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Mario Abbate (
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, 8 August 1927 – Naples, 6 August 1981) was an Italian singer and actor, famous as an exponent of Neapolitan songs
Canzone napoletana (), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song ( nap, canzona napulitana ), is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented b ...
. He appeared in three Italian movies: ''Naples Sings
''Naples Sings'' (Italian: ''...e Napoli canta!'') is a 1953 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Armando Grottini, starring Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's bo ...
'' (1953), ''It Happened at the Police Station
''It Happened at the Police Station'' (Italian: ''Accadde al commissariato'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Walter Chiari.Lanzoni p.18
Cast
* Nino Taranto as Police Commis ...
'' (1954), and ''Treasure of San Gennaro
''Treasure of San Gennaro'' ( it, Operazione San Gennaro) is a 1966 Italian comedy film starring Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Totò and Claudine Auger. It is directed by Dino Risi and is a funny classic story of a perfect robbery plan gone wrong in ...
'' (1966). He died at the age of 53.
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* 1927 births 1981 deaths Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century Italian male singers Musicians from Naples {{Italy-singer-stub