Pino Caruso

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Pino Caruso (actually Giuseppe Caruso , born October 12, 1934 in Palermo ; † March 7, 2019 ) was an Italian actor and director .

Life

Caruso started in 1957 at the Piccolo Teatro di Palermo , but soon moved to Catania ; then from 1965 there were also appearances in cabaret stages . He often worked with the Sicilian dialect - he stayed on the island of his birth until the mid-1960s. From 1968 he received offers for television work, which gave him great popularity. The sympathetic and extroverted, intelligent and mimic actor has also been seen in films since the late 1960s, albeit relatively rarely; mostly he took on supporting supporting roles. One of his best-known interpretations is the judge in Nanni Loys Scugnizzi from 1989. In addition to a television film in 1984, he only worked once as a film director : in 1977 he shot an episode of Ride bene che ride ultimo based on his own script .

Caruso has also published several books. He was a dedicated vegetarian .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1968: La più bella coppia del mondo
  • 1970: Leo, the war hero (Le mur de l'Atlantique)
  • 1973: Malizia (Malizia)
  • 1973: Seduction of a Sicilian (La seduzione)
  • 1975: The Sunday Woman (La donna della Domenica)
  • 1977: Ride bene ... chi ride ultimo (also as a director)
  • 1981: The craziest army in the world (L'esercito più pazzo del mondo)
  • 1985: Lei è colpevole, si fidi! (TV film; also as a director)
  • 1989: Scugnizzi
  • 2002–2003: Carabinieri (TV series, 23 episodes)
  • 2009: La matassa
  • 2016: Abbraccialo per me

Web links

Commons : Pino Caruso  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 95
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancia, article Pino Caruso , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998, pp. 105/106
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pinocaruso.it
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lavocedeiconigli.it
personal data
SURNAME Caruso, Pino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caruso, Giuseppe (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2019