Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality.
Life and career
Born in
Rome
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, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful
macchiette
''Macchietta'' (English: "little spot"; : ''macchiette'' or ''macchiettas'') is a form of comedy act which was common in Italian theatre between the late 1800s and the second half of the 1900s.
Style
The ''macchietta'' consisted in comic musical ...
(i.e. comic monologues caricaturing stock characters).
He made his stage debut in 1954, in the revue ''Tutto fa Broadway''.
He later focused his stage activity on plays and shows related to Roman culture, often collaborating with
Mario Scaccia.
In 1980 he founded the
Ettore Petrolini Study Centre in Rome.
Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays.
He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer.
He died from the after-effects of an
intracerebral hemorrhage
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.
Partial filmography
* ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - sor du fodere', l'intrattenitore
* ''
Anthony of Padua
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...
'' (1949, writer)
* ''
Viva il cinema!'' (1952) - Tonino
* ''
A Mother Returns'' (1952, writer)
* ''
Giovinezza'' (1952, writer)
* ''
Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Vincenzo
* ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Pippo
* ''Café chantant'' (1953) - Se stesso / Himself
* ''Cento serenate'' (1954) - Don Alfonso detto Fofò
* ''Le vacanze del sor Clemente'' (1955) - Mr. Cheri
* ''
I pinguini ci guardano
''I pinguini ci guardano'' (i.e. "Penguins look at us") is a 1956 Italian comedy film written and directed by and starring Renato Rascel and Carlo Croccolo.
Plot
The daily life in a zoo seen through the eyes of their residents, with the anim ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Traffic Policeman
''The Traffic Policeman'' () is a 1960 in film, 1960 Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi in the lead role. A representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre, it tells the story of a traffic policem ...
'' (1960) - Padre di Otello (voice, uncredited)
* ''
Parigi o cara'' (1962) - Claudio Nesti
* ''
Carmen di Trastevere'' (1962) - Carmen's Guitar Player
* ''Canzoni a tempo di twist'' (1962)
* ''
The Monk of Monza'' (1963) - Smilzo, un bravo
* ''
Gli onorevoli'' (1963) - Professore
* ''I ragazzi dell'hully-gully'' (1964)
* ''
Lo scippo'' (1965)
* ''
How We Robbed the Bank of Italy'' (1966) - Romoletto, detto 'Il Genio del Male'
* ''Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore'' (1966)
* ''
The Tiger and the Pussycat'' (1967) - Tazio
* ''
Soldati e capelloni'' (1967) - Direttore del locale notturno
* ''Play-Boy'' (1967) - Tailor
* ''
Il profeta
''Il profeta'' (internationally released as ''Mr. Kinky'' and ''The Prophet'') is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.
Plot
Pietro Breccia (Vittorio Gassman) is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization, becoming a hermit, ...
'' (1968) - Luigi
* ''Donne... botte e bersaglieri'' (1968) - Porter
* ''
The Black Sheep'' (1968) - Bertieri
* ''
The Two Crusaders'' (1968) - Ciccio counselor
* ''
Il ragazzo che sorride'' (1969) - House-painter
* ''
Zenabel'' (1969) - Cecco
* ''Gli infermieri della mutua'' (1969) - Marchese Renostowski
* ''Oh dolci baci e languide carezze'' (1970)
* ''
La ragazza del prete'' (1970)
* ''I due maggiolini più matti del mondo'' (1970) - Il Giglio
* ''
Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello'' (1971) - Ignazio, il 'frascataro'
* ''Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più'' (1972) - Er Frascataro
* ''Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?'' (1972) - Pasquina's Uncle
* ''
La Tosca'' (1973) - Spoletta
* ''
Teresa the Thief'' (1973) - Alvaro - Ciancastorta
* ''La notte dell'ultimo giorno'' (1973)
* ''Buona parte di Paolina'' (1973)
* ''
Farfallon'' (1974) - Leonardo
* ''Tutto in comune'' (1974)
* ''Che notte quella notte!'' (1977) - Bernardino
* ''
The Nurse on a Military Tour'' (1977) - Warrant Officer at the depot
* ''Ride bene... chi ride ultimo'' (1977) - Cardinal (segment "Prete per forza")
* ''
Last Feelings'' (1978) - Anselmo
* ''Tanto va la gatta al lardo...'' (1978) - Friend of Dino / Oreste
* ''Ridendo e scherzando'' (1978) - Peppino
* ''Ciao cialtroni!'' (1979)
* ''
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
''L'assistente sociale tutto pepe'' (''The all pepper social worker''), also known as ''L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale'', is a 1981 Italy, Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero.
Plot
Nadia, a social worker, i ...
'' (1981) - 'Monsignore'
* ''
La Storia'' (1986, TV Movie) - Cucchiarelli
* ''
Captain Fracassa's Journey
''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' () is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Scola. The film is based on the 1863 novel '' Captain Fracasse'' by Théophile Gautier. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
Th ...
'' (1990) - Pietro
* ''
Only You'' (1994) - Old Man
* ''
Un bugiardo in paradiso'' (1998)
* ''
The Missing'' (1999) - Cardinal Valetti
* ''Gente di Roma'' (2003)
References
External links
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1920 births
2003 deaths
Male actors from Rome
Composers from Rome
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male composers
Italian male screenwriters
Italian radio personalities
20th-century Italian male actors
20th-century Italian male musicians
20th-century Italian male writers
20th-century Italian screenwriters
20th-century Italian composers
20th-century male composers
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