Corrado Annicelli (1 September 1905 – 28 August 1984) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in
Naples
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, Annicelli made his stage debut in 1927, cast by
Dora Menichelli
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to play a fascinating officer in the drama play ''Guerra in tempo di pace''.
From then he started a career on stage with the major companies of the time, working with
Lamberto Picasso
Lamberto Picasso (21 October 1880 – 17 September 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1914 and 1953.
Selected filmography
* ''The Naked Truth'' (1914)
* ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1931)
* ''Paradise'' (1932)
* ' ...
,
Emma Gramatica
Emma Gramatica (born Aida Laura Argia Gramatica; 25 October 1874 – 8 November 1965) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1919 and 1962. She was born in Borgo San Donnino, today Fidenza, Province of Parma ...
(with whom he made a long tour of South and Central America),
Ruggero Ruggeri
Ruggero Ruggeri (14 November 1871 – 20 July 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor. Ruggeri was a celebrated theatre actor, appearing alongside Lyda Borelli on stage in 1909.Dalle Vacche p.260 From 1914 onward he sporadically made films in ...
,
Antonio Gandusio among others.
[Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli Attori''. Gremese, 2003. .] In 1942 Annicelli become one of the most acclaimed radio actors reciting several Italian and especially Neapolitan comedies.
Annicelli was also active in films (even if usually in
character role
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to ...
s), in television productions.
Filmography
References
External links
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* Massimo Colella, ''Profilo biografico di attori partenopei del XX secolo: VI. Corrado Annicelli'', 2022 (https://www.centrostuditeatro.it/2022/03/corrado-annicelli/).
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1905 births
1984 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Male actors from Naples
20th-century Italian male actors