Mario Carotenuto

Italian actor (1916–1995)

Nello Carotenuto (father)

RelativesBruno Carotenuto (nephew)

Mario Carotenuto (30 June 1916 – 14 April 1995)^[4] was an Italian actor of film and theatre.

Biography

Carotenuto is the son of a silent film actor and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto. He took various humble jobs for many years before starting his own artistic career in 1946, first as a radio actor and then joining small avanspettacolo companies.^[5]

He made his film debut in 1950, in Abbiamo vinto, going on to perform as leading or supporting actor in dozens of films, often comedies.^[5] He was also very active on stage and television.^[5]

He died in Rome in 1995.^[5]

Awards

1973 Nastro d'argento for best Supporting Actor for the film Lo scopone scientifico^[6]

Filmography

Scipione l'africano (1937)
The Two Sergeants (1951)
Milano miliardaria (1951)
Beauties in Capri (1952)
The Beach (1954)
A Hero of Our Times (1955)
Sunset in Naples (1955)
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1956)
I giorni più belli (1956)
Mio figlio Nerone (1956)
L'amore nasce a Roma (1958)
Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
First Love (1959)
Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959)
The Friend of the Jaguar (1959)
Fountain of Trevi (1960)
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
Il Mantenuto (1961)
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
La Vendetta (1962)
Destination Rome (1963)
L Insegnante (1965)
Satyricon (1969)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
1870 (1971)
I due assi del guantone (1971)
Boccaccio (1972)
When Women Were Called Virgins (1972)
Lo scopone scientifico (1972)
Pasqualino Cammarata, Frigate Captain (1974)
Febbre da cavallo (1975)
Per favore, occupati di Amelia (1981)
Pierino medico della Saub (1981)
Cuando calienta el sol... vamos a la playa (1982)
Gian Burrasca (1982)
Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento (1983)

References

^ Adnkronos (19 October 2007). "Teatro: E' Morta Luisa Poselli, Diva della Rivista Degli Anni d'Oro". Adnkronos.
^ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1997/08/08/Spettacolo/MARIO-CAROTENUTO-LA-VEDOVA-DELLATTORE-CONTRO-LA-FIGLIA_184400.php&prev=search ^{[dead link]}
^ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.vogliosapere.org/2012/12/21/in-ricordo-dellattore-mario-carotenuto/&prev=search
^ Harris M. Lentz (1995). "Carotenuto, Mario". Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 34.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.