ Nason, Richard (retrieved July 29, 2010). "New York Times". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/167437/Difendo-Il-Mio-Amore/overview.
- ^ "IMDB biography of Alan Furlan". retrieved July 29, 2010. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298919/bio.
External links
Persondata |
Name |
Furlan, Alan |
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Short description |
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Date of birth |
April 13, 1920 |
Place of birth |
Farla, Italy |
Date of death |
May 14, 1997 |
Place of death |
Wincester, Virginia, United States |