Vittorio Caprioli
Vittorio Caprioli (15 August 1921 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions. He was born and died in Naples, Italy. Caprioli was born in Naples. Having graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, he made his stage debut in 1942 in the Carli-Racca company. From 1945, he began his collaboration with the Italian public broadcaster, RAI, often together with Luciano Salce, creating magazine and variety programs. Arriving in 1948 at the Piccolo theatre in Milan, where under the direction of Giorgio Strehler he took part in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. At the beginning of 1950, he was cast alongside Alberto Bonucci and Gianni Cajafa for the Neapolitan Carosello musical theatrical work, directed by Ettore Giannini. A versatile interpreter, in 1950 he founded, with Bonucci and Franca Valeri the Teatro dei Gobbi, which proposed a subtly satirical type of show. In 1960, he married Valeri with whom he presented plays. They divorced in 1974. He appeared in cinema as a character actor and made his directorial debut in 1961 with Lions In the Sun, which was later selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. He followed this with Paris, My Love and then a segment of I cuori infranti which was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The Splendors and Miseries of Madame Royale in 1970 was generally considered to be his best film. He continued to appear on stage in between his films and was occasionally tempted by television, where he began his career in 1959, but he never really loved the small screen ("I suffer more than anything because of the absence of the public, which I consider an integral and irreplaceable part of the show in which I participate"). In the Sixties he acted in Village Wooing, directed by Antonello Falqui, and in 1972 he let himself be tempted by a television variety show, which he wrote and interpreted, Una Serata con Vittorio Caprioli. In his last years he returned to theater interpreting, among others, Don Marzio in Carlo Goldoni's Bottega del caffè, The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon paired with Mario Carotenuto, and Capocomico in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. During the rehearsals of a interpretation of Napoli Milionaria, he died suddenly at the age of 68, in a room of one of the famous hotels on the promenade of Naples, struck down by a heart attack. Source: Article "Vittorio Caprioli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self – Italian actor (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self – Italian actor (archive footage)
Dark Illness
as Psicanalista
Dark Illness
as Psicanalista
Taste of Life
as Riccardo
Taste of Life
as Riccardo
L'ultima scena
as Don Ferdinando Sbreglia
L'ultima scena
as Don Ferdinando Sbreglia
I picari
as mozzafiato
I picari
as mozzafiato
Stuff for the Rich
as il monsignore (2° episodio)
Stuff for the Rich
as il monsignore (2° episodio)
Love & Passion
as Don Vincenzo
Love & Passion
as Don Vincenzo
Uno scandalo perbene
as Renzo
Uno scandalo perbene
as Renzo
Cinderella '80
as Harry Cardone
Cinderella '80
as Harry Cardone
Petomaniac
as Pitalugue
Petomaniac
as Pitalugue
Più bello di così si muore
as conte Nereo Di Sanfilippo
Più bello di così si muore
as conte Nereo Di Sanfilippo
Le rose et le blanc
as Luigi Martini
Le rose et le blanc
as Luigi Martini
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
as Maresciallo Angrisani
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
as Maresciallo Angrisani
Before It's Too Early
as Il professore
Before It's Too Early
as Il professore
Umbrella Coup
as Don Barberini, mafioso italien
Umbrella Coup
as Don Barberini, mafioso italien
Café Express
as Carmelo Improta
Café Express
as Carmelo Improta
A Leap in the Dark
as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)
A Leap in the Dark
as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)
To Be Twenty
as Nazariota
To Be Twenty
as Nazariota
Blood and Diamonds
as Commissario Russo
Blood and Diamonds
as Commissario Russo
La Presidentessa
as Mazzone
La Presidentessa
as Mazzone
Grazie tante arrivederci
as Proprietario bisca
Grazie tante arrivederci
as Proprietario bisca
Messalina, Messalina!
as Claudius
Messalina, Messalina!
as Claudius
The Rip-Off
as Benjamin Bronchi
The Rip-Off
as Benjamin Bronchi
Latin Male Wanted
as don Carmine
Latin Male Wanted
as don Carmine
Rulers of the City
as Vinchenzo Napoli
Rulers of the City
as Vinchenzo Napoli
The Wing or the Thigh?
as Vittorio
The Wing or the Thigh?
as Vittorio
The Groper
as Tino Capoli / Lucki Capoli
The Groper
as Tino Capoli / Lucki Capoli
Blackmail Chase
as Barbone
Blackmail Chase
as Barbone
The Barons
as Padre
The Barons
as Padre
Catherine & Co.
as Moretti
Catherine & Co.
as Moretti
The Messiah
as Herod the Great
The Messiah
as Herod the Great
The School Teacher
as Fefe Mottola
The School Teacher
as Fefe Mottola
L'ammazzatina
as Commissario Pafuso
L'ammazzatina
as Commissario Pafuso
I'm Losing My Temper
as Le metteur en scène
I'm Losing My Temper
as Le metteur en scène
Shoot First, Die Later
as Esposito
Shoot First, Die Later
as Esposito
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
as Professor Goffredo
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
as Professor Goffredo
Innocence and Desire
as Vincenzo Niscemi
Innocence and Desire
as Vincenzo Niscemi
The Magnificent One
as Georges Charron / Colonel Karpov
The Magnificent One
as Georges Charron / Colonel Karpov
The Sensual Man
as Salvatore
The Sensual Man
as Salvatore
Io e lui
as Cutica
Io e lui
as Cutica
La colonna infame
as Il commissario di sanità Guglielmo Piazza
La colonna infame
as Il commissario di sanità Guglielmo Piazza
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Onorevole Pedicò
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Onorevole Pedicò
A Full Day's Work
as Le Juré Mangiavacca
A Full Day's Work
as Le Juré Mangiavacca
The Boss
as Questore
The Boss
as Questore
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
as Nero
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
as Nero
When Women Were Called Virgins
as Ser Cecco
When Women Were Called Virgins
as Ser Cecco
Tout Va Bien
as Factory Manager
Tout Va Bien
as Factory Manager
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
as Nereo Tinelli aka Due Novembre
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
as Nereo Tinelli aka Due Novembre
Hector the Mighty
as Menalao
Hector the Mighty
as Menalao
Trastevere
as Father Ernesto
Trastevere
as Father Ernesto
Roma bene
as Il barone Maurizio Di Vittis
Roma bene
as Il barone Maurizio Di Vittis
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
as Gran Profe
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
as Gran Profe
The Story of Romance and Knife
as Er Cinese
The Story of Romance and Knife
as Er Cinese
On the Day of the Lord
as Messer Anticoli
On the Day of the Lord
as Messer Anticoli
The Libertine
as Il Libraio
The Libertine
as Il Libraio
Death on the Run
as Billy 'Pizza'
Death on the Run
as Billy 'Pizza'
Soldier's Girl
as Settimo
Soldier's Girl
as Settimo
Assicurasi vergine
as Don Pippo Matara
Assicurasi vergine
as Don Pippo Matara
Ischia operazione amore
as Baron Domenico 'Mimì' Lo Russo
Ischia operazione amore
as Baron Domenico 'Mimì' Lo Russo
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Finizio, Politician
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Finizio, Politician
Easy Love
as Mauri (segment "Il vedovo bianco")
Easy Love
as Mauri (segment "Il vedovo bianco")
The Maniacs
as The Husband (segment "il pezzo antico")
The Maniacs
as The Husband (segment "il pezzo antico")
The Shortest Day
as Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)
The Shortest Day
as Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)
Adieu Philippine
as Pachala
Adieu Philippine
as Pachala
Zazie dans le Métro
as Trouscaillon
Zazie dans le Métro
as Trouscaillon
Recourse in Grace
as Sergio
Recourse in Grace
as Sergio
General Della Rovere
as Aristide Banchelli
General Della Rovere
as Aristide Banchelli
You're on Your Own
as Pino Calamari
You're on Your Own
as Pino Calamari
Neapolitan Carousel
as paroliere amico di Luigino
Neapolitan Carousel
as paroliere amico di Luigino
It Happened in the Park
as Commissioner of Morality (segment "Concorso Di Bellezza")
It Happened in the Park
as Commissioner of Morality (segment "Concorso Di Bellezza")
Totó in color
as Il tenore balbuziente
Totó in color
as Il tenore balbuziente
Paris Is Always Paris
as Tour guide (uncredited)
Paris Is Always Paris
as Tour guide (uncredited)