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Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Known for: Acting

Born 01/09/1922
Died 2000-06-29
Place of birth Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Series ★ 7,5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

1962

Ciné regards Series

Ciné regards

Self

1978

The Merv Griffin Show Series ★ 6,8

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

1962

Champs-Elysées Series ★ 6,8

Champs-Elysées

Self

1982

Apostrophes Series ★ 8,5

Apostrophes

Self

1975

Spécial cinéma Series ★ 9,5

Spécial cinéma

Self

1974

Le Grand Échiquier Series ★ 8,0

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Series ★ 6,0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

1975

Sleepers Film ★ 7,6

Sleepers

King Benny

1996

Series ★ 6,0

Samedi soir

Self

1971

We All Loved Each Other So Much Film ★ 8,3

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Gianni Perego

1974

War and Peace Film ★ 6,6

War and Peace

Anatol Kuragin

1956

Il Sorpasso Film ★ 8,2

Il Sorpasso

Bruno Cortona

1962

Barabbas Film ★ 6,9

Barabbas

Sahak

1961

Big Deal on Madonna Street Film ★ 8,1

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Peppe il pantera

1958

Morceaux de Cannes Film ★ 2,0

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Cinecittà Cinecittà Series

Cinecittà Cinecittà

Various

1985

Sharky's Machine Film ★ 6,2

Sharky's Machine

Victor Scorelli

1981

1001 Nights Film ★ 5,2

1001 Nights

Sinbad

1990

The Great War Film ★ 8,1

The Great War

Giovanni Busacca

1959

The Nude Bomb Film ★ 5,3

The Nude Bomb

Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani

1980

Woman Times Seven Film ★ 6,3

Woman Times Seven

Cenci

1967

Abraham Series ★ 7,3

Abraham

Terah

1994

For Love and Gold Film ★ 7,7

For Love and Gold

Brancaleone da Norcia

1966

The New Monsters Film ★ 7,0

The New Monsters

il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia

1977

Life Is a Bed of Roses Film ★ 5,8

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Walter Guarini

1983

Abraham Film ★ 7,1

Abraham

Terach

1993

Seduction Of The South Film ★ 5,3

Seduction Of The South

O Caporale

1961

Scent of a Woman Film ★ 7,4

Scent of a Woman

Fausto Consolo

1974

The Monsters Film ★ 7,4

The Monsters

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

1963

Dear Father Film ★ 6,5

Dear Father

Albino Millozza

1979

Bitter Rice Film ★ 7,5

Bitter Rice

Walter

1949

I Knew Her Well Film ★ 7,4

I Knew Her Well

Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

1965

Brancaleone at the Crusades Film ★ 7,2

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Brancaleone Da Norcia

1970

Tempest Film ★ 5,9

Tempest

Alonzo

1982

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained Film ★ 7,0

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

Cry of the Hunted Film ★ 6,1

Cry of the Hunted

Jory

1953

The Dirty Game Film ★ 6,0

The Dirty Game

Perego / Ferrari

1965

I'm Photogenic Film ★ 5,3

I'm Photogenic

Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)

1980

The Desert of the Tartars Film ★ 6,8

The Desert of the Tartars

Filimore

1976

Desert of Fire Series ★ 7,0

Desert of Fire

Tareq

1997

Còmics Series

Còmics

Self (archive footage)

2015

Double Cross Film ★ 6,7

Double Cross

Renato Salvi

1951

Beautiful But Dangerous Film ★ 5,9

Beautiful But Dangerous

Prince Sergei

1955

...And Suddenly It's Murder! Film ★ 6,5

...And Suddenly It's Murder!

Remo

1960

The Tiger and the Pussycat Film ★ 6,8

The Tiger and the Pussycat

Francesco Vincenzini

1967

Twelve Plus One Film ★ 5,3

Twelve Plus One

Mario Beretti

1969

I picari Film ★ 5,5

I picari

Marquis Felipe de Aragona

1987

Streets of Sorrow Film ★ 7,0

Streets of Sorrow

Giorgio Cantoni

1950

A Difficult Life Film ★ 8,0

A Difficult Life

Self

1961

The Dinner Film ★ 6,9

The Dinner

Maestro Pezzullo

1998

A Wedding Film ★ 6,3

A Wedding

Luigi Corelli

1978

The Family Film ★ 7,5

The Family

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

1987

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen Film ★ 6,7

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo

1976

Trintignant by Trintignant Film ★ 6,8

Trintignant by Trintignant

Self (archive footage)

2021

Close Up Film ★ 9,5

Close Up

Self (archive footage)

2012

In the Name of the Italian People Film ★ 7,2

In the Name of the Italian People

Lorenzo Santenocito

1971

Fiasco in Milan Film ★ 6,9

Fiasco in Milan

Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi

1959

The Prophet Film ★ 5,4

The Prophet

Pietro Breccia

1968

The Career of a Chambermaid Film ★ 5,1

The Career of a Chambermaid

Franco Denza

1976

We Are Cinema Film ★ 9,5

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2021

The Dream of Zorro Film ★ 6,8

The Dream of Zorro

Don Juan Antonio

1952

Quintet Film ★ 5,0

Quintet

Saint Christopher

1979

The Glass Wall Film ★ 5,3

The Glass Wall

Peter Kuban

1953

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore Film ★ 6,2

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Self (archive footage)

2010

Il mattatore Series

Il mattatore

1959

The Terrace Film ★ 7,2

The Terrace

Mario Dorazio

1980

Babau Series

Babau

1976

Anna Film ★ 7,3

Anna

Vittorio

1951

The Last Judgment Film ★ 6,5

The Last Judgment

Cimino

1961

Mortacci Film ★ 6,8

Mortacci

Domenico

1989

Lure of the Sila Film ★ 6,1

Lure of the Sila

Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)

1949

Rossini! Rossini! Film ★ 6,2

Rossini! Rossini!

Ludwig van Beethoven

1991

Ghosts, Italian Style Film ★ 6,2

Ghosts, Italian Style

Pasquale Lojacono

1967

Let's Talk About Women Film ★ 6,3

Let's Talk About Women

Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero

1964

In morte di Federico Fellini Film

In morte di Federico Fellini

1994

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later Film ★ 5,3

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

Peppe

1985

Love and Larceny Film ★ 7,2

Love and Larceny

Gerardo Latini

1960

Summer Frenzy Film ★ 5,9

Summer Frenzy

Cap. Nardoni

1964

Desert of Fire Film ★ 8,4

Desert of Fire

Tareq

1997

The Devil in Love Film ★ 5,8

The Devil in Love

Belfagor

1966

Rhapsody Film ★ 6,6

Rhapsody

Paul Bronte

1954

I'll Be Going Now Film ★ 6,1

I'll Be Going Now

Augusto Scribani

1991

The Palermo Connection Film ★ 6,2

The Palermo Connection

Il principe

1990

The Love Specialist Film ★ 6,3

The Love Specialist

Piero di Montalcino

1957

Pleasant Nights Film ★ 6,6

Pleasant Nights

Bastiano da Sangallo

1966

The Miracle Film ★ 6,7

The Miracle

Guido

1959

Mambo Film ★ 5,4

Mambo

Mario Rossi

1954

The Amusements of Private Life Film ★ 4,0

The Amusements of Private Life

Marquis

1990

The Archangel Film ★ 7,0

The Archangel

Furio Bertuccia

1969

Sex Can Be Difficult Film ★ 6,3

Sex Can Be Difficult

L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")

1962

Deneuve, la reine Catherine Film ★ 7,6

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Self (archive footage)

2022

Ghosts of Rome Film ★ 7,2

Ghosts of Rome

Il Caparra

1961

Girls Marked Danger Film ★ 5,7

Girls Marked Danger

Michele

1952

The Divorce Film ★ 6,8

The Divorce

Leonardo Nenci

1970

Lost Soul Film ★ 6,7

Lost Soul

Fabio Stolz

1977

Hotel Room Film ★ 5,8

Hotel Room

Achille Mengaroni

1981

The Black Sheep Film ★ 6,2

The Black Sheep

Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti

1968

The Long Winter Film ★ 5,4

The Long Winter

Claudio, El Mayordomo

1992

Power Of Evil Film ★ 5,2

Power Of Evil

Gottfried

1985

March on Rome Film ★ 7,5

March on Rome

Domenico Rocchetti

1962

La bomba Film ★ 5,7

La bomba

Don Vito Bracalone

1999

Defend My Love Film ★ 9,0

Defend My Love

Giovanni Marchi

1956

La cambiale Film ★ 6,6

La cambiale

Michele

1959

Il gaucho Film ★ 6,8

Il gaucho

Marco Ravicchio

1964

Monicelli: La versione di Mario Film ★ 5,5

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Self (archive footage)

2012

Midnight Pleasures Film ★ 5,7

Midnight Pleasures

Andrea Sansoni

1975

Two Pieces of Bread Film ★ 6,5

Two Pieces of Bread

Pippo Mifà

1979

To Be Hamlet Film

To Be Hamlet

Self

1985

Count Tacchia Film ★ 6,1

Count Tacchia

Prince Torquato Terenzi

1982

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita Film ★ 7,3

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

Self (archive footage)

2021

Tempest Film ★ 6,5

Tempest

Prosecutor

1958

The Audience Film ★ 6,5

The Audience

Principe Donati

1972

Without Family Film ★ 7,3

Without Family

Armando Zavanatti

1972

Sombrero Film ★ 4,3

Sombrero

Alejandro Castillo

1953

Pure as a Lily Film ★ 4,0

Pure as a Lily

Anthony M. Wilson

1976

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian Film ★ 6,6

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

Self (archive footage)

2015

Dark Soul Film ★ 5,4

Dark Soul

Adriano Zucchelli

1962

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia Film ★ 8,3

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

Self

2018

Scipio the African Film ★ 6,8

Scipio the African

Catone il Censore

1971

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel Film ★ 7,3

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

Edmund Kean

1957

L'ebreo errante Film ★ 10,0

L'ebreo errante

Mathieu Blumenthal

1948

The Violent Patriot Film ★ 6,0

The Violent Patriot

Giovanni De Medici

1956

Il successo Film ★ 6,4

Il successo

Giulio Ceriani

1963

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? Film ★ 5,5

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

Guido Guidi

1972

The Sleazy Uncle Film ★ 6,0

The Sleazy Uncle

Zio Luca

1989

Let's Have a Riot Film ★ 7,1

Let's Have a Riot

Riccardo

1970

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant Film

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

Self

2015

Luchino Visconti Film ★ 7,0

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

2002

Catch As Catch Can Film ★ 6,2

Catch As Catch Can

Bob Chiaramonte

1967

The Captain's Daughter Film ★ 7,7

The Captain's Daughter

Svabrin

1947

Snow Job Film ★ 6,3

Snow Job

Lucio Ridolfi

1965

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds Film ★ 7,0

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

Self (archive footage)

2006

A Maiden for the Prince Film ★ 6,1

A Maiden for the Prince

Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga

1965

The Eye of the Needle Film ★ 7,5

The Eye of the Needle

Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer

1963

Benvenuta Film ★ 6,2

Benvenuta

Livio

1983

La Tosca Film ★ 7,2

La Tosca

Scarpia

1973

Where Are You Going All Naked? Film ★ 5,0

Where Are You Going All Naked?

Rufus Conforti

1969

One Million Dollars Film ★ 6,1

One Million Dollars

Giuliano

1964

Alibi Film ★ 6,0

Alibi

Vittorio

1969

Once a Year, Every Year Film ★ 9,0

Once a Year, Every Year

Giuseppe

1994

Il turno Film ★ 10,0

Il turno

Ciro Coppa

1981

Lo sparviero del Nilo Film ★ 4,8

Lo sparviero del Nilo

Yussuf

1950

Edipo Re Film

Edipo Re

Edipo

1977

André Delvaux directs Benvenuta Film

André Delvaux directs Benvenuta

Self

1983

The Outlaws Film ★ 6,5

The Outlaws

Turi

1950

Amleto Film ★ 7,8

Amleto

Amleto

1955

Il leone di Amalfi Film ★ 9,0

Il leone di Amalfi

Mauro

1950

Black Crown Film ★ 5,4

Black Crown

Mauricio

1951

Film

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

Edmund Kean

1955

Daniele Cortis Film ★ 9,0

Daniele Cortis

Daniele Cortis

1947

L'altro enigma Film ★ 9,0

L'altro enigma

Il padre / Sofocle

1988

The Mysterious Rider Film ★ 4,7

The Mysterious Rider

Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt

1948

E il Casanova di Fellini? Film ★ 10,0

E il Casanova di Fellini?

Self

1975

Di padre in figlio Film ★ 6,0

Di padre in figlio

Self

1982

The Apple of My Eye Film

The Apple of My Eye

film festival participant

1976

Film ★ 10,0

Incontro con Laura

Franco

1945

The Adventures of Pinocchio Film ★ 6,0

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde

1947

Film

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

Self

2007

Shamed Film

Shamed

Davide

1947

Quando eravamo repressi Film ★ 7,0

Quando eravamo repressi

The Sexologist

1992

Shakespeare secondo Gassman Film

Shakespeare secondo Gassman

1964

Speaking with Gassman Film

Speaking with Gassman

2005

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth Film

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

L'uomo dal fiore in bocca

1970