Robert Kristian Paolo Sperati (July 27, 1872 – October 12, 1945) was a

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stage actor and film actor from the silent-film era.

Career

Sperati was born in

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. He made his debut at the National Theater in Bergen as the aristocrat in Turgenev's '' Fortune's Fool'' ( no, Nådsensbrødet) before he had success as Thummelumsen in

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's comedy of the same name and in

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's ''Bedstemors Gut'' (Grandma's Boy). He later worked in Oslo, at the Central Theater, the Oslo New Theater, and the Open-Air Theater on

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. He also participated in the first broadcast of the

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, in the role of the Bøyg in Henrik Ibsen's '' Peer Gynt'' (on September 12, 1926).

Family

Sperati was the son of the conductor Robert Sperati (1848–1884) and the actress

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, and the grandson of the conductor and composer

Paolo Sperati Paolo Agostino Sperati (March 26, 1821 – May 20, 1884) was an Italian conductor, musician, and composer that was active in the theater and opera life of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in the 19th century. Life and work Sperati grew up in a f ...

. He was married to the author Kitty Lossius. He was the nephew of the composer and music professor Carlo Alberto Sperati.

Filmography

*1911: '' Fattigdommens forbandelse'' *1911: ''

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'' as Halling the landowner *1916: '' Paria'' as Carsten, an editor *1917: '' En Vinternat'' as a husband *1917: '' Unge hjerter'' as a Sami *1918: '' Vor tids helte'' as Sam *1926: '' Den nye lensmannen'' as Haugkallen

References

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Robert Sperati
at the Danish Film Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperati, Robert 1872 births 1945 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Actors from Bergen Norwegian people of Italian descent