Mario Scaccia (26 December 1919 – 26 January 2011) was an Italian actor and author. He was a prominent figure in the Italian theatre of '900.
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Mario Scaccia |
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| Born | (1919-12-26)26 December 1919
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| Died | 26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 91)
Rome, Italy |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, author |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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Born in Rome, the son of a painter, during the Second World War Scaccia was conscripted into the army as an officer in Sicily; made prisoner by the American army, he was taken in Morocco, where he remained three years.[1] In 1945 Scaccia returned to Rome, where he abandoned his studies in pedagogy and enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, attending only the first year;[1] in 1946 he started appearing on stage, usually as character actor. In 1961 Scaccia was co-founder, together with Valeria Moriconi, Franco Enriquez and Glauco Mauri, of the Compagnia dei Quattro ("Company of the Four") that gained critical and commercial success.[1][2] At the same time Scaccia was a prolific character actor in films, TV series and radio-dramas.[1]
Scaccia was also an author and a poet; his works include several autobiographies.[2] He died in Rome at 91, as a result of complications for a surgical intervention.[3]
- The Flame (1952) - Mauret
- A Slice of Life (1954) - (segment "Scena all'aperto")
- Too Bad She's Bad (1955) - Carletto, l'uomo derubato della borsa
- Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) - Un cameriere
- Il Mattatore (1960) - Il gioielliere
- The Traffic Policeman (1960) - Mayor's lawyer (uncredited)
- Femmine di lusso (1960) - Edmondo, the butler
- Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) - Onorius, Emperor of the West
- Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) - Jonathan Brooks
- Ursus (1961) - Kymos
- Behind Closed Doors (1961) - Manning, l'albergatore
- Day by Day, Desperately (1961) - Orderly
- The Seventh Sword (1962) - Il Cardinale / The Cardinal
- Musketeers of the Sea (1962) - Re di Francia
- Avventura al motel (1963) - Manfredi
- The Swindlers (1963) - Lawyer (segment "Medico e fidanzata")
- Shivers in Summer (1964) - The Manager of 'Carrousel' Show
- Amore facile (1964) - Cante Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
- Oltraggio al pudore (1964)
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Guidarino, Journalist
- A Maiden for the Prince (1966) - Cardinal Gonzaga
- We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) - Prete
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) - Doctor Zambelli
- Between Miracles (1971) - Priore
- Meo Patacca (1972) - Cardinale
- Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) - Gen. Arturo Pigna
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) - 1° Dottore
- La calandria (1972) - Ruffo
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) - Alessandro Marzo 'Albertone'
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974) - Signor Rossetti
- Le farò da padre (1974) - Don Amilcare De Loyola
- The Antichrist (1974) - Faith Healer
- The Sex Machine (1975) - Mons. Alberoni
- Eye of the Cat (1975) - Salomone Fioravanti
- Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (1976) - Leopoldo
- Soldier of Fortune (1976) - Don Pedro Gonzalo de Guadarrama
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) - Cardinal Piazza-Colonna
- Un amore targato Forlì (1976)
- Black Journal (1977) - Rosario
- Double Murder (1977) - Marino Cianciarelli
- Break Up (1978) - Il dottore
- The Word (1978, TV Mini-Series) - Agusto Monti
- Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983) - Corinto Marchialla
- Il mistero del morca (1984)
- Juke box (1985)
- L'ultima mazurka (1986) - Reiger
- Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987) - Tiberio
- In camera mia (1992)
- Ferdinando and Carolina (1999) - Ferdinando I Borbone (old)
- Voglio stare sotto al letto (1999) - Giò Giordani
- Gabriel (2001)
- Mario Scaccia, Il Diario dell'Anima, 1969
- Mario Scaccia, Un disperato amore, 1972
- Mario Scaccia, Zio cardinale, 1974
- Mario Scaccia, Quattro mesi in platea, 1977
- Mario Scaccia, Io e il teatro, 1978
- Giovanni Giràud, Mario Scaccia, Il galantuomo per transazione, 1980
- Mario Scaccia, L'antologia rifatta, 1981
- Mario Scaccia, La verità inventata. Del mestiere dell'arte dell'attore, 1989
- Mario Scaccia, Il mio Molière, 1994
- Paolo Perrone Burali d'Arezzo, Mario Scaccia, Mario Verdone, Totò e Onorato, 1999
- Mario Scaccia, Due braccia e una lira, 2004
- Mario Scaccia, Interpretando la mia vita. Il mio teatro, i miei personaggi, la mia storia, 2009
- Mario Scaccia, Maschere romane, 2010
- Mario Scaccia, Per amore di una rima, 2011
Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore.
Rodolfo Di Giammarco (27 January 2011). "Addio a Mario Scaccia gran signore della scena". La Repubblica.
