Ermanno Randi (27 April 1920 – 1 November 1951) was an Italian

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. After serving in the Italian Army during the

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, Randi made his screen debut in 1947. He gradually moved up from playing supporting to

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s. In 1951 he played the tenor Enrico Caruso in '' The Young Caruso''. The same year he was fatally shot by his lover, Giuseppe Maggiore, during a row. Randi was 31.Canales, Luis. ''Imperial Gina: The Very Unauthorized Biography of Gina Lollobrigida''. Branden Books, 1990. p.60

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* 1920 births 1951 deaths Italian male film actors People from Arezzo 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub