Antonio Battistella (actor)
Antonio Battistella (born June 26, 1912 in Ferrara , † April 6, 1980 in Rome ) was an Italian actor .
Life
Battistella comes from a Venetian family, but spent his youth in Genoa, where he also graduated in economics in 1934 and worked as an economic advisor for Regia Marina . Meanwhile he attended acting courses at the "Accademia Drammatica" in Rome, where he graduated in 1939. As a student at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia , he played on stage in plays such as Richard III. , System Ribadier or The Lesson .. 1962/63 was the season of his greatest stage success when he appeared in Marco Praga's Il bell'Apollo at the Genoa Theater.
Battistella only accepted offers for films very occasionally; from 1942 onwards he played around ten times in thirty years. He was much more active in his television career, where he was seen for the first time under Guglielmo Morandi in Il sogno dello zio in 1955 and then in important supporting roles with a hoarse voice and penetrating eye for often nasty characters, he co-designed numerous important stations in Italian television productions: Jane Eyre (1957), Ottocento (1959), Demetrio Pianelli (1963) and Vita di Michelangelo (1964). He also appeared in guest roles in a number of series and in mini-series such as The Brothers Karamazov (1969). Sometimes Battistella was also hired for dubbing.
Filmography (selection)
- 1942: Una storia d'amore
- 1960: The crook of Baghdad (Il ladro di Bagdad)
- 1973: La rosa rossa
Web links
- Antonio Battistella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Antonio Battistella on MyMovies (Italian).
- Antonio Battistella dubbing work
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Chiti, Article Antonio Battistella , in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, pp. 45/46
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Battistella, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ferrara |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1980 |
| Place of death | Rome |