Vittorio Gassman

Acting

Born September 1, 1922 — Died June 29, 2000 Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

TV Shows(14)

Còmics

Self (archive footage)

2015

Desert of Fire

Tareq

1997

Abraham

Terah

1994

Cinecittà Cinecittà

Various

1985

Champs-Elysées

Self

1982

Babau

1976

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

1975

Apostrophes

Self

1975

Spécial cinéma

Self

1974

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

1972

Samedi soir

Self

1971

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

1962

Il mattatore

1959

Movies(148)

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Self (archive footage)

2022

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2021

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

Trintignant by Trintignant

Self (archive footage)

2021

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

Self (archive footage)

2021

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

Self

2018

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

Self (archive footage)

2015

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

Self

2015

Close Up

Self (archive footage)

2012

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Self (archive footage)

2012

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Self (archive footage)

2010

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

Self

2007

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

Self (archive footage)

2006

Speaking with Gassman

2005

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

2002

La bomba

Don Vito Bracalone

1999

The Dinner

Maestro Pezzullo

1998

Desert of Fire

Tareq

1997

Sleepers

King Benny

1996

In morte di Federico Fellini

1994

Once a Year, Every Year

Giuseppe

1994

Abraham

Terach

1993

The Long Winter

Claudio, El Mayordomo

1992

Quando eravamo repressi

The Sexologist

1992

Rossini! Rossini!

Ludwig van Beethoven

1991

I'll Be Going Now

Augusto Scribani

1991

The Amusements of Private Life

Marquis

1990

1001 Nights

Sinbad

1990

The Palermo Connection

Il principe

1990

The Sleazy Uncle

Zio Luca

1989

Mortacci

Domenico

1989

L'altro enigma

Il padre / Sofocle

1988

I picari

Marquis Felipe de Aragona

1987

The Family

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

1987

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

Peppe

1985

Power Of Evil

Gottfried

1985

To Be Hamlet

Self

1985

Benvenuta

Livio

1983

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Walter Guarini

1983

André Delvaux directs Benvenuta

Self

1983

Count Tacchia

Prince Torquato Terenzi

1982

Tempest

Alonzo

1982

Di padre in figlio

Self

1982

Sharky's Machine

Victor Scorelli

1981

Il turno

Ciro Coppa

1981

Hotel Room

Achille Mengaroni

1981

The Nude Bomb

Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani

1980

I'm Photogenic

Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)

1980

The Terrace

Mario Dorazio

1980

Dear Father

Albino Millozza

1979

Quintet

Saint Christopher

1979

Two Pieces of Bread

Pippo Mifà

1979

A Wedding

Luigi Corelli

1978

The New Monsters

il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia

1977

Edipo Re

Edipo

1977

Lost Soul

Fabio Stolz

1977

The Desert of the Tartars

Filimore

1976

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo

1976

Pure as a Lily

Anthony M. Wilson

1976

The Career of a Chambermaid

Franco Denza

1976

The Apple of My Eye

film festival participant

1976

E il Casanova di Fellini?

Self

1975

Midnight Pleasures

Andrea Sansoni

1975

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Gianni Perego

1974

Scent of a Woman

Fausto Consolo

1974

La Tosca

Scarpia

1973

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

Guido Guidi

1972

The Audience

Principe Donati

1972

Without Family

Armando Zavanatti

1972

In the Name of the Italian People

Lorenzo Santenocito

1971

Scipio the African

Catone il Censore

1971

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Brancaleone Da Norcia

1970

Il divorzio

Leonardo Nenci

1970

Let's Have a Riot

Riccardo

1970

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

L'uomo dal fiore in bocca

1970

Twelve Plus One

Mario Beretti

1969

Where Are You Going All Naked?

Rufus Conforti

1969

The Archangel

Furio Bertuccia

1969

Alibi

Vittorio

1969

The Black Sheep

Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti

1968

The Prophet

Pietro Breccia

1968

Ghosts, Italian Style

Pasquale Lojacono

1967

Catch As Catch Can

Bob Chiaramonte

1967

Woman Times Seven

Cenci

1967

The Tiger and the Pussycat

Francesco Vincenzini

1967

The Devil in Love

Belfagor

1966

Pleasant Nights

Bastiano da Sangallo

1966

For Love and Gold

Brancaleone da Norcia

1966

I Knew Her Well

Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

1965

A Maiden for the Prince

Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga

1965

Snow Job

Lucio Ridolfi

1965

The Dirty Game

Perego / Ferrari

1965

One Million Dollars

Giuliano

1964

Il gaucho

Marco Ravicchio

1964

Let's Talk About Women

Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero

1964

Summer Frenzy

Cap. Nardoni

1964

The Monsters

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

1963