Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian
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and
film actor
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. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the
silent era including
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director.
Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World ...
's historical film ''
The Betrothed'' (1923).
[Goble p.305] In the
sound era
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, he largely played supporting or minor roles.
Partial filmography
* ''Il tesoro della cattedrale'' (1915)
* ''Il diamante azzurro'' (1916)
* ''Il germoglio della morte'' (1916)
* ''La trovata del brasiliano'' (1916)
* ''L'apostolo'' (1916)
* ''
The Cavalcade of Dreams'' (1917)
* ''
Wanda Warenine'' (1917)
* ''Sorrisi e spasimi della menzogna'' (1917)
* ''Maternità'' (1917)
* ''Le due orfanelle di Torino'' (1917)
* ''I raggi 'Z (1917)
* ''Il rifugio dell'alba'' (1918)
* ''Il marito dell'amica'' (1919)
* ''Le labbra e il cuore'' (1919)
* ''La maestrina'' (1919)
* ''Il buon Samaritano'' (1919)
* ''Il mistero della casa di fronte'' (1919)
* ''Federica d'Illiria'' (1919)
* ''Il ventriloquo'' (1920)
* ''Il marito in campagna'' (1920)
* ''
The Shadow
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'' (1920)
* ''Il tredicesimo commensale'' (1921)
* ''
The Painting of Osvaldo Mars'' (1921) - Osvald Mars, il pittore
* ''Il tango dei trapassatti'' (1921)
* ''L'inafferrabile'' (1922)
* ''
The Betrothed'' (1922) - Renzo Tramaglino
* ''El martirio de vivir'' (1922)
* ''Il forzato dell'amore'' (1923)
* ''Il capolavoro di Saetta'' (1923)
* ''Contro corrente'' (1923)
* ''La taverna verde'' (1924) - Il viveur
* ''
Pleasure Train'' (1924)
* ''
Chief Saetta'' (1924)
* ''
Maciste all'inferno'' (1925) - Giorgio
* ''
Steel'' (1933)
* ''
La voce senza volto'' (1939) - L'altro aiutante del regista
* ''La notte delle beffe'' (1939)
* ''Cuori nella tormenta'' (1940) - Renato
* ''Piccolo alpino'' (1940)
* ''
Lucky Night
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Two people meet in a park (Cora, played by Myrna Loy, and William "Bill" Overton, played by Robert Taylor). They becom ...
'' (1941)
* ''
The Betrothed'' (1941) - Tonio (uncredited)
* ''Se io fossi onesto'' (1942) - Il maggiordomo del barone Vareghi
* ''La fabbrica dell'imprevisto'' (1942)
* ''Quelli della montagna'' (1943) - (uncredited)
* ''Lo sbaglio di essere vivo'' (1945)
* ''
O sole mio
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'' (1946)
* ''
The Opium Den
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'' (1947) - (uncredited)
* ''I fratelli Karamazoff'' (1947)
* ''
Lost in the Dark'' (1947)
* ''L'ebreo errante'' (1948)
* ''Il corriere di ferro'' (1948)
* ''
Margaret of Cortona'' (1950)
* ''
The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950)
* ''Bellezze in bicicletta'' (1951)
* ''
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
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'' (1953) - Ramon
* ''
The Steel Rope'' (1954)
* ''
Orphan of the Ghetto
''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238
Cast
* Franca Marzi
* Luise ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Song of the Heart'' (1955)
* ''Canzone proibita'' (1956) - (final film role)
References
External links
*
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
1899 births
1965 deaths
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male silent film actors
People from Crescentino
20th-century Italian male actors
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