Armando Falconi (1871–1954) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1931 comedy The Charmer.[2]

Armando Falconi
Born(1871-07-10)10 July 1871
Rome, Lazio
Italy
Died10 September 1954(1954-09-10) (aged 83)[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1915-1944 (film)

Life and career

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Born in Rome, Falconi was the son of two Neapolitan stage actors.[3] His elder brother Arturo Falconi also became an actor. He first worked as an employee and an officer before starting to work as a professional actor in the late 1890s.[3] In 1901 he married the actress Tina Di Lorenzo, with whom he often teamed up on stage.[3] Following several national and foreign tours, in 1912 he founded the Stable Company of the Manzoni Theatre in Milan.[3] Following the retirement of his wife in 1920, he directed the company Compagnia Comoedia, and headed in a number of other companies, notably having a remarkable success with the musical comedy Wunder Bar.[3] After having appeared in some silent films between 1915 and 1918, in the 1930s Falconi intensified his cinema activities, starring in a number of comedy films.[3] Widowed since 1930, he remarried to actress Elisabetta Svoboda (also known with the stage name Lili Svett) in 1942.[3] His son Dino Falconi was a screenwriter, director, journalist and playwright.[3]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ (in Italian)http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/armando-falconi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/]
  2. ^ Landy p.63-65
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.

Bibliography

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  • Landy, Marcia. The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943. SUNY Press, 2008.
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