Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting career on stage in 1927. During

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, he committed himself to starring mainly in

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s and he still remained active in cinema, theatre, radio and television. In 1939, Romano began his radio acting career. He appeared in 94 films between 1934 and 1975. He also wrote for 14 films between 1955 and 1975. Among his most popular films include ''

Four Steps in the Clouds ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' () is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has b ...

'' and he also portrayed composer

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in the film ''I pagliacci''. Romano was also a famous voice actor, most notably the Italian voice of

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(played by French actor

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) and he was the official Italian voice of

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and

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. Other actors he dubbed included

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and

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. He also teamed up with Lauro Gazzolo in the Italian dubbing of the

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sketches. In his animated film roles, Romano voiced several characters in the Italian dubs of

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. These include

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in ''

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'',

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in ''

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'' and the

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in ''

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''.

Personal life

Through his marriage to actress Jone Romano, he was the stepfather of actor Aleardo Ward and the step-grandfather of voice actors

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, Andrea and Monica Ward. He also had five children from his second marriage. Romano died in

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on 16 October 1975, at the age of 67.

Selected filmography

* '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) - Don Gaetano - il notaio * ''

Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success and ...

'' (1934) - Un autista di taxi (uncredited) * ''L'avvocato difensore'' (1935) * ''Il re Burlone'' (1936) * ''Thirteen Men and a Cannon'' (1936) - Uomo #4 * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) - Un altro operaio della piantagione * '' Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) - L'uomo dei soldi * '' Departure'' (1938) - Giulio * ''L'argine'' (1938) - L'avvocato di John * '' La voce senza volto'' (1939) - Maurizio Sala, il tenore * '' The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) - Il 'terzo' figlio * '' I, His Father'' (1939) - Giorgio * ''Le sorprese del divorzio'' (1939) - Champeaux * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) - Agostino * ''Follie del secolo'' (1939) - Carlo Benac * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) - Bammulu * '' The Silent Partner'' (1939) - Prado * ''

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'' (1940) - Leone * '' The Hussar Captain'' (1940) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) - Roberto Giannini * ''Il sogno di tutti'' (1940) - Aldo * ''

A Husband for the Month of April ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (Italian: ''Un marito per il mese di aprile'') is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Vanna Vanni, Carlo Romano and Pina Renzi.Brunetta p.96 It was shot ...

'' (1941) - Giovanni * ''L'elisir d'amore'' (1941) - Belcore * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1941) - Leone * ''

Scampolo ''Scampolo'' is a 1958 German film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, and Georg Thomalla. Schneider plays the title role. Plot Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls ...

'' (1941) - Gerardo Bernini * ''Oro nero'' (1942) * '' The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) - Tiburzio * ''Arriviamo noi!'' (1942) - Il secondo gestorio del "castello delle streghe" * '' Giarabub'' (1942) - Il maresciallo Romano * ''Perdizione'' (1942) - Augusto * ''M.A.S.'' (1942) - Un marinaio nella taverna * ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...

'' (1942) - Remo * ''

Forbidden Music ''Forbidden Music'' (Italian: ''Musica proibita'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Tito Gobbi, María Mercader and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Bayman p.138 An elderly composer recalls his youthful romance with a wo ...

'' (1942) - Otello * ''Sette anni di felicità'' (1942) - José, l'allevatore di tori * ''

'' (1942) - Antonio - l'autista della corriera * ''Piazza San Sepolcro'' (1942) * ''I pagliacci'' (1943) - Ruggero Leoncavallo * ''Redenzione'' (1943) * ''Il treno crociato'' (1943) - Stefano Pucci, l'attendente * ''

Anything for a Song ''Anything for a Song'' ( it, Ho tanta voglia di cantare) is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Vera Carmi and Luisa Rossi.Chiti & Poppi p.176 It was shot at the Palati ...

'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1945) - (segment "Non rubare") * ''

Life Begins Anew ''Life Begins Anew'' ( it, La vita ricomincia) is a 1945 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Eduardo De Filippo. It was the second most popular Italian film during 1945-46 after Roberto R ...

'' (1945) - Croci * ''Lettere al sottotenente'' (1945) * ''La casa senza tempo'' (1945) - Giovanni * ''Fuga nella tempesta'' (1945) * '' The Adulteress'' (1946) - Il fattore * ''Il mondo vuole così'' (1946) - Avvocato Verdini * ''

Fatal Symphony ''Fatal Symphony'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia fatale'') is a 1947 Italian war-melodrama film directed by Victor Stoloff and starring Douglass Montgomery, Marina Berti and Sarah Churchill. It was screened and awarded a prize at the Lugano Festival.Lo ...

'' (1947) * ''When Love Calls'' (1947) - Maestro Marconi * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) - Il maresciallo * '' La Rosa di Bagdad'' (1949) - Burk - the Magician (singing voice) * ''Ho sognato il paradiso'' (1950) * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) - Paolo Tassoni * '' Father's Dilemma'' (1950) - Il tassista * ''

Tomorrow Is Too Late ''Domani è troppo tardi'' (internationally released as ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'') is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Léonide Moguy. For this film Pier Angeli won the Silver Ribbon for best actress. The film was also awarded Best It ...

'' (1950) - Signor Berardi * ''Strano appuntamento'' (1950) * ''

Variety Lights ''Variety Lights'' ( it, Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about ...

'' (1950) - Enzo La Rosa * ''

Beauties on Bicycles ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by A ...

'' (1951) - Darelli - direttore fabbrica bicicletta * ''

Arrivano i nostri ''Arrivano i nostri'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Mario Riva. Cast * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi as The showman playing Carmen Miranda * Franca Marzi as Gloria Chelli — Garlandi's lover * Lisetta ...

'' (1951) - Comm. Garlandi * '' Toto the Third Man'' (1951) - Il commendatore Buttafava Borelli * ''

My Heart Sings ''My Heart Sings'' ( it, Anema e core) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini - Marco * Franca Marzi - Gina * Riccardo Billi - Riccardo * Mario Riva - Mario * ...

'' (1951) - Commendator Russo * ''

Gli innocenti pagano ''What Price Innocence?'' (Italian: ''Gli Innocenti pagano'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lída Baarová, Otello Toso and Mariella Lotti. Bayman p.46 The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...

'' (1952) - Don Settimio * '' Torment of the Past'' (1952) - Marco Ferretti * ''

Beauties in Capri ''Beauties in Capri'' (Italian: ''Bellezze a Capri'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi and Tamara Lees.Miccichè p. 107 Cast * Nando Bruno as Don Violante * Ave Ninchi as Corne ...

'' (1952) - Vittorio * ''

Five Paupers in an Automobile ''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' ( it, Cinque poveri in automobile) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Eduardo De Filippo. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo as Eduardo Moschettone * Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Baroni * ...

'' (1952) - Rodolfo * '' Melody of Love'' (1952) - Commendator Ferrario * '' Primo premio: Mariarosa'' (1952) * '' Cani e gatti'' (1952) - Don Saverio * '' La domenica della buona gente'' (1953) - Malesci * '' Le infedeli'' (1953) - Commendator Giovanni Azzali * ''Jeunes mariés'' (1953) - Virgile, le coiffeur * ''

I vitelloni ''I vitelloni'' (, literally "The bullocks" - Romagnol slang for "The slackers" or "The layabouts") is a 1953 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay written by himself, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. It stars Franc ...

'' (1953) - Michele Curti * ''Fermi tutti... arrivo io!'' (1953) - Commissario Benni * '' Via Padova 46'' (1953) - Narrator (uncredited) * ''

The Most Wanted Man The Most Wanted Man or ''Public Enemy Number One'' (french: L'ennemi public n° 1, it, Il nemico pubblico n° 1) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Louis Seigner.Higbee & ...

'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''Siamo ricchi e poveri'' (1953) - Mr. Fortini * '' Of Life and Love'' (1954) - Carlo Migri (segment "Marsina Stretta") * '' The Beach'' (1954) - Luigi * '' It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) - Thief's victim * ''

A Parisian in Rome ''A Parisian in Rome'' (Italian: ''Una parigina a Roma'', German: ''Begegnung in Rom'') is a 1954 Italian-German comedy film directed by Erich Kobler and starring Barbara Laage, Alberto Sordi and Anna Maria Ferrero.Fava p.80-81 The film's sets ...

'' (1954) - Narrator (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1954) - Goffredo di Pietramelara * ''

Tears of Love ''Tears of Love'' (Italian: ''Lacrime d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Achille Togliani, Katina Ranieri and Otello Toso.Chiti & Poppi p.201 Cast * Achille Togliani as Mario Benetti * ...

'' (1954) * ''Accadde al penitenziario'' (1955) - Capo degli agenti di custodia * ''Addio per sempre!'' (1958) * '' The Friend of the Jaguar'' (1959) - Il commendatore * '' Ciao, ciao bambina!'' (1959) - Remigio Marchetti - la moglie di Marchetti * ''Le cameriere'' (1959) - Zio di Monica * '' Wolves of the Deep'' (1959) * '' Le ambiziose'' (1961) - Il presidente della giuria * '' Carmen di Trastevere'' (1962) - Police Commissioner * '' I due toreri'' (1964) - Joe Ragusa * '' West and Soda'' (1965) - Il Cattivissimo (voice) * ''

Indovina chi viene a merenda? ''Indovina chi viene a merenda?'' (i.e. "Guess who's coming to tea?") is a 1969 Italian war-comedy film written and directed by Marcello Ciorciolini and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Sicily 1943: to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio hi ...

'' (1969) - Otto Bauer * '' The Balloon Vendor'' (1974) - Security Guard * ''

Il nano e la strega ' (Translation: ''The dwarf and the witch'', English title: ''King Dick'') is a 1973 Italian adult animated film. Plot A tyrannical King - Charles the Impotent - has taken over the Kingdom. During Charles's terrible reign; Master Limpcock is havi ...

'' (1975) - Magozio (voice) * '' Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness'' (1976) - Signor Rossi (voice)

Dubbing roles

Animation

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Live action

in '' Little World of Don Camillo'' *Don Camillo in ''

The Return of Don Camillo ''The Return of Don Camillo'' (Italian: ''Il ritorno di Don Camillo''; French: ''Le Retour de don Camillo'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont. The film's sets ...

'' *Don Camillo in '' Don Camillo's Last Round'' *Don Camillo in '' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' *Don Camillo in '' Don Camillo in Moscow'' *Tuco Ramírez in ''

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cl ...

'' *Sam Wainwright in ''

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