Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 – 19 April 1979) was an Italian film actor.
Antonio Centa | |
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| Born | 10 August 1907 Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Italy |
| Died | 19 April 1979 (aged 71) Rovigo, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
editBorn in Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war).[1] He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in Renato Castellani's films A Pistol Shot and Zazà.[1] After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in supporting roles.[1]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | But It's Nothing Serious | Grizzoffi | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Bayonet | Mario Verandi | |
| 1936 | The Countess of Parma | Il tenente Mario Ludovici | |
| 1936 | The Two Sergeants | Il luogotenente Carlo Duva / lIl colonnello Georges Masson | |
| 1937 | The Countess of Parma | Gino Vanni | |
| 1937 | Marcella | Oliviero | |
| 1937 | The Three Wishes | Renato Nardi | |
| 1938 | Princess Tarakanova | Il capitano Sleptozow | |
| 1938 | Arma bianca | ||
| 1938 | Under the Southern Cross | Paolo | |
| 1938 | Battles in the Shadow | Mario | |
| 1939 | Who Are You? | Maurizio / l'attore Man Rowel | |
| 1939 | A Wife in Danger | Giorgio De Martius | |
| 1939 | The Castle Ball | Tenente Paolo Karinsky | |
| 1940 | Validità giorni dieci | Paolo Rubini | |
| 1940 | Tutto per la donna | Gianni | |
| 1940 | The Cavalier from Kruja | Stafano Andriani | |
| 1940 | Manovre d'amore | Il sottotenente Zilihay | |
| 1941 | Il pozzo dei miracoli | Stefano Klapka | |
| 1941 | Solitudine | Giovanni Fabiani | |
| 1942 | Headlights in the Fog | Carlo detto "Brillantina" | |
| 1942 | The Princess of Dreams | Il principe Goffredo Ardesiani | |
| 1942 | Cercasi bionda bella presenza | Giorgio | |
| 1942 | A Pistol Shot | Sergio Drutzky | |
| 1942 | Il ponte sull'infinito | Renato Forester | |
| 1943 | Gente dell'aria | Raimondo Sandri | |
| 1943 | I'll Always Love You | Diego | |
| 1944 | Zazà | Dufresne | |
| 1946 | Pian delle stelle | ||
| 1948 | Assunta Spina | Federico Funelli | |
| 1948 | The Mysterious Rider | Antonio, fratello di Casanova | |
| 1948 | The Man with the Grey Glove | Max | |
| 1949 | The Glass Mountain | Gino | |
| 1950 | Fugitive Lady | Jack De Marco | |
| 1951 | The Rival of the Empress | Principe Rasiwill | |
| 1951 | Shadows on the Grand Canal | Stefano | |
| 1952 | Gli uomini non guardano il cielo | Segretario del papa | |
| 1953 | The Wages of Fear | Camp Chief | |
| 1954 | Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare) | Dottor Vargas | |
| 1961 | Laura nuda | Sandro - il padre di Laura | |
| 1961 | A Difficult Life | Carlo - Elena's Friend | |
| 1968 | The Black Sheep | Commendator Mannocchi | |
| 1969 | Lo stato d'assedio | Lorenzo's father | |
| 1969 | Giovinezza giovinezza | Cavallari | (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.