Gianni Bonagura
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| Born | 27 October 1925 Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950-2005 |
Gianni Bonagura (born 27 October 1925) is an Italian film, stage, television and radio actor and a voice actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1950 and 2001.
Life and career
Born in Milan as Gianfelice Bonagura, he arrived at the threshold of a degree in philosophy, then 1946 he abandoned his studies to attend the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica.[1] Essentially a stage actor, Bonagura became popular in the second half of fifties as a radio actor, protagonist of vignettes together with Nino Manfredi and Paolo Ferrari.[1][2] In cinema and television, he was only used as a character actor, with the exception of the role of Dr. Watson in the 1968 RAI television series Sherlock Holmes.[1]
Selected filmography
- Against the Law (1950)
- Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
- Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
- The Employee (1959)
- Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960)
- Behind Closed Doors (1961)
- Damon and Pythias (1962)
- Le pillole di Ercole (1962)
- I cuori infranti (1963)
- Sherlock Holmes (1968)
- In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971)
- My Darling Slave (1973)
- The Great Kidnapping (1973)
- Sex Pot (1975)
- Segni particolari: bellissimo (1983)
- I Am an ESP (1985)
- Grandi magazzini (1986)
- In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
- Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)
- Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
- Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000)
References
- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ Redazione. "Gianni Bonagura". MyMovies. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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