Andrea Checchi was a prolific Italian

Italy

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 film actor.

Born in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. He appeared in Giuseppe de Santis's Tragic Hunt

Tragic Hunt

Caccia tragica or Tragic Hunt is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script.-Awards:...

 (1947), Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...

's La signora senza camelie

The Lady Without Camelias

La signora senza camelie is a 1953 Italian black-and-white drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni....

 (1953), Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio de Sica

Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

's Two Women

Two Women

Two Women is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi...

 (1960), and Mario Bava

Mario Bava

Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...

's Black Sunday (1960), among many other films. In 1958, he won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actor

-Nastro d'Argento for Best supporting Actor:*1946 - Gino Cervi - Le miserie del signor Travet*1947 - Massimo Serato - Il sole sorge ancora*1948 - Nando Bruno - Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo...

 Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the film Parola di ladro (1957). In 1971, he starred with Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...

 in E le stelle stanno a guardare

E le stelle stanno a guardare

E le stelle stanno a guardare is a 1971 Italian adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel The Stars Look Down. It was written and directed by Anton Giulio Majano and was produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana...

, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin

A. J. Cronin

Archibald Joseph Cronin was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were adapted to film. He also created the Dr...

's novel, The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was produced in 1939, and television adaptations include both Italian and British versions....

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