Alan Furlan

Alan Furlan
Born
Aleardo Furlan

(1920-04-13)13 April 1920
Farla, Italy
Died14 May 1997(1997-05-14) (aged 77)
Winchester, Virginia, United States

Alan Furlan (13 April 1920 – 14 May 1997) was an Italian-American actor.

Biography

Born Aleardo Furlan in Farla, in the North Friuli region of Italy, Furlan acted in films in Europe and the United States, on Broadway and in commercials.[1]

On Broadway he appeared in productions such as Holiday for Lovers (1957), The Best House in Naples (1956), Idiot's Delight (1951)[2] and Romeo and Juliet (1951) starring Olivia de Havilland.[3] In the late 1940s, he performed in Chicago area summer stock theaters with actors such as Richard Kiley.[4]

Furlan played the role of Giancarlo in the Italian film Donatella (1956)[5] which was selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival.[6] He appeared in numerous live broadcast anthology drama television series with lead roles in episodes of Police Call,[7][8] one of the top grossing television series released in 1955,[9] as well as a supporting role in the Producers' Showcase production (1957) of the melodramatic comedic Broadway play The Great Sebastians, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne[10] and the Armstrong Circle Theatre episode The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket (1959).[11]

He toured with Mae West as her Latin lover in Come On Up, Ring Twice and performed in the TV version of the Moon and Sixpence with Laurence Olivier (1959).[12]

Furlan later became the mentor of Wisconsin's Sunset Playhouse [13] where he remained artistic director for 28 years.

Personal life

He was married to Mary Lake and they had a daughter Nicola Lea.[14]

Filmography

  • Orient Express (1953, Episode: "His Son") (a.k.a. His Boy) as Marc
  • La tua donna (1954)
  • Police Call (1955, TV Series)
  • Donatella (1956) as Giancarlo
  • War and Peace (1956) as Russian Officer (uncredited)
  • Defend My Love (1956) (a.k.a. Difendo il mio amore) (original title Italy) as Il direttore del giornale
  • I tre moschettieri (1956, TV Series) (a.k.a. The Three Musketeers) (USA title) as Sasquinet
  • Producers' Showcase (1957, Episode: "The Great Sebastians") as Paviat
  • Armstrong Circle Theatre (1959, Episode: "The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket") as Charlie Williams
  • The Sinner (1959) (a.k.a. La peccatrice del deserto) (original title Italy) (a.k.a. Desert Desperados) (USA title) as Rais (final film role)

Broadway stage work

  • Romeo and Juliet (1951)
  • Idiot's Delight (1951)
  • The Best House in Naples (1956)
  • Holiday for Lovers (1957)

References

  1. ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". April 11, 1970.
  2. ^ "Broadway database". Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "Billboard Magazine". March 17, 1951. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". July 30, 1985.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Libero Magazine". Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  6. ^ "Berlin Film Festival Archive". Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  7. ^ "TV Guide Police Call episode -An unappreciative delinquent defies his aunt's kindness". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  8. ^ "TV Guide Police Call episode - Someone is putting arsenic in bonbons". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  9. ^ "IMDb database Top Grossing TV Series 1955". IMDb. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  10. ^ "Producer's Showcase Library". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  11. ^ "TV Episode Guide". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  12. ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". June 27, 1959.
  13. ^ Nason, Richard (2012). "New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  14. ^ "IMDB biography of Alan Furlan". IMDb. Retrieved July 29, 2010.