Corrado Pani

Corrado Pani
Born 4 March 1936
Rome, Italy
Died 2 March 2005 (aged 68)
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Occupation actor

Corrado Pani (4 March 1936 - 2 March 2005) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Pani began his career playing the role of Jesus as a child in a Radio Vaticana radio drama.[1][2] He made his film debut in 1953, with a minor role in Dino Risi's Il viale della speranza.[1][2] In 1955 he had first major theatrical role, in Thè e simpatia.[2] He later worked on stage with Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Krzysztof Zanussi and Luca Ronconi, among others.[1][2]

Pani appeared in about fifty films; his last role was the judge in Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002).[1][3] He was also a television actor and a voice actor.[1][3] In the 1960s, Pani had a long love affair with the singer Mina and in 1963 the couple had a son, Massimiliano.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Felice Cappa, Piero Gelli, Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "E' morto l'attore Corrado Pani dalla radio, al doppiaggio al teatro". La Repubblica. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

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