Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
, Bagolini studied architecture at the
Bologna University, without graduating.
He made his acting debut with a leading role in a 1934 experimental amateur film, ''Verde nei prati''.
Moved to Rome, he enrolled at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
In 1936 he made his professional debut in the film ''La danza delle lancette'', and from then he started an intense career as a
character actor, often cast in humorous roles.
Also active on stage and on television, in the 1970s he abandoned his career to become manager of a spinning mill.
Selected filmography
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Cavalry'' (1936)
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The Dance of Time'' (1936)
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The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937)
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It Was I!
''It Was I!'' (Italian: ''Sono stato io!'') is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Titina De Filippo.Moliterno p.101 The film was based on a play, ''Sarà stato Giovanni ...
'' (1937)
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The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937)
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Pietro Micca'' (1938)
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Happy Days'' (1942)
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The Jester's Supper
''La cena delle beffe'' (''The Jesters' Supper'') is an opera in four acts composed by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Sem Benelli adapted from his 1909 The Jester's Supper (play), play of the same name. The opera premiered on 20 Decem ...
'' (1942)
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Hand of Death'' (1949)
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Variety Lights'' (1950)
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Feathers in the Wind'' (1950)
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Vacation with a Gangster'' (1951)
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Lorenzaccio
''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in d ...
'' (1951)
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Operation Mitra
''Operation Mitra'' (Italian: ''Operazione Mitra'') is a 1951 Italian thriller film directed by Giorgio Cristallini and starring Steve Barclay and Marina Berti.Morreale p.123
Cast
* Steve Barclay
* Marina Berti
* Margherita Bagni
* Silvio Bag ...
'' (1951)
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Brief Rapture'' (1951)
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The Overcoat'' (1952)
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The Piano Tuner Has Arrived
''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (Italian: ''È arrivato l'accordatore'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Virgilio Riento.Segrave & Martin p.52
The film's sets were design ...
'' (1952)
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Il viale della speranza
''Il viale della speranza'' (English: ''The street of hope'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Dino Risi. It grossed over 100 million lire at the Italian box office.
Cast
*Cosetta Greco as Luisa Guglielmi
*Liliana Bonfatti as Giuditta ...
'' (1953)
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What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1953)
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Farewell, My Beautiful Lady'' (1954)
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Symphony of Love'' (1954)
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The Miller's Beautiful Wife'' (1955)
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Love and Troubles'' (1958)
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Piece of the Sky'' (1959)
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The Prisoner of the Iron Mask'' (1962)
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The Thursday'' (1963)
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Fantabulous Inc.'' (1967)
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Killer Caliber .32
''Killer Caliber .32 '' ( it, Killer calibro 32, also known as ''32 Caliber Killer'') is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Peter Lee Lawrence.
Plot
Silver kills the seven members of a maske ...
'' (1967)
References
External links
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1914 births
1976 deaths
Italian male film actors
20th-century Italian male actors
Actors from Bologna
University of Bologna alumni
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni