Bruno Scipioni (29 July 1934 – 5 December 2019) was an Italian actor and voice artist.
Biography
Born in
Rome
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, Scipioni graduated in accountancy and then, in 1958, he attended the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
He started his film career with ''
Kapò'' (1959) and he was particularly active during the 1960s, usually being cast as a
character actor
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.
[ He was also active on stage, in television series, in commercials and as voice actor.][
Bruno Scipioni died on 5 December 2019, at the age of 85.]
Selected filmography
*'' Terror of the Red Mask'' (1960) - Ribelle
*'' Messalina'' (1960)
*'' Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) - The Hotel Waiter
*'' Silver Spoon Set'' (1960) - Minor role (uncredited)
*'' Kapo'' (1960)
*'' Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' (1960)
*''Madri pericolose'' (1960) - Party Guest
*''I Teddy boys della canzone'' (1960) - Police radio Operator
*'' Garibaldi'' (1961) - Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti
*'' L'assassino'' (1961)
*'' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) - Otello l'idraulico
*''Un giorno da leoni'' (1961)
*'' Queen of the Seas'' (1961)
*''Always on Sunday'' (1962) - Il garagista
*'' Warriors Five'' (1962) - Angelino
*'' Samson Against the Sheik'' (1962) - Luis
*'' La bellezza di Ippolita'' (1962)
*''Le massaggiatrici'' (1962) - Hotel Doorman
*'' The Rebel Gladiators'' (1962)
*'' Sexy Toto'' (1963)
*''Perseo l'invincibile'' (1963)
*'' Zorro and the Three Musketeers'' (1963)
*'' The Magnificent Adventurer'' (1963) - Una Guardia
*'' Mad Sea'' (1963)
*''Tutto il bello dell'uomo'' (1963)
*''The Organizer
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'' (1963)
*'' Hercules Against the Mongols'' (1963)
*''I 4 tassisti'' (1963)
*''I terribili 7'' (1963) - Cronista
*'' Heroes of the West'' (1964) - Verdugo
*'' La ragazza di Bube'' (1964) - Mauro (uncredited)
*'' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964) - (uncredited)
*'' The Avenger of Venice'' (1964)
*'' Hercules Against the Barbarians'' (1964)
*''I marziani hanno 12 mani'' (1964)
*'' Maciste in King Solomon's Mines'' (1964) - Kadar
*''I nuvoloni'' (1964)
*'' Cuatro balazos'' (1964) - Jurado
*''Romeo and Juliet
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'' (1964) - Balthasar
*' (1964)
*'' Red Desert'' (1964)
*'' Time of Indifference'' (1964)
*''I gemelli del Texas'' (1964)
*'' Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas'' (1964) - Darmon Henchman
*'' Love and Marriage'' (1964) - Il secondo uomo (segment "L'ultima carta")
*'' Revenge of The Gladiators'' (1964) - Guard
*'' The Naked Hours'' (1964) - Marcello
*'' Challenge of the Gladiator'' (1965)
*''Su e giù'' (1965)
*'' The Possessed'' (1965)
*'' Sandra'' (1965) - Minor role (uncredited)
*'' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) - Doorkeeper's Friend
*'' For One Thousand Dollars Per Day'' (1966)
*''Europa canta'' (1966) - Nicky, the Italian
*'' Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' (1966) - Townsman
*''El Greco
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'' (1966) - Officer
*'' Amore all'italiana'' (1966) - Corrispondente
*'' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) - Ghighi - Record Store Owner
*'' The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid'' (1967)
*''Marinai in coperta'' (1967) - Sergeant
*'' Dramma della gelosia'' (1970) - Pizza maker
*'' White Sister'' (1972) - Chiacchiera
*''Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora!'' (1973) - Ar Dashir
*'' The Sensuous Sicilian'' (1973) - Vincenzo Torrisi
*'' Commissariato di notturna'' (1974) - Brigadiere Talentini
*'' La figliastra'' (1976) - Barone Francesco 'Cocò' Laganà
*''Ridendo e scherzando'' (1978) - Un agente
*'' Dark Illness'' (1990) - (voice)
*''Cominciò tutto per caso'' (1993) - Padre di Stefania
References
External links
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1934 births
2019 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male voice actors
Male actors from Rome
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
20th-century Italian male actors