Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the villainous Graiano d'Asti in the historical film '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938).Landy p.131-32 Ferrari continued to work regularly in the post-

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years.

Selected filmography

* ''Il milione'' (1920) * ''Il rosso e il nero'' (1920) * ''Castello dalle cinquantasette lampade'' (1920) * ''L'isola scomparsa'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1932) - Bachicche * ''

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'' (1932) - Attorney Volterra * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1932) * '' 1860'' (1933) - Colonel Carini * ''

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'' (1934) * ''L'impiegata di papà'' (1934) - Capoufficio * ''La maestrina'' (1934) - Giacomo Macchia * ''

Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success an ...

'' (1934) - Il produttore cinamatografico * ''La città dell'amore'' (1934) * ''

Red Passport ''Red Passport'' (Italian: ''Passaporto rosso'') is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Isa Miranda, Filippo Scelzo and Ugo Ceseri. A group of Italian immigrants to South America join in a revolution. It ...

'' (1935) - Don Pablo Ramirez * ''Lorenzino de' Medici'' (1935) - Ser Maurizio * ''

A Woman Between Two Worlds ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (Italian: ''Una donna tra due mondi'') is a 1936 Italian white telephone drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Miranda, Assia Noris and Giulio Donadio. The film's sets were designed by art d ...

'' (1936) - Il dottor Lawburn * ''

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'' (1936) - Alberto Ponza * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) - Conte Fabrizio di Grottaferrata * ''

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'' (1937) - Cesare Borgia * ''

Queen of the Scala ''Queen of the Scala'' (Italian: ''Regina della Scala'') is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Guido Salvini and starring Margherita Carosio, Nives Poli and Giuseppe Addobbati.Lancia & Poppi p.93 The film's sets were ...

'' (1937) - Candido Ponti * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

But It's Nothing Serious ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (Italian: ''Ma non è una cosa seria'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani and Assia Noris.Cardullo p.268 It is based on a ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) - Socrate * ''

Luciano Serra, Pilot ''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' (Italian: ''Luciano Serra pilota'') is a 1938 Italian war drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in Au ...

'' (1938) - Il colonnello Franco Morelli * ''

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'' (1938) - Il banchiere castoldi * '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - Graiano d'Asti * ''

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'' (1939) - Daniele Orsenigo * ''

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'' (1939) - Pietro Gori * ''Traversata nera'' (1939) - Bruce Brook, il commissario di bordo * ''

Cardinal Messias ''Cardinal Messias'' (Italian: ''Abuna Messias'') is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori and Mario Ferrari.Moliterno p.313 The film was awarded the Mussolini Cup at th ...

'' (1939) - Abuna Atanasio * '' The Thrill of the Skies'' (1940) - L'aviatore * ''L'uomo della legione'' (1940) - Mario Ristorni * ''La última falla'' (1940) - Juan José * '' The Sinner'' (1940) - Nino Bandelli, fratello di Pietro * ''Piccolo alpino'' (1940) - Il capitano Lupo * ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) - L'ambasciatore di Genova * ''Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) - Favre * ''Divieto di sosta'' (1941) * ''Giungla'' (1942) - Il professore Foster * ''

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'' (1942) - Il capitano Del Grande * '' Redemption'' (1943) - Il segretario del fascio * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Generale Nunziante * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) - Il capitano Piero Sandri * ''La storia di una capinera'' (1943) - Il padre di Maria * ''All'ombra della gloria'' (1945) - Il commissario della polizia borbonica * ''

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'' (1945) * ''La carne e l'anima'' (1947) - Mattia, il padre di Katrin * ''Life of Donizetti'' (1947) - Il feldmaresciallo von Wallenburg * ''

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'' (1947) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) - Prof. Ilya * ''Il principe ribelle'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) - Conte Raimondo de la Motte * ''

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'' (1949) - Il giudice Don Alicante * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) - Gen. Artesi * ''

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'' (1950) - L'avvocato Bianchi * ''

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'' (1950) - Captain / Camp Commander * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) - Generale Odivot * '' The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950) * '' Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) - Frassoni * ''Strano appuntamento'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1951) - Duca Fabrizzio Di Corvara * '' Verginità'' (1951) * ''Senza bandiera'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) - Il padre di Mariella * ''

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'' (1952) - Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba * '' Who Is Without Sin'' (1952) - John Morresi * ''

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'' (1952) - Comandante nave italiana * ''

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'' (1953) - Il prefetto * ''

Noi peccatori ''Noi peccatori'' (i.e. "We, sinners") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast * Yvonne Sanson as Lucia * Steve Barclay as Stefano * Tamara Lees as Fausta *Carletto Sposito ...

'' (1953) - L'avvocato Rinaldi * ''

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'' (1953) - Mister Franchi * ''Madonna delle rose'' (1953) - Commissario * ''

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'' (1953) - Bishop Ghiberti * '' Verdi, the King of Melody'' (1953) - Ufficiale Austriaco (uncredited) * '' Il conte Aquila'' (1955) - Vitaliano Confalonieri * ''

The Angel of the Alps ''The Angel of the Alps'' ( it, L'angelo delle Alpi) is a 1957 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Luisella Boni, Alberto Farnese and Gino Sinimberghi.Goble p. 238 The film's art direction was by ...

'' (1957) - conte Roverbella * ''

Goliath and the Dragon ''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 international co-production sword-and-sandal filmKinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662 ...

'' (1960, screenplay) * '' The Avenger'' (1962) - Latino - King of Latium * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966)

References

Bibliography

* Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998.

External links

* 1894 births 1974 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Male actors from Rome 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub