Antonio Casagrande
Antonio Casagrande (born March 12, 1931 in Naples ) is an Italian actor and singer.
Life
The stately and sympathetic actor began as a lyric tenor and actor during the 1958/1959 season in Eduardo De Filippo's ensemble . With this he also appeared in some television plays and his first films. He later recorded two LPs, on which he a. a. embodied the fictional character "Don Libborio Occhialoni". Casagrande celebrated his greatest film success in 1967 as the Neapolitan daredevil Salvatore, who falls in love with the lush hairdresser Anita and tyrannizes her as a ghost after his death in La ragazza del bersagliere . The actor's other engagements - often in crime films - were rather inconspicuous and few and far between from the 1980s. From the end of the 1990s he was seen more often, now in television films and series.
Casagrande, who also worked occasionally as a voice actor, is the father of actor Maurizio Casagrande and a supporter of the Partito Comunista d'Italia .
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: The four days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)
- 1967: Madame has the longest fingers (La notta è fatte per… rubare)
- 1967: La ragazza del bersagliere
- 1969: The Naked and the Cardinal (Beatrice Cenci)
- 1973: Bonn Chance (Le Hasard et la violence)
- 2010: Don Alfonso (TV series, an episode)
Discography
- Don Libborio Occhialoni
Web links
- Antonio Casagrande in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, article Antonio Casagrande , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rom, Gremese 1998, p. 106
- ↑ Detailed examination of the works on the PCdI website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casagrande, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |