Maurizio Arena
Italian actor (1933–1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1978.
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| Born | Maurizio Di Lorenzo 26 December 1933 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 21 November 1979 (aged 45) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–1978 |
Life and career
Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo, Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, with a small role in Bellezze in moto-scooter.[1] His breakout role came in 1956 with the role of Romolo in the successful Dino Risi's romance-comedy film Poor, But Handsome.[1] Until the early 1960s Arena was one of the most popular actors in the Italian cinema, and was a regular feature of gossip columns for his tumultuous personal life.[1]
In later years his celebrity declined, and Arena found roles as a character actor in smaller films, and occasionally worked as a singer.[1] He became an alternative medicine healer with some local following.[1]
He died at age 45 following a heart attack, a complication from a long-standing renal condition.[2]
In 2008 a park was named after him in his native district Garbatella.[3]
Selected filmography
- La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Corrado
- Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952)
- Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) - Carlo
- Roman Holiday (1953) - Young Boy with Car (uncredited)
- La lupa (1953)
- It Happened in the Park (1953) - Il fidanzato di Virginia (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
- Tormento d'anim (1953)
- A Day in Court (1954) - Lorenzo (uncredited)
- Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Feruccio
- Peppino e la vecchia signora (1954)
- Toto and Carolina (1955) - Mario, il ladro
- The Sign of Venus (1955) - Maurice
- Roman Tales (1955) - Mario
- Processo all'amore (1955)
- La porta dei sogni (1955) - Silvio
- Accadde di notte (1956)
- Tempo di villeggiatura (1956) - Checco
- Un giglio infranto (1956) - Ferdinando
- Sangue di zingara (1956) - Tore
- Poor, But Handsome (1957) - Romolo Toccacieli
- The Black Devil (1957) - Ruggero
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Alfonso
- Pretty But Poor (1957) - Romolo Toccacieli
- Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Franco
- Buongiorno primo amore! (1957) - Giancarlo
- Il cocco di mamma (1958) - Aldo Manca
- Napoli, sole mio! (1958) - Michele Brunati
- The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) - Benedetti
- Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958) - Mario Renzetti
- Love and Troubles (1958) - Roberto
- Via col para... vento (1958) - Alberto Pompei
- Caporale di giornata (1958) - Felice Fornari
- Marinai, donne e guai (1958) - Mario Santarelli
- Avventura a Capri (1959) - Mario
- Poor Millionaires (1959) - Romolo
- Noi siamo due evasi (1959) - Brigadiere Francesco Curti
- The Defeated Victor (1959) - Romolo De Santis
- La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959) - Carlo
- The Magistrate (1959) - Orlando Di Giovanni
- Terror of Oklahoma (1959) - Clay Norton
- Simpatico mascalzone (1959) - Mario
- Policarpo (1959) - il fattorino dei fiori
- Il principe fusto (1960) - Ettore
- Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961) - Renato Gorini
- You Must Be Blonde on Capri (1961) - Roberto Calli
- Maurizio, Peppino e le indossatrici (1961) - Maurizio Innocenzi
- Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961) - Giulio
- Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961) - Alberto Mariani
- The Legion's Last Patrol (1962) - Dolce Vita
- Il giorno più corto (1962)
- I soliti rapinatori a Milano (1963) - Aldo
- Via Veneto (1964)
- La fuga (1965) - Alberto Spina
- Le bambole (1965) - Massimo (segment "Il Trattato di Eugenetica")
- The Peking Medallion (1967) - Danny
- Gli altri, gli altri... e noi (1967) - Antonio
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) - Clark
- Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista (1969)
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - Giuseppe
- Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Bartolo Di Lorenzo
- Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) - Bartolo Di Lorenzo
- Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? (1972) - Garrone
- Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973) - Nino
- The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) - Communist Activist
- Società a responsabilità molto limitata (1973) - Gateano Stipoli
- The Godson of the Godfather (1973) - Don Vincenzo
- The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Romolo
- To Love Ophelia (1974) - Spartaco Cesaroni
- Loaded Guns (1975) - Padre Best
- Hallucination Strip (1975) - Buscemi, Il Siciliano
- Il sogno di Zorro (1975) - Friar Miguel
- Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa) (1976) - Marte
- The Career of a Chambermaid (1976) - Luciani
- Vai col liscio (1976) - Aldemiro
- Atti impuri all'italiana (1976) - Gedeone - the Mayor
- The Mistress Is Served (1976) - Domenico Cardona
- Puttana galera! (1976) - Marpione
- La Bidonata (1977) - Maurizio
- Pugni, dollari e spinaci (1978) - Sammy Mania
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