Gabriele Antonini (born 16 April 1938, died October 2018) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the son of an army general, Antonini was chosen by
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...
for the role of Sandro in ''
Fathers and Sons'' when he was still attended high school.
Following the success of the film Antonini interrupted his studies and started appearing in a significant number of films, being mainly active in teen comedies and
peplum film
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget H ...
s.
[ He was also active on stage, in which he worked with ]Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
, Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spen ...
and Diego Fabbri
Diego Fabbri (July 2, 1911 – August 14, 1980) was an Italian playwright whose plays centered on religious (Catholic) themes.
Early career
Fabbri graduated from the University of Bologna in 1936 with a degree in economics and business. But his ...
, among others.[
]
Filmography
References
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1938 births
2018 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Rome
Italian male television actors
Italian male stage actors