Alex Giannini

Alex Giannini
Publicity Photo of Alex Giannini
Born
Alexander von Giannini

(1958-06-06)6 June 1958
Northamptonshire, England
Died2 October 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 57)

Alexander von Giannini (6 June 1958 – 2 October 2015)[1] was an English stage, television and film actor and singer. His work included comedy, musicals and drama.

Life

Giannini was born in Northamptonshire in 1958; his father was born in Rome, his mother was English. He was educated in England, Italy and in Luxembourg, where his father worked for the European Commission.[1][2]

He was the lead singer, as Sandy Fontaine, of the band Coast to Coast, which appeared on Top of the Pops; the group disbanded in 1982. He was inspired to become an actor on reading Steven Berkoff's play East, and later graduated from East 15 Acting School.[1][2]

Acting career

Giannini appeared in the musical Guys and Dolls, as Harry the Horse, at the National Theatre. In 1999 he was in the original Broadway production of Not about Nightingales, a long-lost play by Tennessee Williams; the play ran for five months. In 2003 he was Dean Martin in Rat Pack Confidential, at the Whitehall Theatre. Further stage appearances in London included One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Garrick Theatre in 2004; Journey's End at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2005; as Big Mac in Steven Berkoff's revival of On the Waterfront at the Haymarket Theatre in 2009. In 2011 he was in Batman Live, as The Penguin and Commissioner Gordon: the show toured the UK, Europe, and North and South America.[1][2]

Film appearances included In Love and War (1996); Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Legend (2015) as Antonio Caponigro, and London Has Fallen (2016). On TV he was seen in Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Musketeers, The Bill and others. In Italy he appeared in a series of TV commercials for olive oil, which ran for five years.[1][2]

Alex Giannini died of a heart attack, an hour before he was due on stage at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, in Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Mack and Mabel; he was 57.[1]

Family

An early marriage to Linda Drew was dissolved, and in 1998 he married Jennifer Secombe, daughter of Harry Secombe; there were three stepchildren.[2] Jennifer Secombe died in 2019.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy Sheriff Dan Johnson
1993 Pen Pals Bruce
1995 The Innocent Sleep Thug
1996 In Love and War Sergeant Ancona Uncredited
1998 Miss Monday Steven
2000 P.O.V. Big Shot TV Executive
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age First Spanish Officer
2014 Flim: The Movie Max
2015 Legend Tony Caponigro
2016 London Has Fallen Antonio Gusto (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Alex Giannini, actor - obituary The Daily Telegraph, 19 October 2015. Accessed 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alex Giannini The Stage, 21 October 2015. Accessed 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ Stock, Sam Secombe (2 September 2019). "Jennifer Secombe obituary". The Guardian.

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