Alberto Tavazzi

Born(1912-03-25)25 March 1912

Rome, Lazio
Kingdom of Italy

Died22 April 2006(2006-04-22) (aged 94)

Rome, Lazio
Italy

Occupation(s)Art director
Actor

Yearsactive1939–1966 (film)

Alberto Tavazzi
Tavazzi in Rome, Open City (1945)
Born	(1912-03-25)25 March 1912 Rome, Lazio Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 April 2006(2006-04-22) (aged 94) Rome, Lazio Italy
Occupation(s)	Art director Actor
Years active	1939–1966 (film)

Alberto Tavazzi (1912–2006) was an Italian painter^{[citation needed]}, art director and occasional actor.

From 1939 Tavazzi began working on the design and construction of film sets.^{[citation needed]} He was a friend of the director Roberto Rossellini, who cast him in the title role as a Catholic Priest in his 1943 war film The Man with a Cross.^[1] Tavazzi played a priest again in Rossellini's 1945 neorealist drama Rome, Open City.