Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello | |
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| Born | 19 May 1930 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 12 December 1968 (aged 38) Lusaka, Zambia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Documentarist |
| Years active | 1950-1968 |
Antonio Cifariello (19 May 1930 – 12 December 1968) was an Italian actor and documentarist.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Naples, son of the sculptor Filippo Cifariello, Antonio started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio Montale, in La sposa che vestiva di bianco, a film which had several production issues and that was released only in 1953.[1]
In the meanwhile Cifariello appeared in several fotoromanzi using the stage name Mauro Vellani, and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1953.[1] The same year, he was chosen by Federico Fellini to star in Marriage Agency, a segment of the anthology film Love in the City.[1] Following the release of the film, in a short time Cifariello established himself as one of the most requested young actors in Italian cinema, mainly active in romantic comedies and adventure films.[1]
Tired of playing stereotypal characters of seducers or boyfriends, in the 1960s Cifariello gradually moved his career towards journalism and television documentaries.[1][2]
On 12 December 1968, during a trip to Zambia for a RAI documentary, Cifariello died in a plane crash. He was 38.[1][2]
Partial filmography[edit]
- They Were Three Hundred (1952) - Sergente Cafiero
- Woman of the Red Sea (1953) - Pierluigi
- Amanti senza peccato (1953) - Righetto
- Love in the City (1953) - Giornalista (segment "Agenzia matrimoniale, Un'")
- It Happened in the Park (1953) - The Sailor
- Angels of Darkness (1954)
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Don Armando
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955) - Amleto
- Le ragazze di San Frediano (1955) - Andrea Sernesi aka Bob
- The Belle of Rome (1955) - Otello
- Scandal in Sorrento (1955) - Nicola Pascazio 'Nicolino'
- I quattro del getto tonante (1955) - Tenente Luciano Zanchi
- The Awakening (1956) - Peppino
- Peccato di castità (1956)
- Noi siamo le colonne (1956) - Ugo Stefani
- Operazione notte (1957)
- La donna del giorno (1957) - Giorgio Salustri
- Souvenir d'Italie (1957) - Gino
- Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Antonio
- La mina (1958) - Stefano
- Young Husbands (1958) - Ettore Graziani
- The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV Series) - Nicola Nickleby
- Resurrection (1958) - Chenbeck
- The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958) - Teo
- L'amore nasce a Roma (1958) - Mario
- Promesse di marinaio (1958) - Mario
- Men and Noblemen (1959) - Mario Ludovici
- Ciao, ciao bambina! (1959) - Riccardo Branca
- Wild Cats on the Beach (1959) - Gino Santoni
- Vacations in Majorca (1959) - Ernesto
- Roulotte e roulette (1959) - Antonio Aiello
- Questo amore ai confini del mondo (1960) - Walter
- A Qualcuna Piace Calvo (1960) - Alberto Rossi
- Rome 1585 (1961) - Leonetto Ardenghi
- My Love Is Called Margarita (1961) - Eduardo Heredia, profesor de literatura
- Jessica (1962) - Gianni Crupi
- The Lovely Lola (1962) - Javier
- In Search of the Castaways (1962) - Chief Thalcave
- Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964) - Giuseppe Santucci (final film role)
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