Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in
Terni, Aureli graduated from the
Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1947.
Since the early 1950s he began an intense career as a
character actor
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, being often cast in roles of villains and antagonists.
In genre films, he was sometimes credited with the stage name Andrew Ray.
He was also active in television films and series. Aureli retired from acting in 1998 and died in Rome on 5 November 2007 at 84 years old.
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Selected filmography
* ''Addio, figlio mio!
''Addio, figlio mio!'' ("Farewell, my son!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Giuseppe Guarino.A. Albertazzi (31 May 1954). "Addio, figlio mio! - Recensione". ''Intermezzo'', 9/10.
Plot
Italy, World War II. Giorgio, sec ...
'' (1953)
* '' Ulysses'' (1954)
* '' The Violent Patriot'' (1956)
* '' Serenata a Maria'' (1957)
* '' The Black Devil'' (1957)
* '' Pirate of the Black Hawk'' (1958)
* '' The Sword and the Cross'' (1958)
* '' Love and Troubles'' (1958)
* ''The Mighty Crusaders
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'' (1958)
* ''Hannibal
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'' (1959)
* ''Legions of the Nile
''Legions of the Nile'' ( it, Le legioni di Cleopatra, french: Les légions de Cléopâtre, es, Las legiones de Cleopatra) is an Eastmancolor 1959 Italian-French-Spanish historical epic adventure film written and directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.
...
'' (1959)
* '' Ciao, ciao bambina!'' (1959)
* '' Duel of Champions'' (1961)
* ''Ursus and the Tartar Princess
''Ursus and the Tartar Princess'' ( it, Ursus e la ragazza tartara, french: La fille des Tartares, also known as ''Tartar Invasion'') is a 1961 Italian-French peplum film written and directed by Remigio Del Grosso and starring Yoko Tani and Ett ...
'' (1961)
* '' Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules'' (1962)
* '' Tiger of the Seven Seas'' (1962)
* '' Gladiator of Rome'' (1962)
* '' The Changing of the Guard'' (1962)
* '' Samson and the Slave Queen'' (1963)
* '' The Four Musketeers'' (1963)
* '' Revolt of the Barbarians'' (1964)
* '' The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules'' (1964)
* '' Hercules and the Black Pirates'' (1964)
* '' The Revenge of Ivanhoe'' (1965)
* ''Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus
''Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus'' ( it, Golia alla conquista di Bagdad, lit=Goliath at the Conquest of Baghdad) is a 1965 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Plot
The king of the Kurds has kidnapped the daughter of the ...
'' (1965)
* '' The Adventurer of Tortuga'' (1965)
* ''Maciste il vendicatore dei Maya
''Maciste, the Avenger of the Mayans'' ( it, Maciste il vendicatore dei Maya) is a 1965 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta.
Cast
*Kirk Morris ... Ercole
* Barbara Loy ... Aloha
*Andrea Aureli ... Manur
*Demeter Bitenc ... Gruno
* Lucia ...
'' (1965)
* ''Johnny Oro
''Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' ( it, Johnny Oro) is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Mark Damon.
Synopsis
Renamed to cash in on the success of Duccio Tessari’s Ringo movies, ''Ringo and His Gol ...
'' (1966)
* '' Five Ashore in Singapore'' (1967)
* '' Psychopath'' (1968)
* ''Samoa, Queen of the Jungle
''Samoa, Queen of the Jungle'' ( it, Samoa, regina della giungla) is a 1968 Italian adventure film directed by Guido Malatesta.
Cast
* Roger Browne as Clint Lomas
* Edwige Fenech as Samoa
* Ivy Holzer as Nancy White
* Ivano Staccioli as Morea ...
'' (1968)
* '' The Son of Black Eagle'' (1968)
* ''Tarzana, the Wild Girl
''Tarzana, the Wild Girl'' ( it, Tarzana, sesso selvaggio) is a 1969 Italian adventure film written and directed by Guido Malatesta.
Plot
The granddaughter of Sir Donovan is believed dead with her mother, and father in a plane crash in the Afric ...
'' (1969)
* ''A Bullet for Sandoval
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'' (1969)
* '' Rough Justice'' (1970)
* ''Chuck Moll
''The Unholy Four'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Ciakmull (L'uomo della vendetta)'', lit. "Ciakmull (The vengeful man)"), also known as ''Chuck Moll'', is a List of Italian films of 1970, 1970 Cinema of Italy, Italian Spaghetti Western. The film ...
'' (1970)
* '' In Prison Awaiting Trial'' (1971)
* '' Don't Torture a Duckling'' (1972)
* ''Mark Shoots First
''Mark il poliziotto spara per primo'' (internationally released as ''Mark Shoots First'') is an Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi. It is the sequel of ''Mark il poliziotto''.
Cast
*Franco Gasparri: Mark Terzi
...
'' (1974)
* ''The Gang That Sold America
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'' (1976)
* ''Lunatics and Lovers
''Lunatics and Lovers'' ( it, Culastrisce nobile veneziano) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Flavio Mogherini.
Cast
* Marcello Mastroianni as Marquis Luca Maria
* Lino Toffolo as Agostino
* Claudia Mori as Luca Maria's wife
* Adrian ...
'' (1976)
* ''Stunt Squad
''La polizia è sconfitta'' (internationally titled ''Stunt Squad'' and ''Elimination Force'') is a 1977 Italian '' poliziottesco'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. The character of Valli, played by Vittorio Mezzogiorno, was defined as "perhap ...
'' (1977)
* '' Bianco, rosso e Verdone'' (1981)
* ''The Other Hell
''The Other Hell'' ( it, L'altro inferno) is a 1981 Italian horror film written and directed by Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso and starring Franca Stoppi and Carlo De Mejo.
Plot
Sister Cristina is lost in the catacombs under the convent whi ...
'' (1981)
* ''I due carabinieri
''I due carabinieri'' (''The Two Carabinieri'') is a 1984 Italian crime comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.
Plot
Marino (Carlo Verdone) and Glauco (Enrico Montesano) enlist with the Carabinieri in order to change their lives and find stabilit ...
'' (1984)
* '' One Hundred Days in Palermo'' (1984)
References
External links
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1923 births
2007 deaths
20th-century Italian male actors
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Male Spaghetti Western actors
People from Terni