Salvatore "Salvo" Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991) was an Italian theatrical, television and film actor.
Born in
Syracuse, Sicily, Randone debuted on stage in mid-1920s and, after some years in which he played roles of little weight, he became in the fifties one of the most critically appreciated actors in Italian theatre.
After a few minor roles in 1940s and 1950s he started in early 1960s a quite prolific film career as character actor;
[ for his performances he was awarded with two ]Silver Ribbon
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s and a grolla d'oro.[ Randone appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1977. He was also very prolific as television actor, starring in some TV-series of great success.][ He was married to the actress Neda Naldi.
]
Selected filmography
* ''Sant'Elena, piccola isola'' (1943) - General Gourgaud
* ''Cuore'' (1948)
* '' Letter at Dawn'' (1948) - Donati - Defense attorney
* '' The Bigamist'' (1956)
* '' Vento del sud'' (1959)
* '' The Assassin'' (1961) - Commissioner Palumbo
* '' Rome 1585'' (1961) - Pope Sixtus V
* '' Black City'' (1962) - The bishop
* '' Salvatore Giuliano'' (1962) - President of Viterbo Assize Court
* '' I giorni contati'' (1962) - Cesare Conversi
* '' Roaring Years'' (1962) - The antifascist
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* '' Night Train to Milan'' (1962) - Conductor
* '' Family Diary'' (1962) - Salocchi
* '' The Girl from Parma'' (1963) - Scipio Pagliughi
* '' The Verona Trial'' (1963) - Andrea Fortunato - Public Prosecutor
* '' Hands Over the City'' (1963) - De Angelis
* ''Un marito in condominio'' (1963) - Salvatore Carcaterra
* '' Castle of Blood'' (1964) - Lester
* '' The Magnificent Cuckold'' (1964) - Belisario
* '' The Possessed'' (1965) - Enrico
* ''The 10th Victim
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'' (1965) - Professor
* ''Les Combinards'' (1966) - Raffaele Caccamo
* '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - Traveller with a menu
* ''We Still Kill the Old Way
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'' (1967) - Prof. Roscio
* '' No Diamonds for Ursula'' (1967) - Spiros
* ''Spirits of the Dead
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'' (1968) - Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")
* ''L'età del malessere'' (1968)
* ''Machine Gun McCain
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'' (1969) - Don Salvatore
* ''Fellini Satyricon
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'' (1969) - Eumolpo
* ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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'' (1970) - Plumber
* ''The Swinging Confessors
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Plot
A young Sicilian priest who moved to Rome comes into contac ...
'' (1970) - Don Clemente
* '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'' (1970)
* '' Gang War'' (1971) - Nicola 'Nicky' Manzano
* '' The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (1971) - Militina
* ''Stress'' (1971)
* ''My Dear Killer
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'' (1972) - Chief Marò
* '' Chronicle of a Homicide'' (1972) - General attorney
* '' La prima notte di quiete'' (1972) - The Head Teacher
* '' Il caso Pisciotta'' (1972) - Don Ferdinando Cusimano
* '' La calandria'' (1972) - Calandro
* ''The Infamous Column
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Plot
It is 1630, and a devastating plague has descended upon the city of Milan. Guglielmo Piazza ...
'' (1972) - Settala
* '' Property Is No Longer a Theft'' (1973) - Total's Father
* '' Shoot First, Die Later'' (1974) - Malacarne
* '' In the Name of the Pope King'' (1977) - Black Pope
References
External links
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1906 births
1991 deaths
Italian male film actors
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian male actors
Actors from Sicily