Salvo Randone

Salvo Randone
Randone in The Girl from Parma (1963)
Born
Salvatore Randone

(1906-09-25)25 September 1906
Syracuse, Kingdom of Italy
Died6 March 1991(1991-03-06) (aged 84)
Roma, Italy
OccupationActor
SpouseNeda Naldi (1970–1991)

Salvatore Randone, known professionally as Salvo Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991), was an Italian stage, film and television actor.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born in Syracuse, Sicily, to state official Pasquale Randone and his wife Maria, Randone debuted on stage in his early 20s.[3] During the 1930s and World War II, he acted in productions by Gualtiero Tumiati, Sergio Tofano, Anton Giulio Bragaglia and others.[3] After the war, he appeared in stage productions by Luchino Visconti,[1] Giorgio Strehler, Guido Salvini and Luigi Squarzina,[3] becoming one of Italy's most noted stage thespians.[2]

His most productive period was in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on stage, in films, on television and on the radio.[3] He worked with film directors such as Federico Fellini, Francesco Rosi, Valerio Zurlini, Luigi Zampa and Carlo Lizzani, but is most noted for his collaborations with Elio Petri, appearing in almost all of the director's films between The Assassin (1961) and Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973).[2][3] His performances in Petri's films earned him two Nastro d'Argentos and a Grolla d'oro,[3][4] the latter for his part in His Days Are Numbered (1962), which remained Randone's only leading role in a film.[2][3]

Randone gave his last film performance in 1977 and retired from stage in 1989.[3] Due to the financial hardship he found himself in during his final years, he was granted a lifetime allowance on the basis of the Bacchelli law which supported well-known citizens in need who had contributed to the fields of science, literature, arts, economics, work and sport.[5][6]

Randone was married to actress Neda Naldi.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Vol. 2, M–Z. Gremese. pp. 140–141.
  2. ^ a b c d Curti, Roberto (2021). Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-8034-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Randone, Salvatore". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ "L'assassino". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Solidarietà a Randone". La Repubblica (in Italian). 11 January 1990. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Ad Alida Valli un vitalizio secondo la legge Bacchelli". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 28 November 2003. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015.