Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He made his stage debut in 1941, with the theatrical company "Palcoscenico". Later he was part of various companies, obtaining his first personal successes in 1946, with the drama ''La luna è tramontata''. From 1947 to 1952 he was a member of the Piccolo Teatro's stage company directed by

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. He had also a very long and important collaboration on stage with

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, also performing tours abroad with him. In the 1970s he came back to Piccolo Teatro for two important works, ''Santa Giovanna dei macelli'' (1970–71) and ''Le case del vedovo'' (1975-76). Feliciani was also very active in films, on television and as a voice actor, on the radio and in the dubbing. Married to the actress Giuliana Pogliani, after obtaining the annulment Feliciani was married to actress Vittoria Martello.

Partial filmography

* ''Paese senza pace'' (1946) - Conocchia * ''

Sardinian Vendetta ''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De L ...

'' (1952) - Zio Porchiddu * '' Five Paupers in an Automobile'' (1952) - Il parrucchiere * ''

La figlia del diavolo ''La figlia del diavolo'' or ''La fille du diable'' is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Massimo Serato, Paola Barbara, and Marina Vlady. Plot Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The ...

'' (1952) - Domenico * ''

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'' (1952) - Cesare Battisti * '' We Two Alone'' (1952) - Cairolas' Father * ''

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'' (1953) - Enrico * ''

Captain Phantom ''Captain Phantom'' ( it, Capitan Fantasma) is a 1953 Italian historical adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed and Paola Barbara. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Th ...

'' (1953) * ''Ivan (il figlio del diavolo bianco)'' (1953) * '' Ulysses'' (1954) - Eurimaco * '' Attila'' (1954) - Ippolito * ''

Big Deal on Madonna Street ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' ( it, I soliti ignoti; released in the UK as ''Persons Unknown'') is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli and considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original Italian ...

'' (1958) - Ispettore di polizia (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1959) - (uncredited) * ''

Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti ''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (also known as ''Fiasco in Milan'' or ''Hold-up à la milanaise'') is a 1959 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy. The film stars Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori and Claudia Cardinale. It is the ...

'' (1959) - Police inspector * ''

Everybody Go Home ''Everybody Go Home'' ( it, Tutti a casa) is a 1960 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It features an international cast including the U.S. actors Martin Balsam, Alex Nicol and the Franco-Italian Serge Reggiani. Nino Manfre ...

'' (1960) - Capitano Passerini * '' The Last of the Vikings'' (1961) - Simon * '' Maciste Vs. the Vampire'' (1961) - Sultan Abdul / Omar * '' Rage of the Buccaneers'' (1961) - The Governor * '' The Italian Brigands'' (1961) - Don Ramiro * ''

The Corsican Brothers ''The Corsican Brothers'' (french: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's physical distress. It h ...

'' (1961) - Dr. Dupont * '' Dreams Die at Dawn'' (1961) - Mario * '' La monaca di Monza'' (1962) - Don Martino de Leyva * '' The Golden Arrow'' (1962) - Baktiar * '' Shades of Zorro'' (1962) - McDonald * ''

The Sign of the Coyote ''The Sign of the Coyote'' (Italian: ''Il segno del coyote'') is a 1963 Italian-Spanish western adventure film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Fernando Casanova, María Luz Galicia and Jesús Tordesillas.Ercolani p.130 The film's sets we ...

'' (1963) - Governor Parker *'' Son of the Circus'' (1963) - Ministero Pubblico * '' Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' (1964) - Ganor, Devil of the Desert * ''

Revolt of the Barbarians ''Revolt of the Barbarians'' (Italian: ''La rivolta dei barbari'') is a 1964 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta. Cast * Roland Carey as Darius *Maria Grazia Spina as Lydia *Mario Feliciani *Gabriele Antonini *Andrea Aureli *Susan Sulliv ...

'' (1964) * '' 100 Horsemen'' (1964) - Sheik Aben Calbon * '' Three Swords for Rome'' (1964) * '' Fire Over Rome'' (1965) * '' Assassination in Rome'' (1965) * ''

Casanova 70 ''Casanova 70'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Michèle Mercier. Plot NATO officer Andrea Rossi-Colombotti is a ladies ...

'' (1965) - Il procuratore * '' Lady L'' (1965) - L'anarchiste italien * '' El Greco'' (1966) - Nino de Guevara * ''

Maigret a Pigalle ''Maigret a Pigalle'' (''Maigret in Pigalle'') is a 1966 Italian crime film directed by Mario Landi. It is based on the novel '' Maigret al Picratt's'' by Georges Simenon. Synopsis One evening, Arlette, a stripper in a Paris nightclub called the ...

'' (1966) - Il direttore della polizia giudiziaria * ''The Cold Killer'' (1966) * ''Rose rosse per Angelica'' (1968) - Dr. Durand * '' The Christmas Tree'' (1969) - Le docteur * '' Many Wars Ago'' (1970) - Colonello medici * '' Gang War'' (1971) - Calogero Bertuccione * ''

Roma Bene ''Roma Bene'' is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger. Plot The classic scene of the upper middle-class in Rome: a duchess, the industrial husband and the many apparently respectabl ...

'' (1971) - Teo Teopoulos * ''Pianeta Venere'' (1972) * ''

The Silkworm ''The Silkworm'' is a 2014 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It is the second novel in the ''Cormoran Strike'' series of detective novels and was followed by ''Career of Evil'' in 2015, ''Let ...

'' (1973) - Avv. Planget * '' Convoy Busters'' (1978) - Prosecutor * ''

Lion of the Desert ''Lion of the Desert'' is a 1980 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the ''Regio Esercito'' ( Royal Italian Army) and Oliver Reed as ...

'' (1980) - Lobitto * ''

Pierino medico della Saub ''Pierino medico della Saub'' (also spelled as ''Pierino medico della SAUB'' and ''Pierino medico della S.A.U.B.'') is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Alvaro Vitali. Plot Alvaro Gasperoni, a Roman simpleton, ...

'' (1981) - Dottor Tambroni * '' Forest of Love'' (1981) * '' Amici miei – Atto III'' (1985) - Generale Mastrostefano

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feliciani, Mario 1918 births 2008 deaths Male actors from Milan Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors