Romolo Costa

Romolo Costa (26 February 1897 – 1 January 1965) was an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Romolo Costa
Costa in A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
Born	(1897-02-26)26 February 1897 Asti, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 January 1965(1965-01-01) (aged 67) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1932–1965

Biography

Costa appeared in more than seventy films and television series between 1934 and 1964 and he was a character actor who generally appeared in supporting roles. Occasionally he played a more prominent role as in Il destino in tasca.^[2] He also worked extensively as a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. He served as a substitute for Emilio Cigoli as the Italian voice of Gary Cooper.

Selected filmography

• Pergolesi (1932)
• Steel (1933)
• Together in the Dark (1933)
• Loyalty of Love (1934)
• Like the Leaves (1935)
• Aldebaran (1935)
• The Joker King (1935)
• Bayonet (1936)
• The Ambassador (1936)
• I've Lost My Husband! (1937)
• Il signor Max (1937)
• Doctor Antonio (1937)
• Il destino in tasca (1938)
• They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
• The Two Mothers (1938)
• Departure (1938)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939)
• Heartbeat (1939)
• Two Million for a Smile (1939)
• The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
• Backstage (1939)
• Marionette (1939)
• Diamonds (1939)
• The Faceless Voice (1939)
• Eternal Melodies (1940)
• Beyond Love (1940)
• A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
• Once a Week (1942)
• A Pistol Shot (1942)
• Rossini (1942)
• Songs in the Streets (1950)

References

1. "Romolo Costa's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
2. Goble p.88

External links

• Romolo Costa at IMDb

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.