Agostino Carraro (1 December 1910 – 12 January 1995) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Carraro started acting at young age in several amateur stage companies. Carraro then graduated at the , and in 1941 he got his first personal critical success with his performance in an adaptation of ''

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''. In 1952 he made his film debut, in the

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's war film ''I sette dell'Orsa Maggiore''. The same year, Carraro became first actor at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, starting a long and critically appreciated collaboration with the director

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.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . Carraro is also well known for his television work, which include some very successful

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miniseries, particularly

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's ''

Il Mulino del Po ''The Mill on the Po'' () is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas and Mario Besesti. It is based on the third part of the novel of the same name by Riccardo Bacchelli. It ...

'', ''I Miserabili'' and ''I promessi sposi'' and Vittorio Cottafavi's ''

A come Andromeda ''A come Andromeda'' (RAI, 1971), is an Italian television remake of ''A for Andromeda'' (1961), the BBC series based on the book of the same name written by Cosmology, cosmologist Fred Hoyle in conjunction with author and television producer John ...

''.

Partial filmography

* ''

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'' (1952) - Fabrizio * ''

Hell Raiders of the Deep ''Hell Raiders of the Deep'' (Original Italian title: ''I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' 'The Seven Men of Great Bear') is 1953 Italian film based on the events of the Raid on Alexandria (1941), Raid on Alexandria in 1941 by frogmen of the Decima Flo ...

'' (1953) - Commander * ''I quattro del getto tonante'' (1955) - Colonnello * ''

A Qualcuna Piace Calvo ''A Qualcuna Piace Calvo'' is a 1959 Italian film, directed by Mario Amendola, starring Magali Noël, Antonio Cifariello, Roberto Risso and Gisella Sofio. Plot Giovanna has taken an infatuation with a film actor who has a bald head as a particul ...

'' (1960) - John Bryll * ''

Constantine and the Cross ''Constantine and the Cross'' (Italian: ''Costantino il grande'') is a 1961 list of historical drama films, historical drama film about the early career of the emperor Constantine I, Constantine, who first legalized and then adopted Christianit ...

'' (1961) - Emperor Maximianus * ''

Day by Day, Desperately ''Day by Day, Desperately'' () is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Alfredo Giannetti. According to the film critic Morando Morandini, the film is "a naturalistic drama of strong emotional charge, crossed by a vein of desperate lyri ...

'' (1961) - Pietro * '' Imperial Venus'' (1962) - Canova * '' The Terrorist'' (1963) - Smith De Ceva * ''

Our Men in Bagdad ''Our Men in Bagdad'' (, ) is a 1966 Italian-French Eurospy film starring Rory Calhoun. It was the directorial debut of Paolo Bianchini after about 60 films as assistant director. It was shot in Algeria, Rome and Civitavecchia. Plot Four secret ...

'' (1966) * '' The Vatican Affair'' (1968) - Il maggiordomo * ''

Orgasmo ''Orgasmo'' (Italian for "orgasm") is a 1969 ''giallo'' film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, and Colette Descombes. It follows a wealthy American socialite who finds herself preyed upon by two ...

'' (1969) - Brion Sanders * ''

The Lady of Monza ''The Lady of Monza'' (, also known as ''The Awful Story of the Nun of Monza'' and ''The Nun of Monza'') is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is loosely based on the real life events of Marianna de Leyva, bette ...

'' (1969) - Monsignor Barrea * ''La Faute de l'abbé Mouret'' (1970) - Dr. Pascal * ''

The Cat o' Nine Tails ''The Cat o' Nine Tails'' () is a 1971 English-language Italian film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from a story by Dardano Sacchetti, Luigi Cozzi, and an uncredited Bryan Edgar Wallace. It stars Karl Malden, James Franciscus, and Catherine S ...

'' (1971) - Prof. Fulvio Terzi * ''Le belve'' (1971) - The Minister (segment "La voce del sangue") * '' Story of a Cloistered Nun'' (1973) - Father of Carmela * ''

Lovers and Other Relatives ''Lovers and Other Relatives'', (, also known as ''Venial Sin''), is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Salvatore Samperi. During the family vacation in the summer of 1956 on the beaches of Versilia, pubescent Sandro is charged with looking ...

'' (1974) - Giustino Bellotto * ''Zig-Zag'' (1975) - Le ministre * '' Vergine e di nome Maria'' (1975) - Il vescovo * ''

Illustrious Corpses ''Illustrious Corpses'' (, ) is a 1976 Italian-French thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the novel '' Equal Danger'' by Leonardo Sciascia (1971). In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministr ...

'' (1976) - Chief of Police * ''

Werewolf Woman ''Werewolf Woman'' (), also known as ''The Legend of the Wolf Woman'', is a 1976 Italian horror film directed by Rino Di Silvestro. Plot When Daniella Neseri was a child, she was raped. The trauma from this has stunted her emotional growth and sex ...

'' (1976) - Count Neseri * ''Per amore'' (1976) - Alberto's Father * ''

Italian Night ''Notte italiana'' (internationally released as ''Italian Night'') is a 1987 Italy, Italian comedy drama film directed by Carlo Mazzacurati. It won several awards including the Grand Prix (Annecy Film Festival), Grand Prix at the Annecy Italian Fi ...

'' (1987) - Ettore Melandri (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carraro, Tino 1910 births 1995 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Male actors from Milan 20th-century Italian male actors