Marino Masè

Marino Masè (21 March 1939 – 28 May 2022) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than 70 films.

Marino Masè
Masè in Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Born	(1939-03-21)21 March 1939 Trieste, Italy
Died	28 May 2022(2022-05-28) (aged 83) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2022

Life

Masè was born in Trieste on 21 March 1939. While still a teenager, he joined the laboratory for young actors of the production company Vides by Franco Cristaldi and studied acting under Alessandro Fersen.^[1] He made his stage debut in 1960 in L'arialda, directed by Luchino Visconti, and his film debut in the 1961 adventure Romulus and the Sabines by Richard Pottier.^[1] He had several leading roles in the first half of the 1960s, including Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket and Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers, then he was mainly cast in supporting roles.^[1] Masè was also active in the adaptation of the dialogues for dubbing.^[1]

Masè died in Rome on 28 May 2022, at the age of 83.^{[2] [3]}

Selected filmography

• Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Leno
• The Leopard (1963) as Tutor
• The Carabineers (1963) as Ulysses
• A Sentimental Attempt (1963) as Piero, Dino's Brother-in-law
• I mostri (1963) as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
• Love and Marriage (1964) (segment "Basta un attimo")
• Hard Time for Princes (1965) as Angelo
• Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) as Phir
• Fists in the Pocket (1965) as Augusto
• Nightmare Castle (1965) as Dr. Derek Joyce
• Gendarme in New York (1965) as Aldo
• The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) as Dick
• Jericho (1966) as Jean-Gaston Andre
• The Vatican Affair (1968) as Richard
• Commandos (1968) as Italian Lt. Tomassini
• Detective Belli (1969) as Romanis (uncredited)
• The Five Man Army (1969) as Railroad Man
• Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) as Franco
• The Cannibals (1970) as Ismene's Fiancé
• N.P. - Il segreto (1970)
• Lady Frankenstein (1971) as Thomas Stack, the mildly retarded servant of Baron Frankenstein
• The Policeman (1971)
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) as Police Inspector
• Il Boss (1973) as Pignataro
• I Kiss the Hand (1973) as Luciano Ferrante
• Massacre in Rome (1973) as Third partisan in Via rasella's window
• The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Giuseppe di Leo
• The Night Porter (1974) as Atherton
• The Driver's Seat (1974) as Traffic Policeman
• Donna è bello (1974) as Mario
• Zorro (1975) as Miguel de la Serna
• Kidnap Syndicate (1975) as Pardi
• Calling All Police Cars (1975) as Franz Hekker - Francesco Pagano
• Vergine e di nome Maria (1975)
• Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) as Rick
• A Sold Life (1976) as Professor Marcelli
• A Matter of Time (1976) as Hotel Forum Porter
• Emanuelle Around the World (1977) as Cassei
• L'uomo di Corleone (1977)
• Standard (1978)
• Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) as Enzo Nardelli
• Play Motel (1979) as Massimo "Max" Liguori
• Contamination (1980) as NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
• The Salamander (1981) as Captain Rigoli
• Il carabiniere (1981) as Gianni
• Cercasi Gesù (1982)
• The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) as The Duke
• Tenebrae (1982) as John
• King David (1985) as Agag
• The Repenter (1985)
• Voglia di guardare (1986) as Diego
• The Professor (1986) as Il faccendiere Sapienza
• The Belly of an Architect (1987) as Trettorio
• L'attrazione (1987) as Victor
• Phantom of Death (1988) as Expert on aging
• Provocazione (1988) as Professor
• The Palermo Connection (1990)
• Senza scrupoli 2 (1990) as Maestro
• The Godfather Part III (1990) as Lupo
• The Raffle (1991)
• Venti dal Sud (1993) as Paul Legrand
• Bits and Pieces (1996)
• The Eighteenth Angel (1997) as Local Doctor
• Il decisionista (1997)
• Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997) as Paolo Bigetti
• Autunno (1999) as Matteo's Father
• Ginostra (2002) as Night Watchman
• Nel mio amore (2004) as Prete anziano
• Quale amore (2006) as Bank director

References

1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
2. "Addio all'attore triestino Marino Masè, il bello del cinema dai "Pugni in tasca" a "Portiere di notte"". Il Piccolo. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
3. "Marino Masé". Emmy Awards.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

External links

• Marino Masè at IMDb
• Marino Masè at AllMovie