Renato Montalbano

Renato Montalbano
Montalbano in Psycosissimo (1961)
Born(1931-05-17)17 May 1931
Catania, Italy
Died18 March 2019(2019-03-18) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Renato Montalbano (17 May 1931 – 18 March 2019) was an Italian character actor.

Life and career

Born in Catania, in 1955 Montalbano abandoned his university studies in medicine to attend at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, from which he graduated in 1957.[1] He made his film debut in 1956, and he was among the most active character actors in Italian cinema for about thirty years, alternating genre films and auteur films.[1] Montalbano was also very active on television, where he debuted in 1958 and appeared in dozens of television films and miniseries, often in prominent roles.[1] He died in Rome on 18 March 2019, at the age of 87.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberto Poppi. "Montalbano, Renato". Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 1998. pp. 54–5. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ "Renato Montalbano". Les Gens du Cinema. Retrieved 15 November 2024.