Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo | |
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| Born | 2 February 1919 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 9 June 1973 (aged 54) Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Carlo D'Angelo (2 February 1919 – 9 June 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala.[1] After studiyng law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber.[1] In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler.[1] In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.[1] In 1963-1964 he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina.[1] D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series.[1] D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.[2]
Partial filmography
- Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
- Lorenzaccio (1951)
- Perdonami! (1953)
- Pietà per chi cade (1954)
- La ladra (1955)
- I Vampiri (1957)
- Dreams in a Drawer (1957)
- Herod the Great (1958)
- The Great War (1959)
- Hercules Unchained (1959)
- Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961)
- A Day for Lionhearts (1961)
- Pigeon Shoot (1961)
- Ten Italians for One German (1962)
- Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962)
- The Verona Trial (1963)
- Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966)
- One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966)
- The Great Silence (1968)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402131.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a. bl. (10 June 1973). "Morto l'attore Carlo D'Angelo famosa voce del nostro teatro". La Stampa. No. 135.
External links
Media related to Carlo D'Angelo at Wikimedia Commons