Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of

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, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire. In 1928 he moved to

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, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber. Being of

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origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945. Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in

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, in a series of

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-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968.

Partial filmography

* ''

Loyalty of Love ''Loyalty of Love'' (Italian: ''Teresa Confalonieri'') is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marta Abba, Nerio Bernardi and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated fig ...

'' (1934) - Il banditore al patibolo * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) - Casellante stazione ferroviaria * ''

Lo squadrone bianco ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (Italian for "The White Squadron") is a 1936 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina. The plot features a cavalry lieutenant, unlucky in love, who redeems himself by battling the "rebels" of Tripolitania (modern Libya). Th ...

'' (1936) - El Fennek * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) - Il capomastro * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) - Un ospite della pensione * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) - Il benzinaio * ''

A Thousand Lire a Month ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (Italian: ''Mille lire al mese'') is a 1939 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Umberto Melnati and Osvaldo Valenti.Nowell-Smith p.119 It is a rema ...

'' (1939) - Carletto, l'altro padrino * ''

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) - Il creditore * ''

The Fornaretto of Venice ''The Fornaretto of Venice'' (Italian: ''Il fornaretto di Venezia'') is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Roberto Villa, Elsa De Giorgi and Clara Calamai.Forgacs & Gundle p.162 It is an adaptation of the ...

'' (1939) - Barnaba * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Il medico * ''

Manon Lescaut ''The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut'' ( ) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of ''Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité'' (''Memoirs and Adventures of a Ma ...

'' (1940) - Un dei tre creditori * ''La última falla'' (1940) * ''Il signore della taverna'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) - Il medico * ''Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * ''

The Siege of the Alcazar ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' or ''L'Assedio dell'Alcazar'' is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the ''Mussolini Cup'' in Ve ...

'' (1940) - Venegas * ''

Eternal Melodies ''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moli ...

'' (1940) - Haydn * ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (1940) -

The Coachman The Coachman ( it, Il Conduttore del Carro), also known as The Little Man (''L'Omino''), is a fictional character and a major antagonist who appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio''). In ...

(Italian version) * ''La forza bruta'' (1941) - Paolo Perego * ''

The Prisoner of Santa Cruz ''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (Italian: ''Il prigioniero di Santa Cruz'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Juan de Landa, María Mercader, and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Chiti & Poppi p.282 It was shot at Cinec ...

'' (1941) - Sandro, suo marito * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''Merchant of Slaves'' (1942) - Un mercante * ''

Fedora A fedora () is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.Kilgour, Ruth Edwards (1958). ''A Pageant of Hats Ancient and Modern''. R. M. McBride Company. It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" near the front on both sides ...

'' (1942) - L'usuraio Barnstein * ''

We the Living ''We the Living'' is the debut novel of the Russian American novelist Ayn Rand. It is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism. Rand observes in the foreword that ''We the Living'' was the cl ...

'' (1942) - Member of the Epuration Commission * ''

O sole mio "O sole mio" () is a well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its Neapolitan language lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua (1865–1917) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (1878–1972).. The title tran ...

'' (1946) * '' The Adulteress'' (1946) - Il vecchio dei gioielli * ''

Black Eagle The black eagle (''Ictinaetus malaiensis'') is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus ''Ictinaetus''. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical and subtropical South ...

'' (1946) - Il segretario Sputing * '' Fury'' (1947) - Lawyer * ''L'ebreo errante'' (1948) * ''

Fear and Sand ''Fear and Sand'' ( it, Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wan ...

'' (1948) - Banderillero * ''

The Earth Cries Out ''The Earth Cries Out'' ( it, Il grido della terra, also known as ''Exodus'') is a 1948 Italian action-drama film directed by Duilio Coletti. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" ...

'' (1949) - Jafrem * ''

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'' (1949) - Ferdinando * ''

A Night of Fame ''A Night of Fame'' ( it, Al diavolo la celebrità) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Cast * Marcel Cerdan as Maurice Cardan * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Gino Marini * Mischa Auer as Bernard Stork * Marilyn B ...

'' (1949) - Israelian Delegate * ''

Toto Looks for a House ''Toto Looks for a House'' ( it, Totò cerca casa) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody. It was a commercial success, bei ...

'' (1949) - Vice custode * ''

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 humbl ...

'' (1950) - Mohamed * ''

Fugitive in Trieste ''Fugitive in Trieste'' ( it, Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti. Plot Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrest ...

'' (1951) * ''La prigioniera di Amalfi'' (1954) * ''La campana di San Giusto'' (1954) * '' Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956) - Sparafucile * ''

Tipi da spiaggia ''Tipi da spiaggia'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Johnny Dorelli. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Pasubio Giovinezza *Christiane Martel: Barbara Patton * Giustino Durano: Nick Balmora *Johnny Dorelli: Giorgio Binot ...

'' (1959) - Prince Joakim * ''

The Employee ''The Employee'' ( it, L'impiegato) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Nando * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Inspector Jacobetti * ...

'' (1960) - Police Inspector Rock * ''I due della legione'' (1962) - Police Commissioner * ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, ...

'' (1972) - Don Carlo Tramonti (uncredited)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polacco, Cesare 1900 births 1986 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian male voice actors Actors from Venice 20th-century Italian male actors