Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor and singer-songwriter.[1] Del Prete was born in Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists.[2]
Duilio Del Prete | |
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 Del Prete in 1983 | |
| Born | 25 June 1938 |
| Died | 2 February 1998 (aged 59) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1963–1998 |
As an actor, he participated to several films of the commedia all'italiana, including My Friends and Alfredo, Alfredo, both by Pietro Germi, and Sessomatto. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, Daisy Miller (1974) and At Long Last Love (1975).
Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998.[3]
Filmography
edit- The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) as Dante Castellucci
- Commandos (1968) as Bruno
- Tribuna Padronale (1971) as palazzinaro immaginario
- The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) as Felipe
- Alfredo Alfredo (1972) as Oreste
- Il caso Pisciotta (1972) as Agent Sciurti
- D'amore si muore (1972)
- The Nun and the Devil (1973) as Pietro
- Redneck (1973) as Captain Lenzi
- We Want the Colonels (1973) as Monsignor Giampaolino Sartorello
- Number One (1973)
- High Crime (1973) as Umberto Griva
- Massacre in Rome (1973) as Partisan
- How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973) as Vittorio ("L'ospite")
- The Devil Is a Woman (1973) as Monsignor Salvi
- Daisy Miller (1974) as Mr. Giovanelli
- Pianeta Venere (1974)
- At Long Last Love (1975) as Johnny Spanish
- My Friends (1975) as Guido Necchi
- The Divine Nymph (1975) as Armellini
- The Sensuous Nurse (1975) as Benito Varotto
- L'Italia s'è rotta (1976) as Il censore
- Stato interessante (1977) as Federico (first story)
- A Spiral of Mist (1977) as Marcello Testa
- Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) as zombie
- Nella misura in cui... (1979)
- L'imbranato (1979) as Maranotti
- Augh! Augh! (1980) as Conte Giorgio Corsini
- On n'est pas des anges... elles non-plus (1981) as Vittorio
- Le Cadeau (Le cadeau) (1982) as Umberto
- Dagger Eyes (1983) as Captain Levi
- Cronaca nera (1987, TV Movie) as Carlo Gironda
- Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988) as Francesco Borghi
- Ti ho incontrata domani (1989) as L'amico di Primo
- A proposito di quella strana ragazza (1989) as Giovanna's father
- Panama Sugar (1990) as Blue Ball
- Voices from Beyond (1991) as Giorgio Mainardi
- Mi manca Marcella (1992) as Conrado
- Altrove (1995) as Commissario Tirelli
- Auguri professore (1997) as the headmaster (final film role)
References
edit- ^ Edmond Grant (1999). The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998). CineBooks, 1999. ISBN 9780933997431.
- ^ "Fonit-Cetra Joins San Remo Quitters". Billboard. 6 March 1971.
- ^ "Addio a Del prete, l'Orlando generoso" (in Italian). lastampa.it. Retrieved 3 July 2016.