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Loris Gizzi
Loris Gizzi
	Gizzi strangles Erminio Macario in a scene of The Innocent Casimiro (1945)
Born	16 August 1899; Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	6 October 1986 (aged 87); Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Loris Gizzi (16 August 1899 – 6 October 1986) was an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, after his university studies Gizzi attended a school of dance and singing.^[1] He abandoned the courses when he became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato, reaching the rank of sub-station master.^[1] In the 1930s, he discovered his vocation as an actor, attending several dramatic societies.^[1] In 1935, during an outdoor show on the Palatine Hill in honor of royal guests, he was chosen to play Remus in the drama play Rumon; from then he entered the most important stage companies of the time, notably appearing in the 1938 representation of Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele D'Annunzio, staged by Renato Simoni and with Andreina Pagnani in the title role.^[1] Active in films since 1933, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in humorous roles.^[1] He played Gioachino Rossini several times, with whom he shared a physical resemblance.^[1] He was also active as a voice actor and a dubber.^[1]

Selected filmography

Black Shirt (1933) - Un acceso sovversivo
I'll Always Love You (1933) - Meregalli
I'll Give a Million (1935) - Un ricco (uncredited)
The Affairs of Maupassant (1935) - Dr. Walitzky
Territorial Militia (1936)
Lo squadrone bianco (1936) - Un turista (uncredited)
The Amnesiac (1936) - Mario Tiana
The Two Sergeants (1936) - (uncredited)
Ginevra degli Almieri (1936)
Condottieri (1937) - Malatesta
I due barbieri (1937)
For Men Only (1938) - Ladislao Paszkowsky, il regista
Se quell'idiota ci pensasse... (1939)
Assenza ingiustificata (1939)
Il segreto inviolabile (1939) - Il signor Smith
Torna, caro ideal! (1939) - Lord Cameron
Il ladro sono io (1940)
L'ultimo combattimento (1941) - Carrel
The Betrothed (1941) - Il capitano delle guardie (uncredited)
La sonnambula (1941) - Gioachino Rossini
I Live as I Please (1942) - Il tenore
Headlights in the Fog (1942) - Rico
The Black Panther (1942) - L'ispettore Jackmil
The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (1942) - Il prefetto
I sette peccati (1942) - Gustavo Mazzoni
Violets in Their Hair (1942) - Il padre di Alda
Sealed Lips (1942) - L'avvocato difensore di Carlo
Maria Malibran (1943) - Giovacchino Rossini
Lascia cantare il cuore (1943) - Massimo Rossi
Gioco d'azzardo (1943)
Sempre più difficile (1943) - Il sindaco di Marina Rossa
I'll Always Love You (1943) - Meregalli (uncredited)
In cerca di felicità (1944) - Il cantante Fasola
The Priest's Hat (1944) - Il marchese Usilli
The Materassi Sisters (1944) - Il sacerdote
The Ten Commandments (1945)
The Innocent Casimiro (1945) - Gustavo Corra
Come Back to Sorrento (1945)
Black Eagle (1946)
Lost Happiness (1946) - Medico
We Are Not Married (1946)
Il mondo vuole così (1946)
The Great Dawn (1947) - Cooky
Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947)
L'apocalisse (1947)
Difficult Years (1948) - Il ministro
L'isola di Montecristo (1948)
Totò al giro d'Italia (1948)
Vivere a sbafo (1949)
Santo disonore (1950)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Il capufficcio tasse
Nobody's Children (1951) - Il direttore del collegio (uncredited)
The Steamship Owner (1951) - Il direttore del Grand Hotel
My Heart Sings (1951) - Commendator Cocciaglia
Napoleon (1951) - Barras
Destiny (1951) - Filippo Borcello
Ha da venì... don Calogero! (1952) - Dottore
The Overcoat (1952)
La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952)
Il tallone di Achille (1952) - Psicanalista Gregorius
Nerone e Messalina (1953) - Decius Metellus
Easy Years (1953) - Un fascista
Verdi, the King of Melody (1953) - Gioacchino Rossini
La prigioniera di Amalfi (1954)
Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Erik Gustaffson
schiava del peccato (1954) - Customer in the Nightclub (uncredited)
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) - Smirnos
The Three Thieves (1954) - Man soliciting funds from Tapioca (uncredited)
Cardinal Lambertini (1954) - Count Orsi
Milanese in Naples (1954) - Presidente della società
Amore e smarrimento (1954)
Disowned (1954)
Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) - Il tenore
The Song of the Heart (1955)
The Two Friends (1955) - Un invitato
Beautiful but Dangerous (1955) - Duval
La catena dell'odio (1955)
Da qui all'eredità (1955)
Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956) - Il conte di Ceprano
Difendo il mio amore (1956)
The Violent Patriot (1956)
Wives and Obscurities (1956) - Signor Baglioni
Amaramente (1956) - Un invitato alla festa
Io, Caterina (1957)
Susanna tutta panna (1957)
Serenate per 16 bionde (1957) - The Housebuilder
Adorable and a Liar (1958) - Court Clerk
L'amore nasce a Roma (1958) - Mr. Connolly
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) - Primario della clinica
The Devil's Cavaliers (1959) - Prosecutor
Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959) - Checco Orsi
Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959)
Avventura in città (1959)
Un militare e mezzo (1960) - Pharmaceutical Chief
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
Pirates of the Coast (1960) - Don Fernando Linares
Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Roman Prosecutor
Guns of the Black Witch (1961) - Governor
The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961) - Don Pedro Ordigaso
Some Like It Cold (1961)
Queen of the Seas (1961) - Prison Director
Suleiman the Conqueror (1961) - Suleiman II
Ten Italians for One German (1962) - The German Consul in Rome
Duel of Fire (1962) - L'intendente
Swordsman of Siena (1962) - Councillor (uncredited)
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) - Commendator Bartoloni (segment "La dirittura morale")
Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Don Alvarez
Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) - Pedro - The King's Envoy
Sword in the Shadows (1963) - Zio Roger
Panic Button (1964)
James Tont operazione U.N.O. (1965) - Goldsinger
Giant of the Evil Island (1965) - The Doctor
James Tont operazione D.U.E. (1966) - Mr. Spring
The Son of Black Eagle (1968) - Procopovic
I due crociati (1968)
Black Talisman (1969)
Heads or Tails (1969)
Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli (1969) - Bassompierre the King's Marshal
Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Don Ignazio - Alcalde

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 289–290. ISBN 8884402131.