Italian actor (1924–1991)
Walter Chiari
Chiari in 1964
Born Walter Annicchiarico
(1924-03-08 ) 8 March 1924Died 20 December 1991(1991-12-20) (aged 67) Occupation Actor Years active 1946–1991
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari [ˈvalter ˈkjaːri]
Biography
Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona , Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally from Apulia . During World War II , he joined the Decima Flottiglia MAS and was then drafted into the Wehrmacht (a detail that emerged only after his death). He was sent to a German anti-aircraft squad engaged in Northern France in Normandy where he was slightly wounded in the fighting during D-Day . Captured , he was taken to the American prisoner camp of Coltano . Chiari appeared in films such as The Little Hut Bonjour Tristesse Chimes at Midnight The Valachi Papers Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti 's film Bellissima
In 1951, Luchino Visconti offered him the role of the young lover, in Bellissima ; he continued in the theater, in the musical comedy with Delia Scala in 1956 with Buonanotte Bettina and in 1958 with Il gufo e la gattina , and in 1960 with Sandra Mondaini , Ave Ninchi and Alberto Bonucci with Un mandarino per Teo , all by Garinei and Giovannini, but also in the prose theater, acting in 1961 in The Gay Life Gianrico Tedeschi in the comedy Luv by Murray Schisgal and, in 1966, with Renato Rascel in La strana coppia by Neil Simon .
Chiari and Lucia Bosè in Era lei che lo voleva During the making of The Little Hut Ava Gardner (still married to Frank Sinatra but already estranged from him), and he started a relationship with the American superstar.
Chiari and wife Alida Chelli (1969) He starred in They're a Weird Mob Powell and Pressburger films, based on a popular Australian novel by John O'Grady . His then girlfriend, Italian singer and actress Alida Chelli , also appeared in the film; the two married in 1969, and had one son, television presenter Simone Annicchiarico, before their 1972 divorce. He also appeared in the Australian film Squeeze a Flower
In 1970, he was arrested and jailed in Rome on suspicion of cocaine possession and trafficking. After his release and partial acquittal (he was deemed not guilty of the trafficking count and received a lenient sentence for the charge of drug possession for personal use), his career never recovered. The Italian state television was off-limits for him, and all he could aspire to were bit parts in low-key comedies and local television appearances, and on theatre.
Chiari died of a sudden heart attack in Milan , at home, on 21 December 1991.[ 1] Dino Risi as his favourite choice for an epitaph: "Don't worry, I'm merely catching up with sleep". His grave is in the Civico Mausoleo Palanti in the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano .[ 2]
Filmography
Vanity Giorgio Pàstina ) (1947)Toto Tours Italy Mario Mattòli ) (1948) as BrunoChe tempi! Giorgio Bianchi ) (1948) as Eugenio DevotoThe Elusive Twelve The Cadets of Gascony That Ghost of My Husband Camillo Mastrocinque ) (1950) as Gianni AlbertiAbbiamo vinto! Robert Stemmle ) (1951) as Giorgio SilvestriArrivano i nostri It's Love That's Ruining Me O.K. Nerone Mario Soldati ) (1951) as Fiorello CaponeThe Steamship Owner Era lui... sì! sì! Metz and Marchesi ) (1951) as Walter MilaniBellissima Luchino Visconti ) (1951) as Alberto AnnovazziSardinian Vendetta The Dream of Zorro Cinque poveri in automobile L'ora della verità Jean Delannoy ) (1952) as Un client du cabaretNoi due soli Marino Girolami ) (1952) as WalterPoppy Viva il cinema! Giorgio Baldaccini and Enzo Trapani ) (1952)It Was She Who Wanted It! Giorgio Simonelli ) (1953) as Walter MartiniCinema d'altri tempi Steno ) (1953) as Marcello ServentiViva la rivista! Enzo Trapani ) (1953)Siamo tutti Milanesi Mario Landi ) (1953)What Scoundrels Men Are! Glauco Pellegrini ) (1953) as BrunoA Day in Court Questa è la vita Aldo Fabrizi ) (1954) as Il commissario (segment "Marsina stretta")Gran varietà Domenico Paolella ) (1954)Avanzi di galera Vittorio Cottafavi ) (1954) as Giuseppe RasiIt Happened at the Police Station Vacanze d'amore Jean-Paul Le Chanois ) (1955) as MomoNanà Christian-Jaque ) (1955) as FontanJe suis un sentimental John Berry ) (1955) as Dédé la CouleuvreAccadde al penitenziario Io piaccio Giorgio Bianchi ) (1955) as Professor Roberto MaldiRed and Black Mio zio Giacinto Ladislao Vajda ) (1956) as Caballero eleganteDonatella Mario Monicelli ) (1956) as GuidoWives and Obscurities Leonardo De Mitri ) (1956) as Frank Cattabriga, suo figlioThe Little Hut Mark Robson ) (1957) as MarioBonjour tristesse Otto Preminger (1958) as PabloFesta di maggio Luis Saslavsky ) (1958) as GilbertAmore a priva vista Franco Rossi ) (1958) as LuigiI zitelloni La ragazza di piazza San Pietro Piero Costa ) (1958) as Roberto GradiThe Friend of the Jaguar Giuseppe Bennati ) (1959) as AugustoParque de Madrid Enrique Cahen Salaberry ) (1959) as AlbertoLui, lei and il nonno Anton Giulio Majano ) (1959) as EugenioLe sorprese dell'amore Luigi Comencini ) (1960) as Ferdinando AloisiI baccanali di Tiberio Vacanze in Argentina (directed by Guido Leoni ) (1960) as Il baristaUn mandarino per Teo Femmine di lusso Un dollaro di fifa Ferragosto in bikini Caccia al marito (directed by Marino Girolami ) as HimselfLa moglie di mio marito Tony Roman ) (1961) as GiulioBellezze sulla spiaggia Romolo Girolami ) (1961) as Walter CrocciWalter and i suoi cugini Mariti a congresso Luigi Filippo D'Amico ) (1961)La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo I magnifici tre Copacabana Palace I motorizzati Camillo Mastrocinque ) (1962) as ValentinoDue contro tutti Alberto De Martino and Antonio Momplet ) (1962) as Bull BullivanGli Italiani and le donne Il giorno più corto Sergio Corbucci ) (1963) as L'avvocato difensoreL'attico Gianni Puccini ) (1963) as GabrieleLa rimpatriata Damiano Damiani ) (1963) as CesarinoObiettivo ragazze Le motorizzate Gli imbroglioni Lucio Fulci ) (1963) as Dr. Corti (segment "Medico e fidanzata")Gli onorevoli Follie d'estate Carlo Infascelli and Edoardo Anton ) (1963) as uomo della 'Vanoni'La donna degli altri è sempre più bella Gli eroi del West Il giovedì Dino Risi ) (1964) as Dino VersiniSe permettete, parliamo di donne Ettore Scola ) (1964) as PhilandererI maniaci I gemelli del Texas Le tardone Javier Setó ) (1964) as Bortolo Masteghin (episode "40 ma non li dimostra")Här kommer bärsärkarna Arne Mattsson ) (1965) as PolloThe Sucker Gérard Oury ) (1965) (uncredited)Thrilling Gian Luigi Polidoro ) (1965) as Bertazzi (segment "Sadik")Falstaff Orson Welles ) (1965) as Mr. SilenceMade in Italy Nanni Loy ) (1965) as Enrico (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")Io, io, io... e gli altri Alessandro Blasetti ) (1966) as SandroIschia operazione amore Vittorio Sala ) (1966) as Enrico Laterra - aka Trema la terraThey're a Weird Mob Sono strana gente ) (directed by Michael Powell ) (1966) as Nino CulottaAmore all'italiana The Most Beautiful Couple in the World Camillo Mastrocinque ) (1968) as WalterCapriccio all'italiana Mauro Bolognini ) (1968) as Paolo (segment "Gelosa, La")Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole Ken Annakin ) (1969) as AngeloSqueeze a Flower Marc Daniels ) (1970) as Brother GeorgeThe Valachi Papers Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra ) (directed by Terence Young (1972), produced by Jerry Ferraro)[ 3] Amore mio, non farmi male Vittorio Sindoni ) (1974) as Paolo De SimoneZig Zag László Szabó ) (1975) as Walter, le clochardSon tornate a fiorire le rose La banca di Monate Francesco Massaro ) (1975) as Ragionier Adelmo PigoriniPer amore di Cesarina Passi furtivi in una notte boia Vincenzo Rigo ) (1976) as Pompeo PirettiCome ti rapisco il pupo Lucio De Caro ) (1976) as Sterzi - Jimmy's fatherLa bidonata Luciano Ercoli ) (1977) as RenatoRide bene... chi ride ultimo Tanto va la gatta al lardo... Marco Aleandri ) (1978) as Teodoro CasadeiRidendo and scherzando Belli and brutti ridono tutti Tre sotto il lenzuolo Paolo Dominici ) (1979) as Giorgio Mori (segment "No, non è per gelosia")Romance Massimo Mazzucco (1986) and produced by Jerry Ferraro )[ 4] Kafka la colonia penale Giuliano Betti ) (1988)Tracce di vita amorosa Peter Del Monte ) (1990) as Giorgio (final film role)
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