20th-century Italian male actors

Duilio_Del_Prete

Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor, dubber and singer-songwriter.
Del Prete was born at Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists.As an actor, he participated to several films of the commedia all'italiana, including My Friends and Alfredo, Alfredo, both by Pietro Germi, and Sessomatto. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, Daisy Miller (1974) and At Long Last Love (1975).
Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998.

Leonardo_Cortese

Leonardo Cortese (24 May 1916 – 31 October 1984) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1938 and 1962. He also directed eight films between 1952 and 1967. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.

Franco_Coop

Franco Coop (27 September 1891 – 27 March 1962), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1931 and 1960. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Massimo_Ciavarro

Massimo Ciavarro (born 7 November 1957) is an Italian actor and television personality.
Born in Rome, Ciavarro started his career in 1972, as a fotoromanzi actor. He made his film debut in 1976, in the commedia sexy all'italiana Sorbola...che romagnola!, and was the star of a series of romantic comedy teen films in the first half of the 1980s. Since the 2000s he has focused his activities on television, appearing in TV series and on several reality shows, notably the sixth edition of L'Isola dei Famosi. He was married for several years to the actress Eleonora Giorgi.

Salvatore_Cascio

Salvatore Cascio (born 8 November 1979) is an Italian actor. His most famous performance was in Cinema Paradiso (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award. He suffers from retinitis pigmentosa. He is Roman Catholic.