Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo | |
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Born |
2 February 1919 Milan, Italy |
Died |
9 June 1973 (aged 54) Bologna, Italy |
Occupation | Actor |
Carlo D'Angelo (2 February 1919 – 9 June 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala.[1] After studiyng law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber.[1] In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler.[1] In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.[1] In 1963-1964 he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina.[1] D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series.[1] D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.[2]
Partial filmography
- La primadonna (1943)
- Uomini senza domani (1948)
- Giudicatemi! (1948)
- Ho sognato il paradiso (1950) - Magnaccia
- Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
- Lorenzaccio (1951)
- Perdonami! (1953) - Commissioner
- Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Mari's defense attorney
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
- La ladra (1955) - Il Parocco
- The Rival (1956) - Primo ufficiale inquirente
- Terrore sulla città (1957) - Professor Gallura
- I Vampiri (1957) - L'ispettore Chantal
- Dreams in a Drawer (1957) - The Substitute
- La canzone più bella (1957) - Il Supplente
- L'ultima violenza (1957) - Notaio Bartoli
- Herod the Great (1959) - Man who saw the Messiah's birth
- Hercules Unchained (1959) - Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
- The Great War (1959) - Capitano Ferri
- David and Goliath (1960)
- Everybody Go Home (1960) - Partigiano napoletano
- Sword of the Conqueror (1961) - Falisque
- Pigeon Shoot (1961) - Mattei
- A Day for Lionhearts (1961) - Il prete
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961) - Seper
- Battle of the Worlds (1961) - Gen. Varreck
- Ten Italians for One German (1962) - Obersturmbannfuhrer Herbert Kappler
- Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Riccio
- The Verona Trial (1963) - Italo Vianini
- Giulietta e Romeo (1964) - Principe di Verona
- Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) - Fernand Lamas
- One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966) - Judge Waldorf
- VIP my Brother Superman (1968) - Narrator (voice)
- The Great Silence (1968) - Governor of Utah
Notes
External links
Media related to Carlo D'Angelo at Wikimedia Commons