Vittorio Gassman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1922
- Died
- June 29, 2000 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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
Known For
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Filmography
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Trintignant by Trintignant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Movie · as Self
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Movie · as Self
Còmics
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Close Up
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
Movie · as Self
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Speaking with Gassman
Movie
Luchino Visconti
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La bomba
Movie · as Don Vito Bracalone
The Dinner
Movie · as Maestro Pezzullo
Desert of Fire
Movie · as Tareq
Desert of Fire
TV · as Tareq · 3 eps
Sleepers
Movie · as King Benny
Once a Year, Every Year
Movie · as Giuseppe
In morte di Federico Fellini
Movie
Abraham
Movie · as Terach
Abraham
TV · as Terah · 2 eps
Quando eravamo repressi
Movie · as The Sexologist
The Long Winter
Movie · as Claudio, El Mayordomo
Rossini! Rossini!
Movie · as Ludwig van Beethoven
I'll Be Going Now
Movie · as Augusto Scribani
1001 Nights
Movie · as Sinbad
The Palermo Connection
Movie · as Il principe
The Amusements of Private Life
Movie · as Marquis
Mortacci
Movie · as Domenico
The Sleazy Uncle
Movie · as Zio Luca
L'altro enigma
Movie · as Il padre / Sofocle
The Family
Movie · as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
I picari
Movie · as Marquis Felipe de Aragona
To Be Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Movie · as Peppe
Power Of Evil
Movie · as Gottfried
Cinecittà Cinecittà
TV · as Various · 5 eps
Life Is a Bed of Roses
Movie · as Walter Guarini
Benvenuta
Movie · as Livio
André Delvaux directs Benvenuta
Movie · as Self
Tempest
Movie · as Alonzo
Count Tacchia
Movie · as Prince Torquato Terenzi
Di padre in figlio
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sharky's Machine
Movie · as Victor Scorelli
Hotel Room
Movie · as Achille Mengaroni
Il turno
Movie · as Ciro Coppa
The Nude Bomb
Movie · as Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
The Terrace
Movie · as Mario Dorazio
I'm Photogenic
Movie · as Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
Quintet
Movie · as Saint Christopher
Dear Father
Movie · as Albino Millozza
Two Pieces of Bread
Movie · as Pippo Mifà
A Wedding
Movie · as Luigi Corelli
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Lost Soul
Movie · as Fabio Stolz
The New Monsters
Movie · as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
Edipo Re
Movie · as Edipo
The Desert of the Tartars
Movie · as Filimore
The Career of a Chambermaid
Movie · as Franco Denza
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
Pure as a Lily
Movie · as Anthony M. Wilson
The Apple of My Eye
Movie · as film festival participant
Babau
TV · 1 ep
Midnight Pleasures
Movie · as Andrea Sansoni
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Movie · as Gianni Perego
Scent of a Woman
Movie · as Fausto Consolo
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 2 eps
La Tosca
Movie · as Scarpia
The Audience
Movie · as Principe Donati
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
Movie · as Guido Guidi
Without Family
Movie · as Armando Zavanatti
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scipio the African
Movie · as Cato the Censor
In the Name of the Italian People
Movie · as Lorenzo Santenocito
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Movie · as Brancaleone Da Norcia
Let's Have a Riot
Movie · as Riccardo
The Divorce
Movie · as Leonardo Nenci
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Movie · as L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
Twelve Plus One
Movie · as Mario Beretti
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Movie · as Rufus Conforti
The Archangel
Movie · as Furio Bertuccia
Alibi
Movie · as Vittorio
The Prophet
Movie · as Pietro Breccia
The Black Sheep
Movie · as Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
Ghosts, Italian Style
Movie · as Pasquale Lojacono
Woman Times Seven
Movie · as Cenci
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Movie · as Francesco Vincenzini
Catch As Catch Can
Movie · as Bob Chiaramonte
For Love and Gold
Movie · as Brancaleone da Norcia
Pleasant Nights
Movie · as Bastiano da Sangallo
The Devil in Love
Movie · as Belfagor
A Maiden for the Prince
Movie · as Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
I Knew Her Well
Movie · as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dirty Game
Movie · as Perego / Ferrari
Snow Job
Movie · as Lucio Ridolfi
Let's Talk About Women
Movie · as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
One Million Dollars
Movie · as Giuliano
Il gaucho
Movie · as Marco Ravicchio
Summer Frenzy
Movie · as Cap. Nardoni
Shakespeare secondo Gassman
Movie
The Monsters
Movie · as 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")
Il successo
Movie · as Giulio Ceriani
The Eye of the Needle
Movie · as Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
Il Sorpasso
Movie · as Bruno Cortona
March on Rome
Movie · as Domenico Rocchetti
Dark Soul
Movie · as Adriano Zucchelli
Sex Can Be Difficult
Movie · as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barabbas
Movie · as Sahak
Ghosts of Rome
Movie · as Il Caparra
A Difficult Life
Movie · as Self
The Last Judgment
Movie · as Cimino
Seduction Of The South
Movie · as O Caporale
Love and Larceny
Movie · as Gerardo Latini
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Movie · as Remo
The Great War
Movie · as Giovanni Busacca
La cambiale
Movie · as Michele
The Miracle
Movie · as Guido
Fiasco in Milan
Movie · as Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
Il mattatore
TV · 9 eps
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Movie · as Peppe il pantera
Tempest
Movie · as Prosecutor
The Love Specialist
Movie · as Piero di Montalcino
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Movie · as Edmund Kean
War and Peace
Movie · as Anatol Kuragin
The Violent Patriot
Movie · as Giovanni De Medici
Defend My Love
Movie · as Giovanni Marchi
Beautiful But Dangerous
Movie · as Prince Sergei
Amleto
Movie · as Amleto
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
Movie · as Edmund Kean
Rhapsody
Movie · as Paul Bronte
Mambo
Movie · as Mario Rossi
Cry of the Hunted
Movie · as Jory
The Glass Wall
Movie · as Peter Kuban
Sombrero
Movie · as Alejandro Castillo
The Dream of Zorro
Movie · as Don Juan Antonio
Girls Marked Danger
Movie · as Michele
Anna
Movie · as Vittorio
Black Crown
Movie · as Mauricio
Double Cross
Movie · as Renato Salvi
The Outlaws
Movie · as Turi
Streets of Sorrow
Movie · as Giorgio Cantoni
Il leone di Amalfi
Movie · as Mauro
Lo sparviero del Nilo
Movie · as Yussuf
Bitter Rice
Movie · as Walter
Lure of the Sila
Movie · as Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
The Mysterious Rider
Movie · as Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
L'ebreo errante
Movie · as Mathieu Blumenthal
Shamed
Movie · as Davide
The Captain's Daughter
Movie · as Svabrin
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Movie · as Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde
Daniele Cortis
Movie · as Daniele Cortis
Incontro con Laura
Movie · as Franco