Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in

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– 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by

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. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936), ''Sentinelle di bronzo'' (1937), ''Scipione l'Africano'', Edgar Neville's Italian ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939), ''L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' (1940) and ''Bengasi'' (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part '' Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!''. '' Un colpo di pistola'' (1942) by Renato Castellani and ''Fari nella nebbia'' (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films. After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in '' Nada'' and in ''Carne de horca''. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy ''

Il mattatore ''Love and Larceny'' (in Italian, ''Il mattatore'', "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully t ...

''. In 1964, he appeared in an

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of A. J. Cronin's novel, '' The Citadel''. In 2003, the ''Galleria Fosco Giachetti'' in

was opened in his honor.

Filmography

Awards

* Venice Film Festival Best Actor for ''Bengasi'', 1942

External links

* 1900 births 1974 deaths People from Sesto Fiorentino Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub