Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979)''Il diritto al cinema: cent'anni di courtroom drama e melodrammi giudiziari''
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actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), ''

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'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him a

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, and ''

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'' (1972).

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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to seek his fortune. He met

Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...

in 1949 and appears in Germi's '' In nome della legge'', a film for which he won

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as Best Supporting Actor. He became Germi's favourite actor, working together with him in ''

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'' (1950), ''

'' (1956), '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959), '' Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) and most notably '' Seduced and Abandoned'' in 1964. That film earned him Best Actor awards at the

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and the

the following year. He acted in '' Don Camillo'' sequels,

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's '' Beat the Devil'',

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's ''

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'', and international films such as ''

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'', and

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's ''

'' as Signor Vitelli, father of Michael Corleone's first wife Apollonia.

Selected filmography

* '' The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * ''La conquista dell'aria'' (1939) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) - Un portatore * ''Tosca'' (1941) - (uncredited) * ''Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''La compagnia della teppa'' (1941) * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1941) * '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942) - Uno dei servitori alla scampagnata (uncredited) * ''Giorno di nozze'' (1942) * '' Odessa in fiamme'' (1942) - (uncredited) * ''Harlem'' (1943) * '' Special Correspondents'' (1943) - Un soldato * '' The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) - (uncredited) * '' The Innkeeper'' (1944) * ''La freccia nel fianco'' (1945) - (uncredited) * ''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949) - Il maresciallo Grifò * ''Monastero di Santa Chiara'' (1949) - Il direttore del teatro * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) - zingaro Marco * '' Pact with the Devil'' (1950) * '' Hawk of the Nile'' (1950) - Sahid * '' Mistress of the Mountains'' (1950) - sindaco Giusà * '' Barrier to the North'' (1950) - Il brigadiere * ''

'' (1950) - Ciccio Ingaggiatore * '' Il monello della strada'' (1950) - Il commissario * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) - Il brigadiere Carmelo Carlin * ''La vendetta del corsaro'' (1951) - Aguirre * ''Trieste mia!'' (1951) * '' The Counterfeiters'' (1951) - Maresciallo Terlizi * '' Black Fire'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) - Brusco * '' A Mother Returns'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) - Police commissioner Siceli * '' Fratelli d'Italia'' (1952) * '' Io, Amleto'' (1952) * '' The Return of Don Camillo'' (1953) - Brusco - il barbiere * ''Cronaca di un delitto'' (1953) - Martino * '' Beat the Devil'' (1953) - Captain of SS Nyanga * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''Cañas y barro'' (1954) - Cañamel * ''

'' (1954) - Il capocomico * '' I cinque dell'Adamello'' (1954) - Briscola * '' Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955) - Brusco, il parucchiere / Brusco, le coiffeur * '' La ladra'' (1955) - Il Caporale * ''Motivo in maschera'' (1955) * ''

'' (1956) - Gigi Liverani * '' Engaged to Death'' (1957) - Tulio * ''Marchands de filles'' (1957) * ' (1957) - Polizist Emilio * ''Dinanzi a noi il cielo'' (1957) - Padre di Tom * ''

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'' (1958) - Beppe * ''Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen'' (1958) - Koch Peppino * '' ...And the Wild Wild Women'' (1959) - Maresciallo del carcere * ''

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'' (1959) - Mendoza * ''I mafiosi'' (1959) * '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959) - Maresciallo Saro * '' Seven in the Sun'' (1960) - Fernand * '' Ça va être ta fête'' (1960) - Alvarez * ''Cavalcata selvaggia'' (1960) * ''Les filles sèment le vent'' (1961) - Buonacasa * '' A Day for Lionhearts'' (1961) - Il sergente * '' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' (1961) - Brusco, il sindaco * ''Lo sgarro'' (1962) * ''Divorzio alla siciliana'' (1963) * '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964) - Don Vincenzo Ascalone * '' The Sucker'' (1965) - Tagliella, un garagiste à Naples (uncredited) * '' Don Camillo in Moscow'' (1965) - Brusco * '' Mission to Caracas'' (1965) - Emile Vasson * '' Le Chant du monde'' (1965) - Carle * ''

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'' (1966) - Monsieur Simon * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - 2nd Praying Man * ''

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'' (1966) - Basilio * '' The Road to Corinthe'' (1967) - Kalhides * ''Gente d'onore'' (1967) * ''Vivre la nuit'' (1968) * '' Serafino'' (1968) - Uncle Agenore * '' Un caso di coscienza'' (1970) - Pharmacist * ''La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo'' (1970) - The doctor * ''Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo, col complesso della buonanima'' (1971) - John Cardaci * ''

'' (1972) - Signor Vitelli - Sicilian Sequence * '' Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) - Maria Rosa's father * '' Black Turin'' (1972) - Jaco * '' Il caso Pisciotta'' (1972) - Don Vincenzo Coluzzi * '' Sgarro alla camorra'' (1973) * '' Il figlioccio del padrino'' (1973) - Don Salvatore Trizzino * ''Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale'' (1975) - Corporal Martucci * '' Giovannino'' (1976) - Giovannino's father * ''Occhio alla vedova!'' (1976)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urzi, Saro 1913 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male actors Italian film directors Male actors from Catania Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Nastro d'Argento winners