Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960) was an Italian
film actor
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[Chiti & Poppi p.85] He was the father of the actor
Glauco Onorato and the cinematographer
Marco Onorato
Marco Onorato (18 May 1953 – 2 June 2012) was an Italian cinematographer.
Biography
He is best known for being the cinematographer of all of Matteo Garrone's movies till his death. He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for '' ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
La stella del cinema'' (1931)
* ''
Doctor Antonio'' (1937)
* ''
Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938)
* ''
It Always Ends That Way'' (1939)
* ''
The King's Jester
''The King's Jester'' ( it, Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play ''Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hug ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her.
Life
Beatri ...
'' (1941)
* ''
The King of England Will Not Pay
''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (Italian: ''Il re d'Inghilterra non paga'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Andrea Checchi, Silvana Jachino and Osvaldo Valenti.Gundle p.181
It was shot at ...
'' (1941)
* ''
The Two Tigers'' (1941)
* ''
The Gorgon
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'' (1942)
* ''
Captain Tempest'' (1942)
* ''
Bengasi'' (1942)
* ''
Rossini'' (1942)
* ''
Rita of Cascia
Rita of Cascia, born Margherita Lotti (1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
After Rita's husband died, she joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters, whe ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Il fanciullo del West'' (1943)
* ''
Macario Against Fantomas'' (1944)
* ''
The Adulteress'' (1946)
* ''
Anthony of Padua'' (1949)
* ''
Margaret of Cortona'' (1950)
* ''
The Force of Destiny'' (1950)
* ''
The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1952)
* ''
I, Hamlet
''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial suc ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Little World of Don Camillo
''The Little World of Don Camillo'' ( it, Don Camillo; french: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo) is a 1952 Italian-French film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the ''"Don Camillo"'' series, whic ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Barrier of the Law
''Barrier of the Law'' (Italian: ''La barriera della legge'') is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Piero Costa and starring Rossano Brazzi, Lea Padovani and Maria Frau. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin.Chiti & Poppi p.57 The film' ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Don Camillo's Last Round ''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was ...
'' (1955)
References
Bibliography
* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links
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1910 births
1960 deaths
Male actors from Palermo
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
20th-century Italian male actors
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