Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in more than forty films including '' Red Passport'' in which he played the male lead.Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998. p.155.

Life and career

Born in

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. After having worked with Ruggero Ruggeri, in 1923 he got his first leading roles with the stage company of . In the following years he continued an intense theatrical activity, working with prominent actors of the time such as Dina Galli, Irma Gramatica, Antonio Gandusio and Kiki Palmer, as well as in the

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, and also directing the company of Teatro delle Arti. He was also active as a television actor, and more sporadically as a dubber.

Selected filmography

* '' Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - Il barone Salvotti * '' Red Passport'' (1935) - Lorenzo Casati * ' (1936) - Uomo #2 * ''Jeanne Doré'' (1938) - Perodot * ''L'amor mio non muore!'' (1938) * '' The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) - Salvatore * ''Le sorprese del divorzio'' (1939) - Enrico Duval * '' Trial and Death of Socrates'' (1939) - Cebete * ''

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'' (1940) - A Ponte de Vidro * '' Kean'' (1940) - Il principe di Galles * ''Piccolo alpino'' (1940) - Michele Rasi, suo padre * '' Malombra'' (1942) - Un medico (uncredited) * ''Piazza San Sepolcro'' (1942) * ''

Odessa in Flames ''Odessa in Flames'' (, ) is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo. The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an ope ...

'' (1942) - Michele Smirnoff * ''Il nostro prossimo'' (1943) - Il padre di Paola * '' The White Angel'' (1943) - Giovanni * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Wolikof - il pittore * ''La signora in nero'' (1943) - Raimondo * ''Il fiore sotto gli occhi'' (1944) - Il proffesore Falcini * '' No Turning Back'' (1945) - Guido Belluzzi * ''The White Devil'' (1947) - Der Intelektuelle * '' The Man with the Grey Glove'' (1948) - Tambroni * ''

The Earth Cries Out ''The Earth Cries Out'' (, also known as ''Exodus'') is a 1948 Italian action-drama film directed by Duilio Coletti. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice Inter ...

'' (1949) - Professore Taumen * '' Romanticismo'' (1949) - General Rienz * ''Duel Without Honor'' (1950) * '' Il Brigante Musolino'' (1950) - Public prosecutor * '' The Count of Saint Elmo'' (1951) - Mancini * '' The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) - Avvocato difensore * '' Frontier Wolf'' (1951) * '' A Thief in Paradise'' (1952) - Chirurgo * ''

La voce del sangue ''The Voice of the Blood'' () is a 1952 Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti. Cast * Paul Muller (actor), Paul Muller as Count Franco Sampieri * Franca Marzi as Elsa Di Lauro * Otello Toso as Carlo Mattei * Evi Maltagliati as ...

'' (1952) - Donato Scala * '' Gli uomini non guardano il cielo'' (1952) - Cardinal Ferrari * ''

The Secret of Three Points ''The Secret of Three Points'' (, also known as ''Three Points'' and ''The Three Points'') is a 1952 Italy, Italian adventure film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Massimo del Colle * Tamara Lees as Countess Marion ...

'' (1952) - Avvocato Mottola * '' The Enemy'' (1952) - Notaio Ragaldi * ''

Guilt Is Not Mine ''Guilt Is Not Mine'' or ''Unjust Condemnation'' (, ) is a 1952 French-Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Rossano Brazzi, Gaby André and Elvy Lissiak. Plot We are in Maremma. A physician, doctor w ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1954) - Il dottor Magre * '' The Boatman of Amalfi'' (1954) - Padre Felice * ''Io, Caterina'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1961) - Ludovico, President of the Jewish community * ''

The Verona Trial ''Il processo di Verona'' (internationally released as ''The Verona Trial'') is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 ...

'' (1963) - Giovanni Marinelli * '' Il Successo'' (1963) - Berto * ''

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'' (1963) - Professore * ''

Pleasant Nights ''Pleasant Nights'' () is a 1966 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Armando Crispino and Luciano Lucignani and starring Vittorio Gassman and Gina Lollobrigida. Premise The film comprises three comedic tales set in the Middle Ages. Cas ...

'' (1966) - Messer Bindo * '' La bambolona'' (1968) - Giulio's father * ' (1972) - Padre Palermo (final film role)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scelzo, Filippo 1900 births 1980 deaths People from Ivrea Male actors from Piedmont Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors 20th-century Italian male actors