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Carlo De Mejo
Italian actor (1945–2015)
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Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945 – 18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.[1]
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Born17 January 1945
Rome, Italy
Died18 December 2015 (aged 70)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1968–2013
Carlo De Mejo | |
|---|---|
De Mejo in February 1992 | |
| Born | 17 January 1945 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 18 December 2015 (aged 70) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–2013 |
| Parent(s) | Oscar De Mejo Alida Valli |
Life and career
Born in Rome, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress Alida Valli.[2] After a few minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema (1968).[2] In 1970, he played Claude in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical Hair.[2] In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.[2][3]
Selected filmography
- The Battle of Sinai (1968) - Ylan
- L'oro di Londra (1968) - Frankie
- Summit (1968)
- Teorema (1968) - Boy
- La colomba non deve volare (1970)
- Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion (1970) - Billy
- Equinozio (1971)
- The Dead Are Alive (1972) - Igor Samarakis
- When Women Were Called Virgins (1972) - Gisippo
- The Outside Man (1972) - Karl
- Défense de savoir (1973)
- Stateline Motel (1973) - Albert
- The Net (1975) - Francesco Vanetti
- La sposina (1976) - Massimo Raimondi
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976) - Faux Patient (uncredited)
- A Simple Heart (1977)
- Porco mondo (1978) - Massimo
- Cindy's Love Games (1979) - Valerio
- Eros Perversion (1979) - Orsino
- Terror Express (1980) - Ernie
- Contamination (1980) - Agent Young
- City of the Living Dead (1980) - Gerry
- La locanda della maladolescenza (1980) - Andrea Poggi
- The Other Hell (1981) - Father Valerio
- The House by the Cemetery (1981) - Mr. Wheatley
- Manhattan Baby (1982) - Luke
- Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983)
- Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico (1984)
- À notre regrettable époux (1988) - Mercanton
- I fobici (1999) - A Party Guest (segment "Frutto Proibito")
- H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms (2013) - Antonio Mezzanotte (final film role)
