Loris Gizzi
Loris Gizzi | |
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Gizzi strangles Erminio Macario in a scene of L'innocente Casimiro (1945) | |
Born |
Rome, Italy | 16 August 1899
Died |
6 October 1986 87) Rome, Italy | (aged
Loris Gizzi (16 August 1899 – 6 October 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, after his university studies Gizzi attended a school of dance and singing.[1] He abandoned the courses ehen he became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato, reaching the rank of sub-station master.[1] In the 1930s, he discovered his vocation as an actor, attending several dramatic societies.[1] In 1935, during an outdoor show on the Palatine Hill in honor of royal guests, he was chosen to play Remus in the drama play Rumon; from then he entered the most important stage companies of the time, notably appearing in the 1938 representation of Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele D'Annunzio, staged by Renato Simoni and with Andreina Pagnani in the title role.[1] Active on films since 1933, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in humorous roles.[1] He played several times Gioachino Rossini, with whom he shared a physical resemblance.[1] He was also active as a voice actor and a dubber.[1]
Selected filmography
- Black Shirt (1933)
- Condottieri (1937)
- For Men Only (1938)
- I Live as I Please (1942)
- Headlights in the Fog (1942)
- The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (1942)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- We Are Not Married (1946)
- Difficult Years (1948)
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
- Napoleon (1951)
- Nobody's Children (1951)
- My Heart Sings (1951)
- Destiny (1951)
- The Overcoat (1952)
- La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952)
- Verdi, the King of Melody (1953)
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
- The Three Thieves (1954)
- The Two Friends (1955)
- The Song of the Heart (1955)
- Are We Men or Corporals? (1955)
- Wives and Obscurities (1956)
- Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956)
- Adorable and a Liar (1958)
- Some Like It Cold (1960)
- Pirates of the Coast (1960)
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
- Guns of the Black Witch (1961)
- Sword in the Shadows (1961)
- Queen of the Seas (1961)
- The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
- Ten Italians for One German (1962)
- Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
- Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
- James Tont operazione U.N.O. (1965)
- James Tont operazione D.U.E. (1966)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 289–290. ISBN 8884402131.