Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979)''Il diritto al cinema: cent'anni di courtroom drama e melodrammi giudiziari''
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actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), ''

The Railroad Man ''The Railroad Man'' ( it, Il Ferroviere) is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot Train operator Andrea Marcocci witnesses the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock, ...

'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him a

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, and ''

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'' (1972).

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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to seek his fortune. He met

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in 1949 and appears in Germi's '' In nome della legge'', a film for which he won

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as Best Supporting Actor. He became Germi's favourite actor, working together with him in ''

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'' (1950), ''

'' (1956), '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959), ''

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'' (1972) and most notably '' Seduced and Abandoned'' in 1964. That film earned him Best Actor awards at the

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and the

the following year. He acted in ''

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'' sequels,

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's '' Beat the Devil'',

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's ''

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'', and international films such as ''

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'', and

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's ''

'' as Signor Vitelli, father of Michael Corleone's love Apollonia.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Dream of Butterfly ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (Italian: '' Il sogno di Butterfly'', German: ''Premiere der Butterfly'') is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation ...

'' (1939) * ''La conquista dell'aria'' (1939) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) - Un portatore * ''Tosca'' (1941) - (uncredited) * ''Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''La compagnia della teppa'' (1941) * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1941) * '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942) - Uno dei servitori alla scampagnata (uncredited) * ''Giorno di nozze'' (1942) * '' Odessa in fiamme'' (1942) - (uncredited) * ''Harlem'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) - Un soldato * ''

The Peddler and the Lady ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (Italian title: ''Campo de' fiori'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Caterina Boratto and Anna Magnani.Reich & Garofalo p.101 Much of the film is set on the Campo de ...

'' (1943) - (uncredited) * ''

The Innkeeper ''The Innkeeper'' (Italian: ''La locandiera'' also known as ''Mirandolina'') is a 1944 Italian historical comedy film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Osvaldo Valenti.Reich & Garafalo p.28 The film is an a ...

'' (1944) * ''La freccia nel fianco'' (1945) - (uncredited) * ''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949) - Il maresciallo Grifò * ''Monastero di Santa Chiara'' (1949) - Il direttore del teatro * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) - zingaro Marco * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

Hawk of the Nile ''Hawk of the Nile'' ( it, Lo sparviero del Nilo) is a 1950 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Enzo Fiermonte and Silvana Pampanini. Plot In the first half of the nineteenth century the young Leila left Paris, wher ...

'' (1950) - Sahid * ''

Mistress of the Mountains ''Mistress of the Mountains'' (Italian: ''Gente così'') is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Vivi Gioi, Adriano Rimoldi and Camillo Pilotto. Plot In a small town in upper Lombardy near the Swiss border, smuggl ...

'' (1950) - sindaco Giusà * '' Barrier to the North'' (1950) - Il brigadiere * ''

'' (1950) - Ciccio Ingaggiatore * '' Il monello della strada'' (1950) - Il commissario * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) - Il brigadiere Carmelo Carlin * ''La vendetta del corsaro'' (1951) - Aguirre * ''Trieste mia!'' (1951) * '' Black Fire'' (1951) * ''

Little World of Don Camillo ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' ( it, Don Camillo; french: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo) is a 1952 Italian-French film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the ''"Don Camillo"'' series, which ...

'' (1952) - Brusco * ''Una madre ritorna'' (1952) * ''

The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' ( it, Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo) is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot In 1863 a company of Bersaglieri commanded by Captain Giordani, as part of the repression of banditr ...

'' (1952) - Police commissioner Siceli * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

Io, Amleto ''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial succ ...

'' (1952) * ''The Counterfeiters'' (1953) - Maresciallo Terlizi * ''

The Return of Don Camillo ''The Return of Don Camillo'' (Italian: ''Il ritorno di Don Camillo''; French: ''Le Retour de don Camillo'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont. The film's sets ...

'' (1953) - Brusco - il barbiere * ''Cronaca di un delitto'' (1953) - Martino * '' Beat the Devil'' (1953) - Captain of SS Nyanga * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''Cañas y barro'' (1954) - Cañamel * ''

'' (1954) - Il capocomico * ''

I cinque dell'Adamello ''I cinque dell'Adamello'' (i. e. "The Five from the Adamello") is a 1954 Italian war drama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Fausto Tozzi and Nadia Gray.Alberto Albertazzi. "I cinque dell'Adamello". ''Intermezzo'' (10/11). 1 ...

'' (1954) - Briscola * ''

Don Camillo's Last Round ''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was ...

'' (1955) - Brusco, il parucchiere / Brusco, le coiffeur * ''

La ladra ''La ladra'' (french: Les anges aux mains noires) is a 1955 Italian-French crime-melodrama film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Lise Bourdin and Fausto Tozzi. Plot Whistle is an orphaned boy, raised in an environment unsu ...

'' (1955) - Il Caporale * ''Motivo in maschera'' (1955) * ''

'' (1956) - Gigi Liverani * ''

Engaged to Death ''Engaged to Death'' (Italian: ''I fidanzati della morte'') is a 1957 Italian sports drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina and Margit Nünke.Rondolino p.183 The veteran German star Hans Albers appears i ...

'' (1957) - Tulio * ''Marchands de filles'' (1957) * ''Liane, die weiße Sklavin'' (1957) - Polizist Emilio * ''Dinanzi a noi il cielo'' (1957) - Padre di Tom * ''

A Man of Straw ''A Man of Straw'' ( it, L'uomo di paglia) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Pietro Germi - Andrea * Franca Bettoia - Rita * Luisa Della Noce - Luisa * Edoardo Nevo ...

'' (1958) - Beppe * ''Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen'' (1958) - Koch Peppino * ''

Nella città l'inferno ''Nella città l'inferno'' (''Behind Closed Shutters'') is a 1959 Italian film directed by Renato Castellani. Plot When the wide-eyed Lina ( Giulietta Masina) lands in a women's prison, she meets a world-weary prostitute named Egle (Anna Magnani) ...

'' (1959) - Maresciallo del carcere * ''

Son of the Red Corsair ''The Son of the Red Corsair'' (original title: ''Il figlio del corsaro rosso'') is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1908. The novel was adapted for the silver screen in Italy in 1959. Plot summary ...

'' (1959) - Mendoza * ''I mafiosi'' (1959) * '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959) - Maresciallo Saro * '' Seven in the Sun'' (1960) - Fernand * '' Ça va être ta fête'' (1960) - Alvarez * ''Cavalcata selvaggia'' (1960) * ''Les filles sèment le vent'' (1961) - Buonacasa * ''

A Day for Lionhearts ''Un giorno da leoni'' (internationally released as ''A Day for Lionhearts'') is a 1961 Italian war - drama film directed by Nanni Loy. The film describes the gradual evolution towards anti-fascism of Italian people during the Second World War. ...

'' (1961) - Il sergente * '' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' (1961) - Brusco, il sindaco * ''Liane, die Tochter des Dschungels'' (1961) * ''Lo sgarro'' (1962) * ''Divorzio alla siciliana'' (1963) * '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964) - Don Vincenzo Ascalone * ''

The Sucker ''The Sucker'' (french: link=no, Le Corniaud, ) is a French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès and Bourvil. Plot Leaving Paris for his summer vacation, the naïve Antoine Maréchal has his 2CV totally w ...

'' (1965) - Tagliella, un garagiste à Naples (uncredited) * ''

Don Camillo in Moscow ''Don Camillo in Moscow'' ( it, Il compagno Don Camillo, "Comrade Don Camillo"; french: Don Camillo en Russie, "Don Camillo in Russia") is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was the fifth film in the Don Camillo series ...

'' (1965) - Brusco * ''

Mission to Caracas ''Mission to Caracas'' or ''Mission spéciale à Caracas'' is a Spanish films of 1965, 1965 spy film directed by Raoul André. Plot Special agent Becker (Roland Carey) is after a briefcase that contains some secret documents. The documents are ...

'' (1965) - Emile Vasson * ''

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'' (1965) - Carle * ''

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'' (1966) - Monsieur Simon * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - 2nd Praying Man * ''

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talent ...

'' (1966) - Basilio * '' The Road to Corinthe'' (1967) - Kalhides * ''Gente d'onore'' (1967) * ''Vivre la nuit'' (1968) * '' Serafino'' (1968) - Uncle Agenore * ''

Un caso di coscienza ''Un caso di coscienza'' (Italian for ''A matter of conscience'') is a 1970 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It is based on the Leonardo Sciascia's short story with the same name, which is part of the collect ...

'' (1970) - Pharmacist * ''La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo'' (1970) - The doctor * ''Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo, col complesso della buonanima'' (1971) - John Cardaci * ''

'' (1972) - Signor Vitelli - Sicilian Sequence * ''

'' (1972) - Maria Rosa's father * ''

Black Turin ''Black Turin'' ( it, Torino nera) is a 1972 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful. Cast * Bud Spencer: Rosario Rao * Françoise Fabian: Lucia Rao * Marcel Bozzuffi: Fridda * G ...

'' (1972) - Jaco * '' Il caso Pisciotta'' (1972) - Don Vincenzo Coluzzi * ''

Sgarro alla camorra ''Sgarro alla camorra'' (i.e. "Offence to the Camorra") is a 1973 Italian musical- crime film written and directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti and starring Mario Merola at his film debut. It is regarded as the first sceneggiata film and as a ...

'' (1973) * '' Il figlioccio del padrino'' (1973) - Don Salvatore Trizzino * ''Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale'' (1975) - Corporal Martucci * '' Giovannino'' (1976) - Giovannino's father * ''Occhio alla vedova!'' (1976)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urzi, Saro 1913 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male actors Italian film directors Actors from Catania Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Nastro d'Argento winners