Tito Vuolo
Tito Vuolo (born March 22, 1893 in Gragnano , Italy , † December 14, 1962 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) was an Italian-American actor .
Career
Vuolo made his acting debut in America. Vuolo's first film appearance was in the film The Shadow of the Thin Man in 1941 . Many film appearances followed in the late 1940s. With his film appearance in Deported in 1950, a successful time as an actor began for him. One of Vuolo's best-known roles was that of Commissioner Charra in The Beast from Outer Space . Only after a guest appearance in the television series Superman - Savior in Need did his appearances in television series increase. He has appeared in the television series Lassie , Lux Video Theater , The Thin Man and The Lawless Years over the years . Vuolo's last appearance in a film was in Five Pennies and Some Like It Hot in 1959 , where he played the undertaker, Mr. Mozzarella, at the beginning of the film. After that he played in a few series. He ended his career with a guest appearance on the television series The Roaring 20’s in 1961.
On September 14, 1962, Vuolo died of cancer in California at the age of 69.
Filmography (selection)
- 1941: The Shadow of the Thin Man ( Shadow of the Thin Man )
- 1946: Mr. and Mrs. North (TV movie)
- 1947: Daisy Kenyon
- 1947: The kiss of death ( Kiss of Death )
- 1947: Secret Agent T ( T-Men )
- 1947: Every Woman Needs an Angel ( The Bishop's Wife )
- 1947: Mourning Becomes Electra
- 1948: You're still alive for 105 minutes ( Sorry, Wrong Number )
- 1948: Just for the sake of my wife ( Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House )
- 1948: Cry of the City ( Cry of the City )
- 1949: The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
- 1949: The Road of the Successful ( Flamingo Road )
- 1949: Hostility to Blood ( House of Strangers )
- 1949: A Man Like Explosives ( The Fountainhead )
- 1951: Gangster ( The Racket )
- 1951: The Tiger ( The Enforcer )
- 1951: The Great Caruso ( The Great Caruso )
- 1952: Love, Timpani and Trumpets ( Stars and Stripes Forever )
- 1955: Wolkenstürmer ( The McConnell Story )
- 1955: His Last Chance ( Six Bridges to Cross )
- 1955: Bloody Road ( Hell on Frisco Bay )
- 1956: It didn't work out ( The Killing )
- 1957: Death Was Faster ( The Midnight Story )
- 1957: The Beast from Space ( 20 Million Miles to Earth )
- 1958: Peter Gunn (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: Some Like It Hot ( Some Like It Hot )
- 1959: Five Pennies ( The Five Pennies )
- 1961: The Roaring 20's (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Tito Vuolo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vuolo, Tito |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gragnano , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1962 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |