Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.

Life and career

Born in

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, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by

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and Paola Borboni. He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with

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, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and

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. In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the . Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of

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's '' Six Characters in Search of an Author'' and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the

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. He was married to actress Clara Auteri.

Selected filmography

* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

'' (1940) * '' The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * '' A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * '' Giarabub'' (1942) * '' The Black Panther'' (1942) * '' The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * '' Mad About Opera'' (1948) * '' Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' Night Taxi'' (1950) * '' Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) * '' Pact with the Devil'' (1950) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Son of the Hunchback'' (1952) * '' The Angels of the District'' (1952) * '' Frine, Courtesan of Orient'' (1953) * '' Captain Phantom'' (1953) * '' The Three Thieves'' (1954) * '' The Count of Bragelonne'' (1954) * '' Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954) * '' The Beach'' (1954) * '' The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (1954) * '' The Song of the Heart'' (1955) * '' Sins of Casanova'' (1955) * '' The Intruder'' (1956) * '' The Angel of the Alps'' (1957) * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) * '' Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' (1960) * '' Operation Gold Ingot'' (1962) * '' The Homeless One'' (1981)

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* 1917 births 1987 deaths People from Udine Male actors from Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male radio actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian male voice actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub