Orazio Orlando
| Orazio Orlando | |
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| Born | 14 June 1937 Naples, Italy |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Rome, Italy |
Orazio Orlando (14 June 1937 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953-54 and in 1954-55, without graduating.[1] He made his debut at 18, with the stage company of Renzo Ricci, along with Giorgio Albertazzi and Anna Proclemer.[1][2] His first important participation was in Shakespeare's King Lear, in 1955.[2] In 1958 he began his television career in the role of Tybalt in a successful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; he took part to a great number of films, TV-series and television movies, but became popular in 1973 thanks to the interpretation of the Commissioner Solmi, in the television series Qui squadra mobile.[1][2] About his film career, he is best remembered for his roles in Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and Property Is No Longer a Theft.[2] He died of a heart attack on the stage of the Teatro Flaiano in Rome, at 53 years old, during the rehearsal of the play Ad Eva aggiungi Eva.[1][2]
Selected filmography
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- Le bambole, segment "La minestra" (1965)
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
- Waterloo (1970)
- La supertestimone (1971)
- Ripped Off (1972)
- Gli ordini sono ordini (1972)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
- It Was Me (1973)
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
- Lovers and Other Relatives (1974)
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
- Policewoman (1974)
- The Flower in His Mouth (1975)
- L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
- Evil Thoughts (1976)
- Maschio latino cercasi, segment "Gennarino l'emigrante" (1977)
- Il mostro (1977)
- Highway Racer (1977)
- Gangbuster (1977)
- Corleone (1977)
- Traffic Jam (1979)
- Tigers in Lipstick, segment "L'arabo" (1979)
- Speed driver (1980)
- Help Me Dream (1981)
- Scusa se è poco, segment "Trenta minuti d'amore" (1982)
- La donna delle meraviglie (1985)
References
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External links
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- 1937 births
- 1990 deaths
- Italian male film actors
- People from Naples
- Italian male television actors
- Italian male stage actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
