Vittorio Gassman

Where to watch Vittorio Gassman

• We All Loved Each Other So MuchMovie · 1974
• Il SorpassoMovie · 1962

Biography

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

1. 2021Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchainedas Self - Actor (archive footage)
2. 1999La bombaas Don Vito Bracalone
3. 1998The Dinneras Maestro Pezzullo
4. 1996Sleepersas King Benny
5. 1993Abrahamas Terach
6. 19901001 Nightsas Sinbad
7. 1990The Palermo Connectionas Il principe
8. 1989Mortaccias Domenico
9. 1987I picarias Marquis Felipe de Aragona
10. 1987The Familyas Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
11. 1983Life Is a Bed of Rosesas Walter Guarini
12. 1982Count Tacchiaas Prince Torquato Terenzi
13. 1982Tempestas Alonzo
14. 1981Sharky's Machineas Victor Scorelli
15. 1980The Nude Bombas Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
16. 1980I'm Photogenicas Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
17. 1980The Terraceas Mario Dorazio
18. 1979Dear Fatheras Albino Millozza
19. 1979Quintetas Saint Christopher
20. 1978A Weddingas Luigi Corelli
21. 1977The New Monstersas il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
22. 1977Lost Soulas Fabio Stolz
23. 1976The Desert of the Tartarsas Filimore
24. 1976Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemenas Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
25. 1976The Career of a Chambermaidas Franco Denza
26. 1975Midnight Pleasuresas Andrea Sansoni
27. 1974We All Loved Each Other So Muchas Gianni Perego
28. 1974Scent of a Womanas Fausto Consolo
29. 1973La Toscaas Scarpia
30. 1972The Audienceas Principe Donati
31. 1971In the Name of the Italian Peopleas Lorenzo Santenocito
32. 1970Brancaleone at the Crusadesas Brancaleone Da Norcia
33. 1969Twelve Plus Oneas Mario Beretti
34. 1968The Prophetas Pietro Breccia
35. 1967Ghosts, Italian Styleas Pasquale Lojacono
36. 1967Woman Times Sevenas Cenci
37. 1967The Tiger and the Pussycatas Francesco Vincenzini
38. 1966For Love and Goldas Brancaleone da Norcia
39. 1965I Knew Her Wellas Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
40. 1964Il gauchoas Marco Ravicchio
41. 1964Let's Talk About Womenas Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
42. 1963The Monstersas The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
43. 1962March on Romeas Domenico Rocchetti
44. 1962Il Sorpassoas Bruno Cortona
45. 1961Barabbasas Sahak
46. 1961A Difficult Lifeas Self
47. 1961The Last Judgmentas Cimino
48. 1961Ghosts of Romeas Il Caparra
49. 1960...And Suddenly It's Murder!as Remo
50. 1960Love and Larcenyas Gerardo Latini
51. 1959Fiasco in Milanas Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
52. 1959La cambialeas Michele
53. 1959The Great Waras Giovanni Busacca
54. 1958Big Deal on Madonna Streetas Peppe il pantera
55. 1956War and Peaceas Anatol Kuragin
56. 1955Beautiful But Dangerousas Prince Sergei
57. 1954Rhapsodyas Paul Bronte
58. 1953The Glass Wallas Peter Kuban
59. 1951Annaas Vittorio
60. 1949Bitter Riceas Walter