Stelio Candelli (born 28 March 1931) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into pr ...
, the son of civil servants, in 1954 Candelli enrolled at the
Accademia d'Arte Drammatica
Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the ac ...
in Rome, graduating in 1957.
The same year he made his film debut in
Alberto Lattuada's ''
Guendalina''.
Especially in the 1960s and in the 1970s Candelli got main roles in numerous genre films, often credited as Stanley Kent.
He was also active on stage and on television, and is best remembered for his role as Danny Scipio, a former Mafia member turned crime investigator, in the
BBC TV series ''Vendetta'' (1966-68).
Filmography
References
External links
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1931 births
Actors from Trieste
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Living people
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni