Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014.

Biography

Foà was born in

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, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an

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in his adult life. Foà completed high school in

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, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to

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, where he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1947 at the lodge " Alpi Giulie" n.150 (in Rome), taking later the highest degree. Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday.

Theatre

1930s

* ''La serenata al vento'' by Carlo Veneziani, directed by Alberto Bracaloni, 1935 * ''La dodicesima notte'' by

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, directed by Pietro Sharoff, 1938 * ''L’Alcalde di Zalamea'' by Calderón de la Barca, directed by * ''Rappresentazione di Santo Ignazio'' (Anonimo del XV secolo), directed by G. Pacuvio, 1939 * ''Frenesia'' by Charles de Peyret-Chappuis, directed by

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* ''La vita è sogno'' by Calderon de la Barca, directed by Nino Meloni * ''Le Allegre Comari di Windsor'' by

, directed by Pietro Scharoff

1940s

* ''I Masnadieri'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, 1941 * ''I Fratelli Castiglioni'' by Alberto Colantuoni, directed by , 1942 * ''L’Arco di Ulisse'' by Gerhart Hauptmann * ''La Nascita di Salomè'', directed by * ''La ragazza indiavolata'' by Ralph Benatzky,

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, 1943 * ''La Parte di Marito'' by Vincenzo Tieri * ''La Vedova Allegra'', by

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...

* ''Il Marchese di Priolà'' by Henry Lavedan * ''Non Rinuncio all’Amore'' by Giovanni Bokay * ''Papà'' by Gaston Arman De Caillavet and Robert De Flers * ''Piccoli Traguardi'' by * ''La brava gente'' by

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, directed by

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, Teatro Eliseo, 1945 * ''La luna è tramontata'' by

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, directed by Vito Pandolfi, (

di Roma, 15 febbraio) * ''Arsenico e vecchi merletti'' by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Ettore Giannini * ''La bella avventura'' by Caillavet e De Flers, directed by Ettore Giannini * ''Parenti Terribili'' by

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, directed by

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...

, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo * '' Enrico IV'' by

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* ''La quinta colonna'' by

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, directed by

, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo di Roma * ''La via del tabacco'' Jack Kirkland (from novel of Erskine Caldwell), directed by

of Roma 16 April 1946 * ''Mia sorella Evelina'' by J. Fields e J. Chodorov, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Susanna e i peccatori'' directed by Tullio Carminati * ''Delitto e castigo'' by Gaston Baty (

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), directed by

* ''La Madre degli emigranti'' by Turi Vasile and Alberto Perrini, directed by Nino Meloni,

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, 6 luglio * ''Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini,

* ''Incantesimo'' by Philip Barry, directed by Gerardo Guerrieri, Teatro delle Arti, Rome, 7 febbraio * ''Appuntamento a Senlis'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, 1947 * ''Candida'' by

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, directed by , (Compagnia Ferrati-Cortese-Scelso) * ''La fine della Signora Cheiney'' by Frederick Lonsdale * ''Fiera delle maschere'' (from Ruzante e Molière), version by and Luigi Squarzina, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''Sposateci, Signore...!'' by Jean de Létraz, directed by * ''L’Uomo e il Fucile'' by Sergio Sollima, directed by Luigi Squarzina,

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* ''Anfitrione 38'' by Jean Giradoux, directed by , Teatro Quirino, 23 dicembre * ''Cristo ha ucciso'' by Gian Paolo Callegari, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, 1948 * ''Una bella domenica di settembre'' by Ugo Betti, directed by Turi Vasile,

di Roma * ''Edipo Re di Eschilo'', directed by Guido Salvini, Comp. Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''La porta chiusa'' by Marco Praga, directed by ,

* ''Scendete..vi chiamano'' by Jean De Letraz, directed by * ''I due mondi'' by Rose Franken, directed by , compagnia Ferrati-Scelzo-Cortese-Marchiò * ''Stefano'' by Jacques Déval, directed by * ''Il regno animale'' by Philip Barry, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''La notte del 16 gennaio'' by Ayn Rand, directed by Guglielmo Cortese, ,

* ''Ardelia o La Margherita'' by

, directed by , Compagnia Cortese-Bagni-Cimara, Teatro Valle di Roma, 25 marzo 1949 * ''Giulio Cesare'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia del Festival Drammatico, * ''Medea di

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'', directed by Guido Salvini, , * ''Le Mani Sporche'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...

, directed by * ''L’Avaro'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

, directed by Luciano Salvi, Teatro Ateneo * ''Vivere Così'' by Dino Falconi * ''Proibito al Pubblico'' by Rogers Dornès and Jean Marsan, directed by * ''I Masnadieri'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini

1950s

* ''I Persiani'' by Eschilo directed by Luigi Squarzina, , Greek Theatre of Syracuse, 12 maggio 1950 * ''Le Baccanti'' by

, directed by Luigi Squarzina, , Greek Theatre of Syracuse * ''Peer Gynt'' by

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, directed by

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, Compagnia del Teatro nazionale, Teatro Valle di Roma * ''

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'' by Giangiorgio Trissino, directed by

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, * ''

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'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by Annibal Caro, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Teatro Nazionale * ''Caterina da Siena'' by Cesare Vico Ludovici, directed by Fernando De Crucciati * ''I Fratelli'' by

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, directed by Luigi Squarzina, Teatro Greco di Acrae * ''La Cameriera Brillante'' by

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, directed by Lucio Chiavarelli * ''Anna per mille giorni'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, Teatro Valle, 1951 * ''Detective story'', by Sidney Kingsley, directed by Luigi Squarzina, Compagnia del Teatro Nazionale * ''Il libro di Cristoforo Colombo'' by

Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...

, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, Teatro Valle * ''La Casa Nova'' by

, directed by Carlo Lodovici, Teatro di Palazzo Grassi (Venezia) * ''Yo, el Rey'' by , directed by Guido Salvini * ''Un mese in campagna'' by

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, directed by Orazio Costa, Teatro Odeon di Milano, 1952 * ''

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'' by

, directed by , * '' Pseudolus by

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, directed by , * '' Lazzaro'' by

, directed by Claudio Fino, Compagnia Pagnani * ''La Fiaccola sotto il moggio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by Corrado Pavolini * ''Capitan Carvallo'' by Denis Cannan, directed by , Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Carignano * '' Chéri'' by Léopold Marchand (of Colette), directed by André Barsacq, Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Duse * ''

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'' by

, directed by , Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro della Città di Milano, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1953 * ''

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'' by

, directed by

, comp. Teatro Eliseo of Roma, Palazzo dei Diamanti a Ferrara, 1955 * '' Pseudolus'' by ''Plautus'', directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * ''

'' by Aristofanes, directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * ''Veglia d’armi'' by D. Fabbri, directed by Orazio Costa, Istituto Dramma Popolare, Teatro Olimpia di Milano, 1956 * ''Paura di me'' by V. Bompiani, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Comp. Teatrale Italiana Teatro delle Arti * ''Noi due'' by Alessandro De Stefani, directed by Mario Landi, Compagnia Teatrale Italiana, Teatro delle Arti of Roma * ''La professione della signora Warren'' by

, directed by Mario Ferrero, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Adorabile Giulia'' of Marc Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by Daniele D'Anza, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Musica di foglie morte'' by Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, directed by Alberto Gagliardelli * ''Casa di Bambola'' by

, directed by Luciano Lucignani * ''Ma non è una cosa seria'' by

, directed by Luigi Squarzina, comp. Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, 1957 * ''Signori buonasera'' by A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Odeon di Milano * ''La figlia di Jorio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''La Commedia degli Equivoci'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Mario Ferrero, 1958 * ''Racconto d’Inverno'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, 1959 * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by Annibal Caro, directed by Guido Salvini * by

, directed by

1960s

* ''Due in altalena'' by William Gibson, directed by A. Foà, Teatro Eliseo di Roma, 1960 * ''La terra è rotonda'' by Armand Salacrou directed by Roberto Guicciardini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Franco Enriquez, Teatro Romano di Verona * ''Rashomon'' di Fay e Kanin, (dal film di Akira Kurosawa), directed by Arnoldo Foà, 1961 * ''I Turchi se la giocano a primiera'' by Alfio Beretta, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Nuovo di Milano * ''Pene d’amor perdute'' by

, directed by Franco Enriquez, Compagnia Stabile della città di Napoli, Teatro Mercadante * ''Un giorno nella vita di ... '' by Jack Popplewell, directed by Umberto Benedetto, Piccolo Teatro Stabile della città di Firenze * ''Anfitrione'' by

, directed by Silverio Blasi, Centro Teatrale Italiano, 1962 * '' Ifigenia'' by Ildebrando Pizzetti e Alberto Perrini, directed by Aldo Vassallo Mirabella, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''Il Pipistrello'' by Johann Strauss Jr, directed by Herbert Graf, Direttore d’orchestra Samuel Krachmalnick, regia teatrale Arnoldo Foà, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''I Masteroidi'' by Marcel Aymè, directed by A. Foà, 1963 * ''Notti a Milano'' by Carlo Terron, directed by A. Foà * ''La Lanzichenecca'' by Vincenzo di Mattia, directed by Virginio Puecher, Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1964 * ''Eracle'' by Euripide, translated by Salvatore Quasimodo, directed by Giuseppe Di Martino, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Andromaca'' by Euripide, directed by Mario Ferrero, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Canti e poesie della libertà'', directed by Raffaele Maiello, testi a cura di Arnoldo Foà e Gigi Lunari, Teatro Lirico di Milano, 1965 * ''Re Cervo'' da Carlo Gozzi, directed by Andrea Camilleri * ''Ruy Blas'' by

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, directed by Mario Ferrero, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1966 * ''Il testimone'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Duse di Bologna * ''La stanza degli Ospiti'' by Brunello Rondi, directed by A. Foà, Teatro della Cometa * ''I Menecmi'' by Plauto, translated by Ettore Paratore, directed by Accursio Di Leo, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, directed by A. Foà, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, 1967 * ''Zio Vania'' by Anton Checov, directed by Pietro Sharoff, Teatro Centrale di Roma, 1968 * ''Golem'' by Alessandro Fersen, directed by A. Fersen, E.T.I. Teatro La Pergola di Firenze, 1969 * '' Malatesta'' by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Mario Moretti, directed by José Quaglio

1970s

* ''Il Burbero Benefico'' by

, directed by Carlo Lodovici, ripresa televisiva 22 dicembre 1970 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Stabile di Palermo, 1971 * ''Flavia e le sue Bambole'' by Salvato Cappelli, directed by Giorgio Prosperi, Fondazione Andrea Biondo Compagnia Stabile di Palermo * ''The entertainer'' by John Osborne, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Teatro San Babila di Milano, 1972 * ''Per una giovinetta che nessuno piange'' by Renato Mainardi, directed by Arnoldo Foà * ''Lisistrata'' by Aristofane, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Vecchi vuoti a rendere'' by

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, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Valle 1973 * ''Miles Gloriosus'' by Plauto, trad. e ridu. di A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Attori Riuniti * ''L’estro del Poeta'' by Eugene O’Neill, directed by Enrico Colosimo * ''La folle Amanda'' by Pierre Barillet e Jean-Pierre Gredy, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia del Teatro Comico, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1974 * ''Maschere Nude'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Lambreto Puggelli, Compagnia del Teatro San Babila, 1975 * ''Farsa d’amore e di gelosia'' by Mario Amendola e Bruno Corbucci, directed by Filippo Crivelli, Teatro Nuovo di Milano 1976 * ''Un angelo calibro 9'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà, Theatritalia/Compagnia del Momento Teatrale, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1977–1978 * ''La Roba'' da G. Verga, directed by A. Mazzone * ''Quella della porta accanto'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, con A. Foà, Teatro Parioli di Roma, 1979

1980s

* ''Il lebbroso'' by Giancarlo Menotti, directed by Giancarlo Menotti, Festival dei Due Mondi, 1980 * ''Il teatro comico'' by

, directed by Augusto Zucchi * ''Questa sera si recita a soggetto'' by

, regia Marco Parodi, Cooperativa Teatro di Sardegna, 1982 * ''Le Supplici'' by Eschilo, regia Otomar Krejca, Greek Theatre of Syracuse * ''L’Angelo Azzurro'', adapted by Aldo Trionfo e Alessandro Giupponi dal testo di

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, directed by Alessandro Giupponi, 1983 * ''Il Settimo Sigillo'' (da Dipinto su legno by

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), directed by Lucio Chiavarelli, Festival di Borgio Verezzi, 1984 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà * ''Ciavieddu'' by Salvatore Fiume, directed by , Teatro dei Ruderi di Gibellina, 1985 * ''La corda a tre capi'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Astec - Teatro Stabile dei Giovani * ''Fiorenza'' by

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, directed by Aldo Trionfo (con la collaborazione di Lorenzo Salveti), 1986 * ''Otello'' by

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(opera lirica), directed by Arnoldo Foà, Auditorium di Cagliari * ''La Tosca'' by Victorien Sardou, adattamento e directed by Aldo Trionfo, di Napoli, 1988 * ''L’ispettore generale'' by

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, directed by , GITIESSE Spettacoli, 1989 * ''La palla al piede'' by

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, directed by Armando Pugliese,

di Roma * ''Un pezzo di paradiso'' by Steve J. Spears, directed by A. Foà,

1990s

* ''Don Giovanni e Faust'' by Christian Dietrich Grabbe, directed by Gino Zampieri, Festival del Teatro Classico, Borgio Verezzi, 1990 * ''L’Ultimo Viaggio di Pirandello'' by B. Belfiore, directed by P. Gazzara, 1991 * ''Adelchi'' by A. Manzoni, directed by Federico Tiezzi, produzione Teatro Biondo di Palermo e Teatro Argentina di Roma, Teatro Biondo di Palermo, 1992 * ''La bottega del caffè'' by C. Goldoni, directed by Mario Missiroli, Produzione Teatro Argentina di Roma * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, trad. di Raffaele Cantarella, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''Il Corsaro'' (dal Decamerone di

Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio ( , ; ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was s ...

) di Fausto Tapergi, directed by Marco Carniti, 1993–1994 * ''Aulularia'' by Plauto, directed by Renato Giordano, Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica * ''Aminta'' by

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, directed by Luca Ronconi, Produzione Teatro di Roma * ''Una serata per l'impresario teatrale'' directed by Stefano Mazzonis, Trittico di 3 opere buffe: Il maestro di cappella by D.Cimarosa e Epitaffi sparsi by

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, e L'impresario teatrale by W. A. Mozart. Orchestra Pro Arte Marche diretta da Bruno Rigacci. 1997 * ''La signora della musica'' by André Ernotte e Elliot Tiber, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano e Cubatea, 1998 * ''La rivoluzione di Frà Tommaso Campanella'' by Mario Moretti, directed by Mario Moretti, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 1999 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano * ''Tutti gli uomini del deficiente'' directed by Paolo Costella, 1999

2000s

* ''Amphitryon Toujours'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Spoleto Festival 2000, 2000 * ''Ultimo giorno di un condannato a morte'', di Giovanni De Feudis, directed by Giovanni De Feudis (da Le dernier jour d’un condamné by

) * ''L’Igiene dell’Assassino'' by Amélie Nothomb, directed by Andrea Dosio, Torino Spettacoli, Teatro Erba di Torino, 2001 * ''ll Vantone'' by

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(dal Miles Gloriosus by

), directed by Pino Quartullo * ''Colpevole innocenza'' by Ronald Harwood, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Mario Chiocchio, Teatro Greco di Roma * ''Pluto'' by

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, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, 2002 * ''Duse/D’Annunzio'' by Barbara Amodio, directed by Angelo Gallo * ''Novecento'' by Alessandro Baricco, directed by Gabriele Vacis, Produzione Mondrian Kilroy Fund e Irma Spettacoli, 2003–2004 * ''Oggi'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by A. Foà, con A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 2005 * ''Patrizia, il Musical'', di Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Sistina * ''Sul lago dorato'' by Ernest Thompson (adattamento di Nino Marino), directed by Maurizio Panici, produzione La Pirandelliana, Festival di Borgio Verezzi 2006 * ''Scene dalla vita di Mozart'' testo di Lorenzo Arruga, musica di Albert Lortzing, regia Dan Jemmett, direzione musicale Paolo Arrivabeni, con Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Comunale di Bologna * ''Io,

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'', di Piero Melograni, directed by Giulio Farnese, Teatro Politeama Pratese, 2007

Selected filmography

* '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - Un gentiluomo alla corte di Graiano * ''Crispino e la comare'' (1938) * ''Orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) * ''Fuga nella tempesta'' (1945) * '' O sole mio'' (1946) - Peppino * '' The Testimony'' (1946) - L'impiegato dell' anagrafe * '' Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) - Brusan * ''Sangue a Ca' Foscari'' (1946) - Cavaliere della Rosa (narrator, uncredited) * '' The Opium Den'' (1947) * '' The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) - Serguei (uncredited) * '' L'eroe della strada'' (1948) - Il pubblico ministero * '' The Earth Cries Out'' (1949) - Terrorista * '' Yvonne of the Night'' (1949) - Il senatore * ''

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'' (1949) - Achille * ''Marechiaro'' (1949) - L'avvocato difensore * '' The Merry Widower'' (1949) - Roy * ''

The Cadets of Gascony ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (Italian: ''I cadetti di Guascogna'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Campanini and Mario Riva. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome, with sets designed by ...

'' (1950) - Un ufficiale (uncredited) * '' The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950) * '' Toto the Sheik'' (1950) - Il matto * '' Il Brigante Musolino'' (1950) - The advocate * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) - Cesare * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) - Sergente * '' Double Cross'' (1951) - Avvocato Luigi * '' Verginità'' (1951) - Renè * '' Never Take No for an Answer'' (1951) * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) - Il duca Alessandro * '' Viva il cinema!'' (1952) - Productor * '' Stranger on the Prowl'' (1952) - Inspector-in-Charge * '' In Olden Days'' (1952) - Contadino toscano (segment "Questione d'interesse") * '' Five Paupers in an Automobile'' (1952) - Alfredo * '' Immortal Melodies'' (1952) - Narratore (narrator, uncredited) * '' Red Love'' (1952) - Sebastiano * '' Genoese Dragnet'' (1952) - Basilio * '' La storia del fornaretto di Venezia'' (1952) - Alvise Venier * '' Infame accusa'' (1953) - Don Antonio * '' Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) - Michelotto * '' Ivan, Son of the White Devil'' (1953) - Emiro Abdul * ''La figlia del forzato'' (1953) - Dott. Palmieri * ''Viva la rivista!'' (1953) * '' The Stranger's Hand'' (1954) - Commissioner * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) - Riera * ''Avanzi di galera'' (1954) - Il capo * '' Angela'' (1954) - Capt. Ambrosi * '' Cardinal Lambertini'' (1954) - Il duca di Montimar * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1954) - conte di Brissac * ''Rosso e nero'' (1954) * '' Toto and Carolina'' (1955) - Commissario * ''Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (1955) - Narrator (narrator, uncredited) * '' Chéri-Bibi'' (1955) - Le Kanak * ''Non c'è amore più grande'' (1955) - Romolo Rocca * '' Destination Piovarolo'' (1955) - Il podestà * '' The Letters Page'' (1955) - Narratore (uncredited) * ''Cantami buongiorno tristezza'' (1955) - Marco Salviati * ''

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'' (1956) - Narratore (uncredited) * '' Difendo il mio amore'' (1956) - L'avvocato Guarini * '' Supreme Confession'' (1956) - Armando * ''Io, Caterina'' (1957) * '' Desert Warrior'' (1957) - (uncredited) * '' Rascel-Fifì'' (1957) - Narratore (uncredited) * '' The Silent Enemy'' (1958) - Tomolino * '' Vengeance'' (1958) - Bermejo * '' The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (1958, TV Series) - Rodolfo Nickleby * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958) as Nello Della Pietra * ''

Herod the Great Herod I or Herod the Great () was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the ...

'' (1959) - (uncredited) * '' The Nights of Lucretia Borgia'' (1959) - Astorre * '' Desert Desperadoes'' (1959) - The Chaldean * ''

Carthage in Flames ''Carthage in Flames'' () is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were desi ...

'' (1960) * ''Les canailles'' (1960) - Tonioni * '' The Loves of Salammbo'' (1960) - Spendius * ''

The Angel Wore Red ''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/ Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo ...

'' (1960) - Insurgent Major * '' Captain Blood'' (1960) - Concini * ''Heaven on Earth'' (1960) - Count Verbano * '' The Tartars'' (1961) - Ciu Lang * ''

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'' (1961) - Joseph of Arimathea * '' Damon and Pythias'' (1962) - Dionysius * '' The Reluctant Saint'' (1962) - Felixa - Giuseppe's Father * '' War Gods of Babylon'' (1962) - Zoroastro * '' The Trial'' (1962) - Inspector A * '' 100 Horsemen'' (1964) - Don Gonzalo Herrera y Menendez * ''The Son of Cleopatra'' (1964) - Varrone * ''

Judith The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Christian Old Testament of the Bible but Development of the Hebrew Bible canon, excluded from the ...

'' (1966) - Interrogator * ''

The Sailor from Gibraltar ''The Sailor from Gibraltar'' is a 1967 British romantic drama, romantic drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jeanne Moreau, Ian Bannen, Vanessa Redgrave, Hugh Griffith and Orson Welles. Based on the novel ''Le Marin de Gibraltar' ...

'' (1967) - Man on Train * ''

The Shoes of the Fisherman The Shoes of the Fisherman may refer to: * ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (novel), a 1963 novel by the writer Morris West * ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (film), a 1968 film based on the novel {{disambiguation ...

'' (1968) - Gelasio * '' Borsalino'' (1970) - Marello * '' Cause of Divorce'' (1972) - Maini - father of Ernesta * ''Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi'' (1972) - Democristiani / comunista / missino * ''Primo tango a Roma... storia d'amore e d'alchimia'' (1973) - Sciarra Colonna * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1974) - Monsignor Badensky * '' Il domestico'' (1974) - Ambrogio Perigatti / Engineer * '' A Matter of Time'' (1976) - Pavelli (uncredited) * '' A Dangerous Toy'' (1979) - Nicola Griffo * '' Cento giorni a Palermo'' (1984) - Rognoni, ministro dell'Interno * ''L'attenzione'' (1985) - Direttore Giornale * '' The King's Whore'' (1990) - 1st Priest * ''Anteprima al terzo braccio'' (1995) * ''Ardena'' (1997) - Rosolino * ''Crimine contro crimine'' (1998) - Sua Eccellenza * ''Asini'' (1999) - The Cardinal * '' All the Moron's Men'' (1999) - Presidente Leone Stella * '' Nora'' (2000) - Sig. Canarutto (uncredited) * '' Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) - The Restorer * '' I Love You Eugenio'' (2002) - Prof. Bonelli * '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003, TV Movie) - Cardinal Ottaviani * '' Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy?'' (2003) - Renato * '' Gente di Roma'' (2003) - Restaurant Father * ''La febbre'' (2005) - Il Presidente * ''Anthony, Warrior of God'' (2006) - Papa Gregorio IX * ''Anime veloci'' (2006) - Padre di Suzanne * ''Quale amore'' (2006) - Robert Stefelmayer * '' Il 7 e l'8'' (2007) - Padre Superiore * '' The Rage'' (2008) * ''Legami di sangue'' (2009) - Father * '' The Red Shadows'' (2009) - Massimo * ''Ce n'è per tutti'' (2009) - Grandfather * '' Up'' (2009) - Charles F. Muntz (Italian version) * ''Sul nome Bach'' (2011)

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