Gino Leurini (20 November 1934 – 12 August 2014) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Gino Leurini
Leurini in Cineguida magazine, 1954
Born(1934-11-20)20 November 1934
Rome, Italy
Died12 August 2014(2014-08-12) (aged 79)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Life and career

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Born in Rome, Leurini made his film debut in 1947, in the Luigi Capuano's drama film Legge di sangue.[1] One year later, he got the role of Garrone in Vittorio De Sica and Duilio Coletti's Heart and Soul.[1][2] Following the critical and commercial success of Léonide Moguy's Tomorrow Is Too Late, in which Leurini played the major role of the young student Franco, in the 1950s he started a brief season of major roles in adventure and melodrama films.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1948 Heart and Soul Garrone
1948 Legge di sangue
1948 The Street Has Many Dreams Il garzone del lattaio Uncredited
1949 Fabiola
1949 Vento d'Africa
1950 Tomorrow Is Too Late Franco Berardi
1951 Il caimano del Piave Goffredo - compagno di scuola Uncredited
1951 Revenge of a Crazy Girl Stefano
1951 Cops and Robbers Alfredo
1952 The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino Guerrin Meschino
1952 Red Shirts Andrea
1952 The Shameless Sex Enrico Lari
1952 The Queen of Sheba Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem
1953 Past Lovers
1955 Ricordami Paolo Barra
1956 Storia di una minorenne
1956 Sangue di zingara Donato
1961 Man nennt es Amore Roberto (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Gli Attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
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