Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor.

Life and career

Born in

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

, Cirino started his career entering the most important theatrical companies active in Sicily (including the ones held by

Turi Pandolfini Turi Pandolfini (1 November 1883 – 6 March 1962) was an Italian stage and film character actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1917 and 1961. Life and career Born in Catania, Sicily as Salvatore Pandolfini, the nephew of the actor Angel ...

, Michele Abruzzo,

Rosina Anselmi Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania. Life and career Born in Caltagirone, Cata ...

and

Giovanni Grasso Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Born into a family of marionettists, he was ...

) before forming his own stage company in 1928. In 1943 he made his film debut in the

Pino Mercanti Giuseppe Mercanti, best known as Pino Mercanti (16 February 1911 – 3 September 1986), was an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Palermo, Sicily, Mercanti was a pioneer of the Sicilian cinema as the leading filmmaker a ...

's historical drama ''All'ombra della gloria'', and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, with some sporadic main roles. He was married to stage actress Rita Alaimo (1894-1964).

Selected filmography

* ''

For the Love of Mariastella ''For the Love of Mariastella'' ( it, Malacarne, also known as ''Turi della tonnara'') is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonn ...

'' (1946) * ''

Appointment for Murder ''Appointment for Murder'' ( it, Amo un assassino) is a 1951 Italian crime melodrama film drama directed by Baccio Bandini. Plot A woman is found dead in the atrium of a Roman building. In that same building lives the police commissioner Pie ...

'' (1951) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * '' Carcerato'' (1951) * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...

'' (1951) * ''

Buon viaggio pover'uomo ''Buon viaggio pover'uomo'' is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Plot We are on the outskirts of Milan, where for thirty years the mild-mannered accountant Torquato, Sicilian by origin, who works in a company where the offic ...

'' (1951) * ''

Ergastolo ''Ergastolo'' (aka ''Prison'') is a black and white Italian films of 1952, 1952 Italy, Italian crime melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano. Plot Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house o ...

'' (1952) * ''

Saluti e baci ''Saluti e baci'' is a Franco-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwrit ...

'' (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) * ''

Letter from Naples ''Letter from Naples'' (Italian: ''Lettera napoletana'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Giacomo Rondinella, Virna Lisi and Otello Toso. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfr ...

'' (1954) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * '' Maddalena'' (1954) * '' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) * ''

Andalusia Express ''Andalusia Express'' (Italian:''Il mondo sarà nostro'', Spanish:''El expreso de Andalucía'') is a 1956 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring Jorge Mistral, Marisa de Leza and Mara Berni. Synopsis A form ...

'' (1956) * ''

The Knight of the Black Sword ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (Italian: ''Il cavaliere dalla spada '') is a 1956 Italian historical adventure film directed by and Luigi Capuano and starring Marina Berti, Steve Barclay Stephen Paul Barclay (born 3 May 1972) is a Br ...

'' (1956) * ''

Arrivano i dollari! ''Arrivano i dollari!'' (i. e. "The dollars are coming!") is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Alberto Sordi, Nino Taranto and Isa Miranda. Plot Arduino Pasti, poor left Italy and search fortune in South Africa, a ...

'' (1957)

References

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* 1894 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Actors from Catania {{Italy-actor-stub