Giuseppe "Pippo" Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in
Castel San Giovanni
Castel San Giovanni (Emilian language#Dialects, Piacentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
The origins of the town are probably related to an ancient ''pieve'' called ''Olubra'' and a fort ...
,
Piacenza
Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...
, to a
Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and High ...
family, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021),
Tv. Addio al cabarettista Mario Santonastaso, celebre il duo con il fratello Pippo
performing successfully in their region and soon also on television, in several RAI
(), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...
variety shows. Following his television success, in the second half of the 1970s he started a parallel career of character actor
A character actor is an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric, or interesting character (arts), characters in supporting roles, rather than leading ones.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrie ...
in numerous comedy films, several of them as sidekick of Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, showman, and filmmaker. He is dubbed ''Il Molleggiato'' ('the springy one') because of his energetic dancing.
Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both com ...
. He was main actor just once, in the commedia sexy all'italiana
The ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as ''commedia scollacciata'' ("low-cut comedy") or ''commedia erotica all'italiana'', is a subgenre of the Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre.
Style
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''Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo''.
References
External links
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1936 births
Living people
People from the Province of Piacenza
Male actors from Emilia-Romagna
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male comedians
People of Campanian descent
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