Pippo Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021Tv. Addio al cabarettista Mario Santonastaso, celebre il duo con il fratello Pippo
), performing successfully in their region and soon also on television, in several RAI variety shows. Following his television success, in the second half of the 1970s he started a parallel career of

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in numerous comedy films, several of them as sidekick of

Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

. He was main actor just once, in the

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''Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo''.

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* * 1936 births People from the Province of Piacenza Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people {{Italy-actor-stub