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Orazio Orlando

Italian actor (1933–1990)

Orazio Orlando

Born	(1933-06-14)14 June 1933 Naples, Italy
Died	18 December 1990(1990-12-18) (aged 57) Rome, Italy

Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953-54 and in 1954-55, without graduating.^[1] He made his debut at 18, with the stage company of Renzo Ricci, along with Giorgio Albertazzi and Anna Proclemer.^[1]^[2] His first important participation was in Shakespeare's King Lear, in 1955.^[2]

In 1958 he began his television career in the role of Tybalt in a successful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; he took part in a great number of films, TV-series and television movies, but became popular in 1973 thanks to the interpretation of the Commissioner Solmi, in the television series Qui squadra mobile.^[1]^[2]

He is best remembered for his film roles in Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) and Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973), Pupi Avati's Help Me Dream (1981) and Alberto Bevilacqua's Woman of Wonders, or La donna delle meraviglie (original title) (1985).^[3]^[2]

At 57 years old, he died of a heart attack on the Teatro Flaiano stage in Rome during the rehearsal of the play Ad Eva aggiungi Eva.^[1]^[2]

Selected filmography

Le bambole (1965) - Richetto, amante (segment "Minestra, La")
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) - Brigadiere Biglia
Il debito coniugale (1970) - Romolo
Waterloo (1970) - Constant
La supertestimone (1971) - Charlot, il secondino capo
Ripped Off (1972) - Mike Dugall
Gli ordini sono ordini (1972) - Amedeo - Giorgia's husband
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) - Maresciallo
It Was Me (1973)
Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) - Brigadier Pirelli
Amore mio uccidimi! (1973) - Riccardo - l'amico de Guido
Lovers and Other Relatives (1974) - Renzo
Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974) - Franco Donati
Policewoman (1974) - Ruggero Patanè
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974) - Nicola
Bello come un arcangelo (1974) - Avv. Pantaleo Fortis, 'Totonno'
The Flower in His Mouth (1975) - Pretore Occhipinti
La linea del fiume (1976) - Amedeo
Evil Thoughts (1976) - lawyer Borderò
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
Maschio latino cercasi (1977) - Gennarino (segment "Gennarino l'emigrante")
Gangbuster (1977) - Giorgio
Il mostro (1977) - Pisani
Highway Racer (1977) - Silicato
Tre soldi e la donna di classe (1977)
Corleone (1977) - Pubblico Ministero
Traffic Jam (1979) - Ferreri
Tigers in Lipstick (1979) - Fioroni / The Arab (segment "L'arabo")
Speed driver (1980)
Help Me Dream (1981) - Guido
Superstition (1982) - (uncredited)
Scusa se è poco (1982) - Tullio (segment "Trenta minuti d'amore")
La donna delle meraviglie (1985) - Ulisse
Sicilian Connection (1987)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e F. Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Dalai editore, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
^ "Orazio Orlando". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-06-21.