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Luigi Almirante - Wikipedia

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Luigi Almirante

Born	(1886-09-30)30 September 1886 Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia
Died	6 May 1963(1963-05-06) (aged 76) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921–1955

Luigi Almirante (30 September 1884 – 6 May 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 62 films between 1921 and 1955.^[1]

Life and career

The son of a stage actor, Almirante was born in Tunis, where the theatrical company of his father was touring at the time. He debuted on stage aged 14 years old.^[2]

Active in humorous roles since 1907, Almirante had his acting breakthrough in 1909 with the "Grand Guignol" stage company directed by Alfredo Sainati [it]. During the World War I, he served at the Soldier's Theatre in Udine, under Renato Simoni. After the war, he was part of the Antonio Gandusio company for three years, and then joined the Theater Company Niccodemi, staying there until 1923.^[2]

In 1925 Almirante formed with his cousin Italia Almirante Manzini a stage company which lengthy toured with some success in the United States. In 1928, he formed a company together with Giuditta Rissone and Sergio Tofano, and in 1931, he established a short-lived company with Andreina Pagnani and Nino Besozzi. Starting from 1932, he gradually focused in films, even if mainly cast in supporting and character roles. He was also active as a teacher at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica, a voice actor and a dubber.^[2]

Selected filmography

Tra fumi di champagne (1921)
Beauty of the World (1927)
Your Money or Your Life (1932) - Giovanni Bensi the Friend of Daniele
Non sono gelosa (1933) - Edoardo
Non c'è bisogno di denaro (1933) - Lecomtois
Il presidente della Ba.Ce.Cre.Mi. (1933) - Commendator Mandragola
Those Two (1935) - Gelsomino
I'll Give a Million (1935) - Blim
Territorial Militia (1936) - Salvatore Reani
Beggar's Wedding (1936) - Il padre di Laura
The Dance of Time (1936) - Il conte di Aragona
Ginevra degli Almieri (1936) - Notaro dello Scheggia
Lohengrin (1936) - Edmondo
Gli uomini non sono ingrati (1937) - Avvocato Laszlo Tomay
Departure (1938) - Baldassare - il nonno
L'argine (1938) - Il maestrino
Star of the Sea (1938) - Nino Rossetti
Heartbeat (1939) - Il professore Teofilo Comte
The Dream of Butterfly (1939) - Riccardo Belli
Cavalleria rusticana (1939) - Zio Brasi
L'amore si fa così (1939) - Gastone Merchant
Processo e morte di Socrate (1939) - Il cerusico che prepara la cicuta
Un mare di guai (1939) - Zio Chenerol
Le sorprese del vagone letto (1940) - Il padre
Una lampada alla finestra (1940) - Il professore Aurelio Burlando
Il ponte dei sospiri (1940)
Alessandro sei grande! (1940) - Pasquale Dell'Incanto
Boccaccio (1940) - Maestro Scalza
Love Me, Alfredo! (1940) - Romanelli
Lucrezia Borgia (1940) - Il giullare
Miseria e nobiltà (1940) - Il barone
Saint John, the Beheaded (1940) - Renato (uncredited)
L'elisir d'amore (1941) - Il notaio
Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941) - Il padre di Huzzar
The Secret Lover (1941) - Il pittore Riganti
First Love (1941) - Girolamo Redi
Il vagabondo (1941) - Cresima
I Live as I Please (1942) - L'impresario
Invisible Chains (1942) - Un amico dei Silvagni
Arriviamo noi! (1942) - Benvenuto Delfino
Una notte dopo l'opera (1942) - L'impresario Mauri
Cercasi bionda bella presenza (1942) - Anacleto
L'affare si complica (1942)
Quarta pagina (1942)
Harlem (1943) - Barney Palmer
Sempre più difficile (1943) - Il commendator Murrita
I nostri sogni (1943) - Ladislao Moscapelli
In cerca di felicità (1944) - Miguel Morales
The Priest's Hat (1944) - Don Cirillo, il prete
My Widow and I (1945) - Il custode del cimitero
The Song of Life (1945) - Il vecchio Po
07... Tassì (1945)
Voglio bene soltanto a te! (1946) - Paolo Rossi
Crime News (1947)
Vanity (1947) - Anselmo
The Two Orphans (1947) - Il boia di Parigi
Un mese d'onestà (1948)
Mad About Opera (1948) - Il notaio
Vento d'Africa (1949)
Miss Italia (1950) - Cav. Minneci
Rome-Paris-Rome (1951) - Professor Busi Migliavacca
Messalina (1951) - Il gioielliere / Le joallier
The Last Five Minutes (1955) - Segretario del cardinale (final film role)

References

^ "Luigi Almirante". MyMovies. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roberta Ascarelli. "Almirante, Luigi". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 34. Treccani, 1988.

External links

Luigi Almirante at IMDb

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