Theodor Danetti (; August 23, 1926 – January 16, 2016) was a Romanian stage and film actor.
Life
Danetti was born in 1926 in
Corabia
Corabia () is a small Danube port located in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania, which used to be part of the now-dissolved Romanați County before World War II. Across the Danube from Corabia lies the Bulgarian village of Gigen.
History
Beneath Co ...
. He graduated from
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography
The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "I.L. Caragiale") is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of pla ...
in 1955. He was distributed to the Baia Mare State Theatre, then he performed at the Piatra-Neamț Youth Theatre (1965–1975),
State Jewish Theatre and
Bulandra Theatre
The Bulandra Theatre ( ro, Teatrul Bulandra) in Bucharest, Romania was founded in 1947 as Teatrul Municipal; its first director was Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, one of the leading Romanian stage actresses of her generation. Liviu Ciulei was director b ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''Bălcescu'' (1953)
* ''Vin cicliștii'' (1968)
* ''Singur printre prieteni'' (1979)
* ''Concurs'' (1982) - Aristide
* ''Moara lui Călifar'' (1984)
* ''
Ciuleandra
''Ciuleandra'' is a 1985 Romanian drama film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, A ...
'' (1985)
* ''
Cuibul de viespi
Cuibul de viespi is a 1986 Romanian comedy film directed by Horea Popescu.
Cast
* Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan - Mircea Aldea
* Coca Andronescu - Zoia
* Tamara Buciuceanu - Aneta Duduleanu
* Gheorghe Dinică - Georges
* Tora Vasilescu - Collette
* Ale ...
'' (1987) - Antreprenor pompe funebre
* ''Figuranții'' (1987)
* ''Momentul adevărului'' (1989)
* ''Dreptatea'' (1989)
* ''Vinovatul'' (1991)
* ''Divorț... din dragoste'' (1991)
* ''
È pericoloso sporgersi'' (1993)
* ''
Bloodlust: Subspecies III'' (1994) - Innkeeper
* ''Crucea de piatră – ultimul bordel'' (1994) - Radu's father
* ''În fiecare zi e noapte'' (1995, Short) - Vecinul
* ''
The Midas Touch'' (1997) - Old Man
* ''Little Ghost'' (1997) - Worker - Federov
* ''Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard'' (1997) - Village Elder
* ''
Train of Life
''Train of Life'' (in French ''Train de vie''; in Romanian ''Trenul vieţii'') is a 1998 tragicomedy film by France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel and Romania made in the French language. It tells the story of an eastern European Jewish village's ...
'' (1998) - Sage 2
* ''
The Excalibur Kid'' (1999) - Old Man at Court
* ''Teenage Space Vampires'' (1999) - Clerk
* ''Diplomatic Siege'' (1999) - Curator
* ''Shapeshifter'' (1999) - Janos
* ''Fii cu ochii pe fericire'' (1999)
* ''
Elvira's Haunted Hills
''Elvira's Haunted Hills'' is a 2001 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Irvin and written by Cassandra Peterson and John Paragon. It is the second film starring Peterson in the title role (credited as Elvira), after the 1988 theatrical ...
'' (2001) - The Innkeeper
* ''
Amen.
''Amen.'' is a 2002 historical war drama film directed and co-written by Costa-Gavras. Based on the play ''The Deputy'' by Rolf Hochhuth, the film examines the political and diplomatic relationship between the Vatican and Nazi Germany during Wo ...
'' (2002) - Old Cardinal
* ''Maria'' (2003)
* ''
Boudica
Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...
'' (2003, TV Movie) - Master of Ceremonies
* ''
Modigliani'' (2004) - Renoir
* ''
Icon
An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...
'' (2005, TV Movie) - Leonid Zaitsev
* ''
The Wind in the Willows
''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets ...
'' (2006, TV Movie) - Otter (uncredited)
* ''
Youth Without Youth'' (2007) - dr. Neculache
* ''
Inima de tigan
The Centre for Research and Development on Information Technology and Telecommunication ( sq, Qendra për Kërkim dhe Zhvillim në Teknologjitë e Informacionit dhe Komunikimit), formerly known as INIMA or ''Institute of Informatics and Applied Mat ...
'' (2007) - Miguel Pajarito
* ''Mar Nero'' (2008) - Nicolae - Angela's father
* ''The Dot Man'' (2008)
* ''
Adam Resurrected
''Adam Resurrected'' ( he, אדם בן כלב, translit=''Adam Ben Kelev'') is a 2008 drama film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Noah Stollman based on a 1968 novel of the same name by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk (the book's original nam ...
'' (2008) - Blum
* ''Schimb valutar'' (2008)
* ''
Hellhounds
A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from N ...
'' (2009, TV Movie) - Charon
* ''
Bunraku
(also known as ) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed in the modern day. Three kinds of performers take part in a performance: the or ( puppeteers ...
'' (2010) - General
* ''The Dot Man'' (2017) - The Old Man (final film role)
References
External links
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Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni
Romanian male film actors
Romanian male stage actors
2016 deaths
Romanian Sephardi Jews
1926 births
People from Corabia