Aldo Puglisi | |
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![]() Puglisi (left) with Saro Urzì, Stefania Sandrelli and Lando Buzzanca in Seduced and Abandoned (1964) | |
Born | |
Died | 19 July 2024 Catania, Italy | (aged 89)
Occupation | Actor |
Aldo Puglisi (12 April 1935 – 19 July 2024) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Catania, the son of two Sicilian language theatrical actors, Puglisi made his stage debut at very young age with the company of his parents.[1] He made his film debut in a main role, as the vile seducer Peppino Califano in Pietro Germi's Seduced and Abandoned.[1][2] Starting from his following film, Puglisi was gradually cast in less important roles, that led him to dedicate himself to theatre.[1] Puglisi died of COVID-19 in Catania, on 19 July 2024, at the age of 89.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Seduced and Abandoned (1964) – Peppino Califano
- Three Nights of Love (1964) – (segment "La vedova")
- Marriage Italian Style (1964) – Alfredo
- Letti sbagliati (1965) – Maurizio (segment "Quel porco di Maurizio")
- Latin Lovers (1965) – Saro (segment "L'irreparabile")
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) – Carabiniere Mancuso
- Peggio per me... meglio per te (1967) – Giorgio de Santis
- The Girl with the Pistol (1968) – Un emigrante siciliano
- Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda (1968) – Tiberio, Gianna's fiancé
- Love and Anger (1969) – Dio (segment "La sequenza del fiore di carta") (voice)
- Un caso di coscienza (1970) – ragionier Licasio
- Il merlo maschio (1971) – Chemist
- When Women Lost Their Tails (1972) – Zog
- The Eroticist (1972) – Carmelino the chauffeur
- All Screwed Up (1974) – Cook
- Swept Away (1974) – Gennarino's fellow
- Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975) – Fernando
- La prima notte di nozze (1976)
- Arrivano i gatti (1980) – Tenente La Pezza
- Secret File (2003)
- Quell'estate felice (2007) – (final film role)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ^ Fabio Secchi Frau. "Aldo Puglisi. Fra Lando Buzzanca e Pasquale Festa Campanile". MyMovies. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Morto l'attore catanese Aldo Puglisi: una vita tra palcoscenico e grande schermo". Gazzetta del Sud. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Aldo Puglisi at IMDb