Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in
Corigliano Calabro
Corigliano Calabro is a town and a ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano located in the province of Cosenza, c. 40 km northeast of the city of Cosenza, in Calabria, southern Italy.
Geography
It is situated near the mouth of a river of the same ...
, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the ac ...
.
Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film.
[ Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre.][ In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s.][ His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the ]Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian er ...
' novel ''Nicholas Nickleby
''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...
'' and then as host of ''Canzonissima
''Canzonissima'' was an Italian musical variety show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1958 to 1974, aired on Saturday evening except for the last two editions in which it was aired on Sunday afternoon. The program was referred to as "the synthesis and the ...
'' in 1960.[
]
Selected filmography
* ''Mad Animals
''Mad Animals'' (Italian:''Animali pazzi'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Luisa Ferida and Calisto Bertramo.Moliterno p.316 It was made at the Titanus Studios in Rome.
Pl ...
'' (1939)
* ''The Hussar Captain
''The Hussar Captain'' or ''Captain of the Hussars'' (Italian: ''Il capitano degli ussari'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Clara Tabody, Enrico Viarisio and Pina Gallini.
It was made at the Fert Studi ...
'' (1940)
* ''C'è sempre un ma!
''C'è sempre un ma!'' is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Carla Del Poggio.
Cast
* Carla Del Poggio as Carla
* Adriana Benetti as Giulia
* Rubi Dalma as Laura
* Jone Morino as Isabella
* Ar ...
'' (1942)
* '' Disturbance'' (1942)
* ''Document Z-3
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'' (1942)
* ''Music on the Run
''Music on the Run'' (Italian: ''Fuga a due voci'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Gino Bechi, Irasema Dilián and Guglielmo Barnabò.Burke p.381
The film's sets were de ...
'' (1943)
* '' Redemption'' (1943)
* '' Come Back to Sorrento'' (1945)
* ''What a Distinguished Family
''What a Distinguished Family'' (Italian: ''Che distinta famiglia!'') is a 1945 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Gino Cervi, Assia Noris and Aroldo Tieri.Moliterno p.227
The film's art direction was ...
'' (1945)
* '' Last Love'' (1947)
* ''Mad About Opera
''Mad About Opera'' (Italian: ''Follie per l'opera'') is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gino Bechi, Gina Lollobrigida, and Carlo Campanini.
It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets w ...
'' (1948)
* ''Crossroads of Passion
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'' (1948)
* ''Little Lady
''Little Lady'' ( it, Signorinella) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bechi, Antonella Lualdi and Aroldo Tieri. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location around Introdacqua in L'Aquila ...
'' (1949)
* '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949)
* ''Toto Looks for a House
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'' (1949)
* ''The Elusive Twelve
''The Elusive Twelve'' (Italian: ''L'inafferrabile 12'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini and Isa Barzizza. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's ...
'' (1950)
* ''The Transporter
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'' (1950)
* ''Night Taxi
''Night Taxi'' (Italian: ''Taxi di notte'') is a 1950 French-Italian comedy film about a taxicab driver, directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Danielle Godet and Philippe Lemaire.Apra p.93 After finding a baby left abandoned i ...
'' (1950)
* ''Toto the Sheik
''Toto the Sheik'' ( it, Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Curti p.145 It is a parody of desert films such as '' The Son of the Sheik'' and ''Siren of Atlantis''.
Plot
Antonio is the hum ...
'' (1950)
* ''Toto Looks for a Wife
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'' (1950)
* ''Beauties on Bicycles
''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Al ...
'' (1951)
* '' Song of Spring'' (1951)
* ''The Reluctant Magician
''The Reluctant Magician'' (Italian: ''Il Mago per forza'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza and Aroldo Tieri.
It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's set ...
'' (1951)
* '' Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951)
* ''Toto and the King of Rome
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'' (1951)
* '' It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (1951)
* ''Beauties in Capri
''Beauties in Capri'' (Italian: ''Bellezze a Capri'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi and Tamara Lees.Miccichè p. 107
Cast
* Nando Bruno as Don Violante
* Ave Ninchi as Cornelia
* ...
'' (1952)
* '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1953)
* '' Cavalcade of Song '' (1953)
* '' Noi siamo le colonne'' (1956)
* '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958)
* ''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Italian: ''Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby'') is an Italian television series which first aired on RAI 1 in 1958. It is based on the novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' by Charles Dickens.Hollington p.679
Main cast ...
'' (1958, TV series)
* ''Il raccomandato di ferro
''Il raccomandato di ferro'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Mario Riva. It grossed 89,3 million lire at the Italian box office.
Plot
Augusto Zinconi is a former Roman usher who found employment in an ...
'' (1959)
* ''Ciao, ciao bambina!
''Ciao, ciao bambina!'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Elsa Martinelli and Antonio Cifariello. It grossed 220 million lire at the Italian box office.
Cast
* Elsa Martinelli as Diana
* Antonio Cifariello a ...
'' (1959)
* '' Non perdiamo la testa'' (1959)
* ''Who Hesitates is Lost
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'' (1960)
* ''Dreams Die at Dawn
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Cast
* Lea Massari as Anna Mik ...
'' (1961)
* ''The Joy of Living
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Plot
The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ul ...
'' (1961)
*''I due mafiosi
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'' (1964)
* ''Two Mafiamen in the Far West
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Cast
* Franco Franchi as ...
'' (1964)
* ''Soldati e capelloni
''Soldati e capelloni'' is a 1967 Italian " musicarello" comedy film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, written by Augusto Caminito and Giovanni Grimaldi, produced by Franco Cittadini and Stenio Fiorentini and starred by Franco Lantieri, Brizi ...
'' (1967)
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1917 births
2006 deaths
People from Corigliano Calabro
Italian male film actors
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male stage actors