Andrea Aureli

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Andrea Aureli (born March 5, 1923 in Terni , † November 5, 2007 in Rome , stage name Andrew Ray ) was an Italian actor .

Life

After finishing school, Aureli initially took courses in law, but soon, in 1946, went on a scholarship to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia , where he also wrote works on the films Paisà and Intolerance . In 1947 Lucio Fulci's classmate graduated and received his first film role; But it was not until 1952 that he began a steady and extensive career in which he mainly took on character roles in adventure films of all kinds; rarely sympathetic characters, often hostile to the film hero. He made numerous sandals movies , spaghetti westerns and cloak-and-dagger films , later, many police movies , but also comedies . An intensive working relationship connected him with director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia , with whom he appeared in around 20 films - in total his filmography recorded over 140 appearances up to 1987; since then he had only been seen twice. Aureli also worked for television in the 1970s.

Aureli was often Anglicized as Andrew Ray listed.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, Article Andrea Aureli , in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, pp. 27/28
  2. ↑ Aureli at mymovies (Italian)
personal data
SURNAME Aureli, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ray, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Terni , Italy
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 2007
Place of death Rome