Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Fiorenzo Fiorentini | |
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 Fiorentini in Teresa the Thief (1973) | |
| Born | 10 April 1920 |
| Died | 27 March 2003 (aged 82) Rome |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Children | Roberta Fiorentini |
Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful macchiette (i.e. comic monologues caricaturing stock characters).[1][2] He made his stage debut in 1954, in the revue Tutto fa Broadway.[2] He later focused his stage activity on plays and shows related to Roman culture, often collaborating with Mario Scaccia.[1][2] In 1980 he founded the Ettore Petrolini Study Centre in Rome.[2]
Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays.[1][2] He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer.[1] He died from the after-effects of an intracerebral hemorrhage.[3]
Partial filmography
[edit]- Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949) - sor du fodere', l'intrattenitore
- Anthony of Padua (1949, writer)
- Viva il cinema! (1952) - Tonino
- A Mother Returns (1952, writer)
- Giovinezza (1952, writer)
- Good Folk's Sunday (1953) - Vincenzo
- Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) - Pippo
- Café chantant (1953) - Se stesso / Himself
- Cento serenate (1954) - Don Alfonso detto Fofò
- Le vacanze del sor Clemente (1955) - Mr. Cheri
- I pinguini ci guardano (1956)
- The Traffic Policeman (1960) - Padre di Otello (voice, uncredited)
- Parigi o cara (1962) - Claudio Nesti
- Carmen di Trastevere (1962) - Carmen's Guitar Player
- Canzoni a tempo di twist (1962)
- The Monk of Monza (1963) - Smilzo, un bravo
- Gli onorevoli (1963) - Professore
- I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964)
- Lo scippo (1965)
- How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966) - Romoletto, detto 'Il Genio del Male'
- Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore (1966)
- The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967) - Tazio
- Soldati e capelloni (1967) - Direttore del locale notturno
- Play-Boy (1967) - Tailor
- Il profeta (1968) - Luigi
- Donne... botte e bersaglieri (1968) - Porter
- The Black Sheep (1968) - Bertieri
- The Two Crusaders (1968) - Ciccio counselor
- Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) - House-painter
- Zenabel (1969) - Cecco
- Gli infermieri della mutua (1969) - Marchese Renostowski
- Oh dolci baci e languide carezze (1970)
- La ragazza del prete (1970)
- I due maggiolini più matti del mondo (1970) - Il Giglio
- Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Ignazio, il 'frascataro'
- Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) - Er Frascataro
- Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? (1972) - Pasquina's Uncle
- La Tosca (1973) - Spoletta
- Teresa the Thief (1973) - Alvaro - Ciancastorta
- La notte dell'ultimo giorno (1973)
- Buona parte di Paolina (1973)
- Farfallon (1974) - Leonardo
- Tutto in comune (1974)
- Che notte quella notte! (1977) - Bernardino
- La soldatessa alla visita militare (1977) - Warrant Officer at the depot
- Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977) - Cardinal (segment "Prete per forza")
- Last Feelings (1978) - Anselmo
- Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978) - Friend of Dino / Oreste
- Ridendo e scherzando (1978) - Peppino
- Ciao cialtroni! (1979)
- L'assistente sociale tutto pepe (1981) - 'Monsignore'
- La Storia (1986, TV Movie) - Cucchiarelli
- Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990) - Pietro
- Only You (1994) - Old Man
- Un bugiardo in paradiso (1998)
- The Missing (1999) - Cardinal Valetti
- Gente di Roma (2003)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ a b c d e Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
- ^ "Addio a Fiorenzo Fiorentini il trasformista del teatro". La Repubblica. 2 March 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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