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Vittorio Gassman
Actor · Crew· Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.
Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | La bomba | Don Vito Bracalone | Film |
| 1998 | The Dinner | Maestro Pezzullo | Film |
| 1997 | Desert of Fire | Tareq | Film |
| 1996 | Sleepers | King Benny | Film |
| 1993 | Abraham | Terach | Film |
| 1991 | I'll Be Going Now | Augusto Scribani | Film |
| 1991 | Rossini! Rossini! | Ludwig van Beethoven | Film |
| 1990 | The Palermo Connection | Il principe | Film |
| 1990 | 1001 Nights | Sinbad | Film |
| 1989 | The Sleazy Uncle | Zio Luca | Film |
| 1989 | Mortacci | Domenico | Film |
| 1987 | I picari | Marquis Felipe de Aragona | Film |
| 1987 | The Family | Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather | Film |
| 1985 | Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later | Peppe | Film |
| 1983 | Benvenuta | Livio | Film |
| 1983 | Life Is a Bed of Roses | Walter Guarini | Film |
| 1982 | Tempest | Alonzo | Film |
| 1982 | Count Tacchia | Prince Torquato Terenzi | Film |
| 1981 | Hotel Room | Achille Mengaroni | Film |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Victor Scorelli | Film |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani | Film |
| 1980 | The Terrace | Mario Dorazio | Film |
| 1980 | I'm Photogenic | Vittorio Gassman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1979 | Dear Father | Albino Millozza | Film |
| 1979 | Quintet | Saint Christopher | Film |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Luigi Corelli | Film |
| 1977 | The New Monsters | il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia | Film |
| 1977 | Lost Soul | Fabio Stolz | Film |
| 1976 | Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen | Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo | Film |
| 1976 | The Desert of the Tartars | Filimore | Film |
| 1976 | The Career of a Chambermaid | Franco Denza | Film |
| 1975 | Midnight Pleasures | Andrea Sansoni | Film |
| 1974 | We All Loved Each Other So Much | Gianni Perego | Film |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman | Fausto Consolo | Film |
| 1972 | What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? | Guido Guidi | Film |
| 1972 | The Audience | Principe Donati | Film |
| 1971 | In the Name of the Italian People | Lorenzo Santenocito | Film |
| 1971 | Scipio the African | Catone il Censore | Film |
| 1970 | Let's Have a Riot | Riccardo | Film |
| 1970 | The Divorce | Leonardo Nenci | Film |
| 1970 | Brancaleone at the Crusades | Brancaleone Da Norcia | Film |
| 1969 | Twelve Plus One | Mario Beretti | Film |
| 1969 | Where Are You Going All Naked? | Rufus Conforti | Film |
| 1968 | The Prophet | Pietro Breccia | Film |
| 1967 | Catch As Catch Can | Bob Chiaramonte | Film |
| 1967 | Ghosts, Italian Style | Pasquale Lojacono | Film |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Cenci | Film |
| 1967 | The Tiger and the Pussycat | Francesco Vincenzini | Film |
| 1966 | Pleasant Nights | Bastiano da Sangallo | Film |
| 1966 | The Devil in Love | Belfagor | Film |
| 1966 | For Love and Gold | Brancaleone da Norcia | Film |
| 1965 | A Maiden for the Prince | Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga | Film |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well | Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1965 | The Dirty Game | Perego / Ferrari | Film |
| 1964 | Shakespeare secondo Gassman | Film | |
| 1964 | Let's Talk About Women | Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero | Film |
| 1964 | One Million Dollars | Giuliano | Film |
| 1964 | Summer Frenzy | Cap. Nardoni | Film |
| 1964 | Il gaucho | Marco Ravicchio | Film |
| 1963 | The Monsters | The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte") | Film |
| 1963 | Il successo | Giulio Ceriani | Film |
| 1963 | The Eye of the Needle | Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer | Film |
| 1962 | March on Rome | Domenico Rocchetti | Film |
| 1962 | Dark Soul | Adriano Zucchelli | Film |
| 1962 | Il Sorpasso | Bruno Cortona | Film |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Sahak | Film |
| 1961 | Seduction Of The South | O Caporale | Film |
| 1961 | A Difficult Life | Self | Film |
| 1961 | Ghosts of Rome | Il Caparra | Film |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Cimino | Film |
| 1960 | Love and Larceny | Gerardo Latini | Film |
| 1960 | ...And Suddenly It's Murder! | Remo | Film |
| 1959 | La cambiale | Michele | Film |
| 1959 | The Great War | Giovanni Busacca | Film |
| 1959 | Fiasco in Milan | Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi | Film |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Guido | Film |
| 1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | Peppe il pantera | Film |
| 1958 | Tempest | Prosecutor | Film |
| 1957 | The Love Specialist | Piero di Montalcino | Film |
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