Vittorio Gassman
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. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
as Self (archive footage)
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
as Self (archive footage)
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
as Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
Desert of Fire
as Tareq
Desert of Fire
as Tareq
Abraham
as Terach
Abraham
as Terach
Rossini! Rossini!
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Rossini! Rossini!
as Ludwig van Beethoven
The Palermo Connection
as Il principe
The Palermo Connection
as Il principe
The Sleazy Uncle
as Zio Luca
The Sleazy Uncle
as Zio Luca
Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Walter Guarini
Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Walter Guarini
Count Tacchia
as Prince Torquato Terenzi
Count Tacchia
as Prince Torquato Terenzi
Di padre in figlio
as Self
Di padre in figlio
as Self
Hotel Room
as Achille Mengaroni
Hotel Room
as Achille Mengaroni
I'm Photogenic
as Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
I'm Photogenic
as Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
The Career of a Chambermaid
as Franco Denza
The Career of a Chambermaid
as Franco Denza
Scent of a Woman
as Fausto Consolo
Scent of a Woman
as Fausto Consolo
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
as Guido Guidi
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
as Guido Guidi
In the Name of the Italian People
as Lorenzo Santenocito
In the Name of the Italian People
as Lorenzo Santenocito
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
The Divorce
as Leonardo Nenci
The Divorce
as Leonardo Nenci
Let's Have a Riot
as Riccardo
Let's Have a Riot
as Riccardo
Alibi
as Vittorio
Alibi
as Vittorio
The Black Sheep
as Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
The Black Sheep
as Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
The Prophet
as Pietro Breccia
The Prophet
as Pietro Breccia
The Devil in Love
as Belfagor
The Devil in Love
as Belfagor
I Knew Her Well
as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Knew Her Well
as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dirty Game
as Perego / Ferrari
The Dirty Game
as Perego / Ferrari
One Million Dollars
as Giuliano
One Million Dollars
as Giuliano
Il gaucho
as Marco Ravicchio
Il gaucho
as Marco Ravicchio
Shakespeare secondo Gassman
Shakespeare secondo Gassman
Let's Talk About Women
as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
Let's Talk About Women
as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
Summer Frenzy
as Cap. Nardoni
Summer Frenzy
as Cap. Nardoni
The Monsters
as 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")
The Monsters
as 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")
Il successo
as Giulio Ceriani
Il successo
as Giulio Ceriani
Sex Can Be Difficult
as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
Sex Can Be Difficult
as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
March on Rome
as Domenico Rocchetti
March on Rome
as Domenico Rocchetti
Barabbas
as Sahak
Barabbas
as Sahak
The Great War
as Giovanni Busacca
The Great War
as Giovanni Busacca
Tempest
as Prosecutor
Tempest
as Prosecutor
Rhapsody
as Paul Bronte
Rhapsody
as Paul Bronte
Sombrero
as Alejandro Castillo
Sombrero
as Alejandro Castillo
The Glass Wall
as Peter Kuban
The Glass Wall
as Peter Kuban
The Dream of Zorro
as Don Juan Antonio
The Dream of Zorro
as Don Juan Antonio
Anna
as Vittorio
Anna
as Vittorio
Black Crown
as Mauricio
Black Crown
as Mauricio
Il leone di Amalfi
as Mauro
Il leone di Amalfi
as Mauro