Stelvio Rosi (1 August 1938 – 19 December 2018), also known as Stan Cooper, was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in
Rome
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, Rosi made his film debut as a child actor in 1942, in
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
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's ''
Yes, Madam''.
He reprised his acting career in the early 1960s and was initially used almost exclusively in teen comedies and
musicarelli
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films.
In 1968 he changed his image and his name and as Stan Cooper he was cast in the leading roles in a number of genre films, often adventure or war films.
He worked several times with director
José Luis Merino
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Biography
He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around ...
.
In 1973 he retired from his acting career and moved to South America, where among other things he worked as a film and video producer in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Eighteen in the Sun
''Eighteen in the Sun'' ( it, Diciottenni al sole, also known as ''Beach Party-Italian Style'') is a 1962 Italian teen comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.The movie was shot in Naples and in island of Ischia.
Cast
*Catherine Spaak
*Gi ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Gli onorevoli
''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Simple plot
The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decides ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Non son degno di te
''Non son degno di te'' is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.
Cast
*Gianni Morandi as Gianni Traimonti
* Laura Efrikian as Carla Todisco
* Gino Bramieri as Ginone Traimonti
*Nino Taranto as Antonio Todisco ...
'' (1965)
* ''
Se non avessi più te
''Se non avessi più te'' is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.
Cast
*Gianni Morandi as Gianni Traimonti
* Laura Efrikian as Carla Todisco
* Anna Maria Polani as Isabel de Villalba
*Nino Taranto as Ten. An ...
'' (1965)
* ''
Soldati e caporali
''Soldati e caporali'' (translation: ''Soldiers and Corporals'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" comedy military film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
Cast
* Franco Franchi as Franco
* Ciccio Ingrassia as Cic ...
'' (1965)
* ''
Pensiero d'amore
''Pensiero d'amore'' (Italian for ''Thought of love'') is a 1969 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Mal and Silvia Dionisio.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Bloodbuster Edizioni ...
'' (1969)
* ''
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa'' (1969)
* ''
Battle of the Last Panzer'' (1969)
* ''
Mezzanotte d'amore'' (1970)
* ''
More Dollars for the MacGregors'' (1970)
* ''
Something Creeping in The Dark
''Something Creeping in The Dark'' ( it, Qualcosa striscia nel buio) is a 1971 Italian horror film directed by and starring Farley Granger and Lucia Bosè.
Plot
After being stranded on a flooded road a group of people, including a homicidal kil ...
'' (1971)
* ''
The Hanging Woman
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'' (1973)
References
External links
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1938 births
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Rome
2018 deaths
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