Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire. In 1928 he moved to

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, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber. Being of

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origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945. Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in Carosello, in a series of

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-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968. Polacco was also a voice actor, having dubbed a number of actors which include

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, Howard da Silva,

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and

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in several of their films. In his animated roles, he provided the Italian voice of Happy in ''

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'' as well as one of the crows in ''

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''.

Personal life

Polacco was married to the actress Eugenia Zorn until her death in 1940. They had three daughters; Elena, Arduina and Marina. In 1947, he married the actress Clelia Bernacchi.

Partial filmography

* '' Loyalty of Love'' (1934) – Il banditore al patibolo * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) – Casellante stazione ferroviaria * ''

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'' (1936) – El Fennek * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) – Il capomastro * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) – Un ospite della pensione * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) – Il benzinaio * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) – Carletto, l'altro padrino * '' Mad Animals'' (1939) – Il creditore * '' The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) – Barnaba * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) – Il medico * '' Manon Lescaut'' (1940) – Un dei tre creditori * ''La última falla'' (1940) * ''Il signore della taverna'' (1940) * '' Kean'' (1940) – Il medico * ''Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * '' The Siege of the Alcazar'' (1940) – Venegas * '' Eternal Melodies'' (1940) – Haydn * ''

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'' (1940) – The Coachman (Italian version) * ''La forza bruta'' (1941) – Paolo Perego * '' The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) – Sandro, suo marito * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''Merchant of Slaves'' (1942) – Un mercante * ''

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'' (1942) – L'usuraio Barnstein * ''

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'' (1942) – Member of the Epuration Commission * '' O sole mio'' (1946) * '' The Adulteress'' (1946) – Il vecchio dei gioielli * ''

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'' (1946) – Il segretario Sputing * '' Fury'' (1947) – Lawyer * ''L'ebreo errante'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) – Banderillero * ''

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'' (1949) – Jafrem * ''

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'' (1949) – Ferdinando * '' A Night of Fame'' (1949) – Israelian Delegate * '' Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) – Vice custode * ''

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'' (1950) – Mohamed * '' Fugitive in Trieste'' (1951) * ''La prigioniera di Amalfi'' (1954) * ''La campana di San Giusto'' (1954) * '' Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956) – Sparafucile * '' Tipi da spiaggia'' (1959) – Prince Joakim * ''

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'' (1960) – Police Inspector Rock * ''I due della legione'' (1962) – Police Commissioner * ''

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'' (1972) – Don Carlo Tramonti (uncredited)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Polacco, Cesare 1900 births 1986 deaths Male actors from Venice Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian male voice actors Italian male radio actors Jewish Italian male actors 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century Italian Jews