Gianfranco D'Angelo (19 August 1936 – 15 August 2021) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Biography
Born in
Rome
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, D'Angelo started his career as a comedian in the mid-1960s, achieving his first successes with the theatrical company "Il Bagaglino".
His career was launched in the mid-1970s, with a series of successful variety shows such as ''Mazzabubù'', ''C'era una volta Roma'', ''La Sberla'', and reached its peak in the following decade, with ''
Drive In'', ''Odiens'' and ''
Striscia la notizia
''Striscia la notizia'' (, "the news slithers") is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Launched in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but ''Striscia'' ...
''.
D'Angelo was also very active in cinema between 1974 and 1982, but his film activity was limited to "''
sexy comedies''" and B-movies.
D'Angelo died after a short illness on 15 August 2021 at the
Gemelli Hospital in Rome, a few days before he turned 85. The funeral was celebrated on 17 August in the Church of the Artists in
Piazza del Popolo
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in Rome.
Filmography
* ''
Zum zum zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa'' (1969) - Party presenter
* ''Io non scappo... fuggo'' (1970)
* ''Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra!'' (1970) - don Gelindo
* ''Lady Barbara'' (1970) - Fogarone
* ''Nel giorno del signore'' (1970) - Discepolo di Raffaello
* ''4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre'' (1974) - Serafino
* ''
Mondo candido'' (1975) - Barone
* ''
Lover Boy'' (1975) - Fra' Domenico
* ''
The School Teacher
''L'insegnante'' (internationally released as ''The School Teacher'' and ''Sexy Schoolteacher'') is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero. The film had a great commercial success and generated an "Insegnante" (Schoolteacher) ...
'' (1975) - Professor Puntiglio
* ''
La liceale'' (1975) - Gianni Guidi / Professor
* ''Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa)'' (1976) - Tito Tazio
* ''
Confessions of a Lady Cop'' (1976) - Onorevole Mannello
* ''Ecco lingua d'argento'' (1976) - Bobby
* ''
Classe mista'' (1976) - Ciccio
* ''
La professoressa di scienze naturali'' (1976) - Genesio
* ''
The Lady Medic'' (1976) - Dottor Frustalupi
* ''
Nerone'' (1977) - Tigellino
* ''
Maschio latino cercasi
''Maschio latino cercasi'' (also known as ''L'affare si ingrossa'') is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Giovanni Narzisi and starring Dayle Haddon, Gloria Guida, and Stefania Casini.
Cast
* Adriana Asti as Sisina
* Gino Br ...
'' (1977) - Il turista (segment "Accadde a Napoli")
* ''Kakkientruppen'' (1977) - Soldato Fritz
* ''
Taxi Girl
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'' (1977) - Isidoro
* ''
La compagna di banco
''La compagna di banco'' is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti.
Cast
* Lino Banfi: Teo D'Olivo
* Lilli Carati: Simona Girardi
* Gianfranco D'Angelo: Professor Ilario Cacioppo
* Alvaro Vitali: Salvatore
* Antonio Me ...
'' (1977) - Professor Ilario Cacioppo
* ''
Per amore di Poppea'' (1977) - Tizio
* ''Grazie tante - Arrivederci'' (1977) - Faustino
* ''
The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High'' (1978) - Prof. Strumolo
* ''Scherzi da prete'' (1978) - Il Cardinale
* ''
Una bella governante di colore
''Una bella governante di colore'' is a 1976 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Luigi Russo and starring Renzo Montagnani with Pasolini muse Ines Pellegrini.
In France, the film was released in an adult version with addition of tw ...
'' (1978) - Professor Klipper
* ''
La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti'' (1978) - Professor Pinzarrone
* ''
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers'' (1978) - Capitano medico
* ''Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba'' (1979) - Buonanima
* ''Tutti a squola'' (1979) - Il preside
*
Girls Will Be Girls'' (1980) - Piergallini
* ''Biancaneve & Co...'' (1982) - Lo specchio parlante
* ''
Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche'' (1982) - Filippo
* ''
La gorilla'' (1982) - Ruby's Father
* ''
Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo
''Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo'' is a 1988 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the sequel to the 1987 film '' Rimini Rimini''.
Plot summary
The film is divided into episodes set on the beaches of Rimini. A womanize ...
'' (1988) - Alì ("Vuò cumprà")
* ''Se lo fai sono guai'' (2001) - Chirurgo
* ''Il crimine non va in pensione'' (2017) - Cesare
* ''W gli sposi'' (2019) - Sacrestano (final film role)
References
Further reading
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External links
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1936 births
2021 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Rome
Italian television personalities
Italian male stage actors
Italian male comedians
Comedians from Rome
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