Tuccio Musumeci (born 20 April 1934) is an Italian actor and comedian.

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 ...

, Musumeci started his career in the 1960s, performing in local cabarets and

avanspettacolo Avanspettacolo (literally: "before the show") is an Italian theatrical genre that developed between the 1930s and 1950s. Closely related to revue and variety show, avanspettacolo features a diverse mixture of music, ballet, sketch comedy, and oth ...

companies.Santino Mirabella. ''In scena - conversazioni con Tuccio Musumeci''. Flaccovio Editore, 2011. . The turning point in his career was entering the stage company of the

Teatro Stabile di Catania The Teatro Stabile di Catania (Permanent theatre of Catania) is a theatrical institution based in Catania, Sicily, Italy which was formed in 1958. It has two theatres, the Teatro Giovanni Verga, the Teatro Angelo Musco. Annually, the program offer ...

with whom he began acting in plays, mostly comedies, both in Italian and in Sicilian. Musumeci intensively worked for television (beginning in 1959) and in the theater. Less active on films, after a bit part in ''

The Leopard ''The Leopard'' ( it, Il Gattopardo ) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...

'', he appeared in a good number of comedy films between the 1970s and 1980s, sometimes in leading roles.

Selected filmography

* ''

La ragazza del prete ''La ragazza del prete'' (''The girlfriend of the priest'') is a 1970 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Cast * Nicola Di Bari: Don Michele / Nicola * Susanna Martinková: Erika * Isabella Biagini: Maria Innocenza F ...

'' (1970) * ''

Holy Water Joe ''Holy Water Joe'' ( it, Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo. Plot In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the C ...

'' (1971) * ''

The Seduction of Mimi ''The Seduction of Mimi'' ( it, Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore, lit=Mimi the Metalworker, Wounded in Honor) is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini as Mimi and featuring Ma ...

'' (1972) * ''

Il lumacone ''Il lumacone'' (''The Big Snail'') is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Cavara.Achille Valdata (15 January 1975). "Amore e spaghetti". '' La Stampa''. p. 7. Cast * Turi Ferro as Gianni Rodinò * Agostina Belli as Elisa * Ninet ...

'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

L'adolescente ''L'adolescente'' (''The Adolescent'') is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Alfonso Brescia. It starred Sonia Viviani, Daniela Giordano, Dagmar Lassander and Malisa Longo. Plot Vito Gnaula and Grazia Serritella are a Sicilian ...

'' (1976) * ''

La gatta da pelare ''La gatta da pelare'' (''A Hard Nut to Crack'') is a 1981 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Pippo Franco. It is his only film as a director. Plot A jealous cartoonist kills, in his comics, the psychoanalyst of his wife. When ...

'' (1981) * '' Open Doors'' (1990) * ''

La matassa ''La matassa'' ("''The skein''") is a 2009 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giambattista Avellino and by Ficarra e Picone. The film was a box office success, ranking first for two weeks at the Italian box office and grossing $10,007,76 ...

'' (2009) * '' Italo'' (2014)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musumeci, Tuccio 1934 births Actors from Catania Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people