Ernesto Almirante
Italian actor (1877–1964)
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Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.
Born24 September 1877
Mistretta, Kingdom of Italy
Died13 December 1964 (aged 87)
Bologna, Italy
OccupationActor
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ernesto Almirante | |
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Almirante in the movie The White Sheik (1952) | |
| Born | 24 September 1877 Mistretta, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 13 December 1964 (aged 87) Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Life and career
Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio.[1] He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies.[1]
After an occasional film role in the 1919 mute film Federica d'Illirio, starting from mid-1930s Almirante became one of the most active character actors of his time.[1] In 1955, he retired from acting and moved into a retirement home for actors in Bologna.[1] He was the uncle of politician Giorgio Almirante.
Partial filmography
- Federica d'Illiria (1919)
- Red Passport (1935) - L'addetto di passaporto clandestini
- At Your Orders, Madame (1939) - Lorot, l'impiegato del notaio
- We Were Seven Widows (1939) - L'anziano capitano della nave
- Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) - André Copersche, il presidente del tribunal
- La mia canzone al vento (1939)
- The Document (1939)
- The Night of Tricks (1939) - Francesco Acquaviva
- One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) - Michele Zilay
- La granduchessa si diverte (1940)
- A Romantic Adventure (1940) - Berni, il socio di Luigi
- Piccolo alpino (1940) - Il professore
- The Daughter of the Green Pirate (1940) - Il precettore delle educante
- Manovre d'amore (1940) - Enchelly
- Marco Visconti (1941) - Tremacoldo
- Thrill (1941) - Isidoro Janosky
- The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941) - Il padre de Biancamaria
- Honeymoon (1941) - Ernesto Gelardi
- Alone at Last (1942) - Il professore Ippolito Mariani
- Margherita fra i tre (1942) - Giovanni
- Wedding Day (1942) - La zio dello sposo
- Mater dolorosa (1943) - Il nobiluoimo anziano al concerto
- Il nostro prossimo (1943)
- In cerca di felicità (1944) - Brocca
- O sole mio (1946)
- The Testimony (1946) - Giuseppe Marchi
- L'angelo e il diavolo (1946)
- Tempesta d'anime (1946)
- To Live in Peace (1947) - Il Nonno
- L'onorevole Angelina (1947) - Luigi
- The Captain's Daughter (1947) - Savelich
- The Brothers Karamazov (1947) - Maximoff
- Difficult Years (1948) - Il nonno
- Eleven Men and a Ball (1948) - Il professore
- Ti ritroverò (1949) - The Old Fisherman
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) - Uno spettatore
- Alarm Bells (1949) - Il possidente
- The Bride Can't Wait (1949)
- I'm in the Revue (1950) - Le colonel
- Father's Dilemma (1950) - L'invitato anziano
- The White Line (1950) - The Grandfather
- That Ghost of My Husband (1950)
- Cops and Robbers (1951) - Esposito's Father
- Ergastolo (1952) - Prof. Arlotta
- The White Sheik (1952) - Dottore Fortuna - il regista del fotoromanzo
- Toto and the King of Rome (1952) - Nedo
- Matrimonial Agency (1953) - Zio di Lodolini
- 100 Years of Love (1954) - Antonio Bianchi (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
- Via Padova 46 (1954) - Cesare
- Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955) - Il Prof. Tapparelli
- Destination Piovarolo (1955) - Ernesto
- Il coraggio (1955) - Salvatore Esposito (final film role)
