Silvio Noto (25 December 1926 – 24 October 2000) was an Italian TV and

radio presenter A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a ra ...

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and

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. Born in

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ital ...

, graduated in law, Noto became first known as radio-host after the first World War. He became popular as the host of several successful

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television programs, starting from ''Casa serena'' (1950). He touched the peak of his fame in the second half of the 1950s, when he hosted together with

Enzo Tortora Enzo Tortora (30 November 1928 – 18 May 1988) was an Italian TV host on national RAI television, who was unjustly convicted of being a member of the Camorra and drug trafficking in 1985, and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was acquitted of a ...

the shows ''Primo applauso'', ''Telematch'' and ''Voci e volti della fortuna''. Noto also appeared in a dozen films, mostly in supporting roles. On the small screen he was among the interpreters of the series ''

E le stelle stanno a guardare ''E le stelle stanno a guardare'' is a 1971 Italian adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel '' The Stars Look Down''. It was written and directed by Anton Giulio Majano and was produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. The miniseries was a massive s ...

''.

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* 1926 births Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian television presenters 2000 deaths Italian radio presenters People from Bari Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-voice-actor-stub