Franco Volpi (11 July 1921 – 1 January 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, Volpi formed at the
Accademia dei Filodrammatici
The Accademia dei Filodrammatici (literally "Academy of Drama Lovers"), is a drama school located in Milan, Italy and founded in 1796. It is the oldest theatre school in Italy.
The theatre was designed by neoclassic architect Luigi Canonica, base ...
and debuted on stage in 1938, aged 17, in the company held by
Renzo Ricci
Renzo Ricci (27 September 1899 – 20 October 1978) was an Italian stage and film actor. He was also a noted theatre director. Ricci played the title role in Roberto Rossellini's 1961 film ''Garibaldi''.Bondanella, Peter. ''The Films of Roberto R ...
and
Laura Adani
Laura Adani (7 October 1913 – 30 August 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1933 and 1980.
She was born in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Moncalieri, Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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.
He often worked with
Ernesto Calindri
Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989.
Selected filmography
* '' Golden Arrow'' (1935)
* ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939)
* ''The Children A ...
, on stage, on television and in a popular series of commercials.
He is regarded as one of the early stars of Italian television miniseries (the so-called "sceneggiati").
Volpi died of a tumour in
Rome
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, on 1 January 1977, at the age of 75.
References
External links
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1921 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male voice actors
Male actors from Milan