Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian

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. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the villainous Graiano d'Asti in the historical film '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938).Landy p.131-32 Ferrari continued to work regularly in the post-

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years.

Selected filmography

* ''Il milione'' (1920) * ''Il rosso e il nero'' (1920) * ''Castello dalle cinquantasette lampade'' (1920) * ''L'isola scomparsa'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1932) - Bachicche * ''

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'' (1932) - Attorney Volterra * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) - Colonel Carini * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * ''L'impiegata di papà'' (1934) - Capoufficio * '' The Little Schoolmistress'' (1934) - Giacomo Macchia * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) - Il produttore cinamatografico * ''La città dell'amore'' (1934) * '' Red Passport'' (1935) - Don Pablo Ramirez * ''Lorenzino de' Medici'' (1935) - Ser Maurizio * '' A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) - Il dottor Lawburn * ''

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'' (1936) - Alberto Ponza * '' The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * '' King of Diamonds'' (1936) - Conte Fabrizio di Grottaferrata * ''

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'' (1937) - Cesare Borgia * '' Queen of the Scala'' (1937) - Candido Ponti * '' Marcella'' (1937) * '' But It's Nothing Serious'' (1937) * '' The Count of Brechard'' (1938) - Socrate * ''

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'' (1938) - Il colonnello Franco Morelli * ''

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'' (1938) - Il banchiere castoldi * '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - Graiano d'Asti * '' The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) - Daniele Orsenigo * '' No Man's Land'' (1939) - Pietro Gori * ''Traversata nera'' (1939) - Bruce Brook, il commissario di bordo * '' Cardinal Messias'' (1939) - Abuna Atanasio * '' The Thrill of the Skies'' (1940) - L'aviatore * ''L'uomo della legione'' (1940) - Mario Ristorni * ''La última falla'' (1940) - Juan José * '' The Sinner'' (1940) - Nino Bandelli, fratello di Pietro * ''Piccolo alpino'' (1940) - Il capitano Lupo * ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) - L'ambasciatore di Genova * ''Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) - Favre * ''Divieto di sosta'' (1941) * ''Giungla'' (1942) - Il professore Foster * '' Giarabub'' (1942) - Il capitano Del Grande * '' Redemption'' (1943) - Il segretario del fascio * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Generale Nunziante * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) - Il capitano Piero Sandri * ''La storia di una capinera'' (1943) - Il padre di Maria * ''All'ombra della gloria'' (1945) - Il commissario della polizia borbonica * '' The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ''La carne e l'anima'' (1947) - Mattia, il padre di Katrin * ''Life of Donizetti'' (1947) - Il feldmaresciallo von Wallenburg * ''

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'' (1947) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) - Prof. Ilya * ''Il principe ribelle'' (1947) * '' I cavalieri dalle maschere nere'' (1948) - Conte Raimondo de la Motte * ''

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'' (1949) - Il giudice Don Alicante * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) - Gen. Artesi * '' Torment'' (1950) - L'avvocato Bianchi * '' Women Without Names'' (1950) - Captain / Camp Commander * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) - Generale Odivot * '' The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950) * '' Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) - Frassoni * ''Strano appuntamento'' (1950) * '' The Black Captain'' (1951) - Duca Fabrizzio Di Corvara * '' Verginità'' (1951) * ''Senza bandiera'' (1951) * '' Falsehood'' (1952) - Il padre di Mariella * '' The Queen of Sheba'' (1952) - Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba * '' Who Is Without Sin'' (1952) - John Morresi * ''

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'' (1952) - Comandante nave italiana * ''

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'' (1953) - Il prefetto * '' Noi peccatori'' (1953) - L'avvocato Rinaldi * ''

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'' (1953) - Mister Franchi * ''Madonna delle rose'' (1953) - Commissario * '' The Pagans'' (1953) - Bishop Ghiberti * '' Verdi, the King of Melody'' (1953) - Ufficiale Austriaco (uncredited) * '' Il conte Aquila'' (1955) - Vitaliano Confalonieri * '' The Angel of the Alps'' (1957) - conte Roverbella * ''

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'' (1960, screenplay) * '' The Avenger'' (1962) - Latino - King of Latium * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966)

References

Bibliography

* Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Mario 1894 births 1974 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Male actors from Rome 20th-century Italian male actors