Renato Salvatori
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Renato Salvatori was an Italian
multi-purpose character actor
.
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He started off handsomely as a romantic juvenile actor but after working with the powerful likes of directors Luchino Visconti
, Roberto Rossellini
and Vittorio De Sica
in the 1960s, turned into one of Italy's strongest characters actors of grim, harrowing drama
.
He met French
actress Annie Girardot
on the set of the 1960 movie Rocco and His Brothers and married her on 6 January 1962. In sharp contrast to their off-camera relationship, in the movie Salvatori played a boxer-turned-thug who viciously rapes Annie, who played a prostitute. They had a daughter, Giulia; later they separated but never divorced.
Salvatori died in Rome
of cirrhosis of the liver.
Italy
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multi-purpose character actor
Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
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Biography
Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of LuccaProvince of Lucca
The Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
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He started off handsomely as a romantic juvenile actor but after working with the powerful likes of directors Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
, Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
and Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
in the 1960s, turned into one of Italy's strongest characters actors of grim, harrowing drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
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He met French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
actress Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...
on the set of the 1960 movie Rocco and His Brothers and married her on 6 January 1962. In sharp contrast to their off-camera relationship, in the movie Salvatori played a boxer-turned-thug who viciously rapes Annie, who played a prostitute. They had a daughter, Giulia; later they separated but never divorced.
Salvatori died in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
of cirrhosis of the liver.
Selected filmography
- Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (1952)
- Jolanda la figlia del corsaro neroJolanda la figlia del corsaro neroJolanda la figlia del corsaro nero is a 1952 Italian film....
(1952) - I tre corsari (1953)
- Opinione pubblica (1953)
- La domenica della buona gente (1953)
- Era di venerdì 17 (Sous le ciel de Provence) (1956)
- Poveri ma belliPoveri ma belliPoveri ma belli is a successful 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.There are two sequels, all directed by Dino Risi and starred by Renato Salvatori and Maurizio Arena:...
(1956) - Belle ma povere (1957)
- Classe di ferro (1957)
- La nonna Sabella (1957)
- Mariti in città (1957)
- Marisa la civetta (1957)
- Promesse di marinaio (1958)
- Io, mammeta e tu (1958)
- Poveri milionari (1958)
- I soliti ignoti (1958)
- La nipote Sabella (1958)
- Mogli pericolose (1958)
- Nella città l'infernoNella città l'infernoNella città l'inferno is a 1959 Italian film directed by Renato Castellani.-Plot:Egle is an inmate of a female jail. Lina is a nervous newcomer who is much more temperate, with some naiveness even...
(1958) - Audace colpo dei soliti ignotiAudace colpo dei soliti ignotiAudace colpo dei soliti ignoti is a 1960 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy...
(1959) - Vento del sudVento del sudVento del sud also known as South Wind is a 1959 Italian mafia crime thriller film directed by Enzo Provenzale starring Claudia Cardinale and Renato Salvatori.-Plot:...
(1959) - Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
- I magliari (1959)
- Era notte a Roma (1960)
- Rocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelli is a 1960 Italian and French film directed by Luchino Visconti. Set in Milan, it tells the story of an immigrant family from the South and its disintegration in the society of the industrial North. The film stars Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, and Claudia...
(1960) - La ciociara (1960)
- Un giorno da Leoni (1961)
- Smog (1962)
- Il baro (1962)
- Uno dei tre (1962)
- La banda Casaroli (1962)
- Il disordine (1962)
- Omicron (1963)
- I compagni (1963)
- Le glaive et la balanceLe glaive et la balanceLe glaive et la balance is a 1963 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was written by Cayatte, Henri Jeanson and Charles Spaak. It stars the American actor, Anthony Perkins as the protagonist.-Plot:...
(1963) - La vedova (1964)
- Extraconiugale (1964)
- Three Nights of LoveThree Nights of LoveThree Nights of Love is a 1964 drama film directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and starring Adolfo Celi.-Cast:* Adolfo Celi* Anna Maria Checchi* Diletta D'Andrea - Gabriella * Rina Franchetti...
(1964) - Una bella grinta (1965)
- La ragazza del bersagliere (1966)
- 100 ragazze per un playboy (1966)
- L'harem (1967)
- QueimadaBurn!Burn! is a 1969 film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo; starring Marlon Brando. The plot is loosely based on events in the history of Guadeloupe.The main character is named after William Walker, the famous American filibuster...
(1969) - Z, l'orgia del potere (1969)
- Il faro in capo al mondo (The Light at the Edge of the World) (1971)
- Gli scassinatori (Le casse) (1972)
- La prima notte di quieteLa prima notte di quieteLa prima notte di quiete, released in USA as Indian Summer is a 1972 Italian and French drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini. It is starred and produced by Alain Delon. In France it runs less than the Italian cut...
(1972) - L'amerikano (État de siège) (1972)
- La mia legge (Les granges brulées) (1973)
- Una breve vacanza (1973)
- Il sospetto (1975)
- Flic StoryFlic StoryFlic Story is a French crime thriller released on October 1, 1975, based on the autobiography of the same name written by French police detective Roger Borniche. Both film and book portray Borniche's nine year pursuit of French gangster and murderer Emile Buisson, who was executed on February 28,...
(1975) - Lo zingaro (Le gitan) (1975)
- Todo modoTodo modo-Cast:* Gian Maria Volonté - M.* Marcello Mastroianni - Don Gaetano* Mariangela Melato - Giacinta, Moglie di M.* Ciccio Ingrassia - Voltrano* Franco Citti - Autista di M.* Tino Scotti - Il Cuoco* Renato Salvatori - Dr. Scalambri* Michel Piccoli - Lui...
(1976) - Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976)
- L'ultima donnaLa Dernière femmeLa Dernière femme is a 1976 French film directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli, Zouzou and Nathalie Baye.Depardieu received a César nomination for best actor for his role.- Plot :...
(1976) - Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
- Quel giorno il mondo termerà (1977)
- Kimblim (1978) - TV
- Ernesto (1979)
- La lunaLa Luna (film)La Luna, also known as Luna, is a 1979 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Jill Clayburgh. The film concerns the troubled life of a teenage boy and his relationship with his parents, including an incestuous relationship with his mother.-Plot:Joe is the son of famous opera...
(1979) - Oggetti smarriti (1980)
- La cicala (1980)
- AssoAsso (film)Asso is a comedy film, directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia and released in 1981. The film stars Adriano Celentano, Edwige Fenech, Renato Salvatori, Sylva Koscina, Pippo Santonastaso, Gianni Magni and Elisabetta Viviani...
(1981) - La tragedia di un uomo ridicoloLa Tragedia di un uomo ridicoloTragedy of a Ridiculous Man is a 1981 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It stars Anouk Aimée and Ugo Tognazzi, who was awarded the Best Male Actor Award at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for his performance...
(1981)