Carlo Rizzo (30 April 1907 – 26 July 1979) was an Italian
stage
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and
film actor
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.
[Chiti & Poppi p.333] He was the brother of the actor
Alfredo Rizzo.
A regular in post-war Italian cinema he also featured in several American films produced in Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''
Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939)
* ''
Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939)
* ''
The Pirate's Dream'' (1940)
* ''
Il fanciullo del West'' (1943)
* ''
Charley's Aunt'' (1943)
* ''
Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944)
* ''
L'eroe della strada'' (1948)
* ''
How I Discovered America'' (1949)
* ''
That Ghost of My Husband'' (1950)
* ''
Deported
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'' (1950)
* ''
Il monello della strada'' (1951)
* ''
When in Rome'' (1952)
* ''
I, Hamlet'' (1952)
* ''
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (1952)
* ''
My Wife, My Cow and Me
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'' (1952)
* ''
If You Won a Hundred Million'' (1953)
* ''
Roman Holiday
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'' (1953)
* ''
The Rains of Ranchipur
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'' (1955)
* ''
The Monte Carlo Story'' (1956)
* ''
Seven Hills of Rome
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Hills
The seven hills are:
* Aventine Hill (Latin: ''Collis Aventinus''; Italian: ''Aventino'')
* Caelian Hill (''Coll ...
'' (1958)
* ''
The Naked Maja'' (1958)
* ''
It Started in Naples
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'' (1960)
* ''
Swordsman of Siena'' (1962)
* ''
Damon and Pythias
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or
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'' (1962)
* ''
Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (1966)
* ''
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
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'' (1968)
References
Bibliography
* Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links
*
1907 births
1979 deaths
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Trieste
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