Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.[1]
Life and career
Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by Roldano Lupi and Paola Borboni.[2] He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with Vittorio De Sica, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Sergio Tofano.[2] In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the Teatro Stabile di Torino.[2] Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[2]
Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the Friulian language.[2] He was married to actress Clara Auteri.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Two Sergeants (1936)
- The Cavalier from Kruja (1940)
- Captain Fracasse (1940)
- Don Pasquale (1940)
- The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941)
- A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
- Giarabub (1942)
- The Countess of Castiglione (1942)
- Men of the Mountain (1943)
- Mad About Opera (1948)
- Crossroads of Passion (1948)
- Be Seeing You, Father (1948)
- Night Taxi (1950)
- Feathers in the Wind (1950)
- Pact with the Devil (1950)
- The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
- Beauties on Bicycles (1951)
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
- Napoleon (1951)
- Son of the Hunchback (1952)
- The Angels of the District (1952)
- Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953)
- Captain Phantom (1953)
- The Three Thieves (1954)
- The Count of Bragelonne (1954)
- Orphan of the Ghetto (1954)
- The Beach (1954)
- The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
- The Song of the Heart (1955)
- The Intruder (1956)
- The Angel of the Alps (1957)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)
- Operation Gold Ingot (1962)
- The Homeless One (1981)
References
- ^ "Nico Pepe". My Movies. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Pepe, Nico". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2 M-z. Gremese Editore. pp. 110–1. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1.
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