Ernesto Almirante

Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.

Ernesto Almirante
Almirante in the movie The White Sheik (1952)
Born	24 September 1877 (1877-09-24) Mistretta, Kingdom of Italy
Died	13 December 1964 (1964-12-14) (aged 87) Bologna, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Life and career

Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio.^[1] He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies.^[1]

After an occasional film role in the 1919 mute film Federica d'Illirio, starting from mid-1930s Almirante became one of the most active character actors of his time.^[1] In 1955, he retired from acting and moved into a retirement home for actors in Bologna.^[1] He was the uncle of politician Giorgio Almirante.

Partial filmography

• Federica d'Illiria (1919)
• Red Passport (1935) - L'addetto di passaporto clandestini
• At Your Orders, Madame (1939) - Lorot, l'impiegato del notaio
• We Were Seven Widows (1939) - L'anziano capitano della nave
• Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) - André Copersche, il presidente del tribunal
• La mia canzone al vento (1939)
• The Document (1939)
• The Night of Tricks (1939) - Francesco Acquaviva
• One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) - Michele Zilay
• La granduchessa si diverte (1940)
• A Romantic Adventure (1940) - Berni, il socio di Luigi
• Piccolo alpino (1940) - Il professore
• The Daughter of the Green Pirate (1940) - Il precettore delle educante
• Manovre d'amore (1940) - Enchelly
• Marco Visconti (1941) - Tremacoldo
• Thrill (1941) - Isidoro Janosky
• The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941) - Il padre de Biancamaria
• Honeymoon (1941) - Ernesto Gelardi
• Finalmente soli (1942) - Il professore Ippolito Mariani
• Margherita fra i tre (1942) - Giovanni
• Wedding Day (1942) - La zio dello sposo
• Mater dolorosa (1943) - Il nobiluoimo anziano al concerto
• Il nostro prossimo (1943)
• In cerca di felicità (1944) - Brocca
• O sole mio (1946)
• The Testimony (1946) - Giuseppe Marchi
• L'angelo e il diavolo (1946)
• Tempesta d'anime (1946)
• To Live in Peace (1947) - Il Nonno
• L'onorevole Angelina (1947) - Luigi
• The Captain's Daughter (1947) - Savelich
• The Brothers Karamazov (1947) - Maximoff
• Difficult Years (1948) - Il nonno
• Eleven Men and a Ball (1948) - Il professore
• Ti ritroverò (1949) - The Old Fisherman
• The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) - Uno spettatore
• Alarm Bells (1949) - Il possidente
• The Bride Can't Wait (1949)
• I'm in the Revue (1950) - Le colonel
• Father's Dilemma (1950) - L'invitato anziano
• The White Line (1950) - The Grandfather
• That Ghost of My Husband (1950)
• Cops and Robbers (1951) - Esposito's Father
• Ergastolo (1952) - Prof. Arlotta
• The White Sheik (1952) - Dottore Fortuna - il regista del fotoromanzo
• Toto and the King of Rome (1952) - Nedo
• Matrimonial Agency (1953) - Zio di Lodolini
• 100 Years of Love (1954) - Antonio Bianchi (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
• Via Padova 46 (1954) - Cesare
• Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955) - Il Prof. Tapparelli
• Destination Piovarolo (1955) - Ernesto
• Il coraggio (1955) - Salvatore Esposito (final film role)