Gualtiero Tumiati ( 8 May 1876 – 23 April 1971) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Gualtiero Tumiati | |
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| Born | 8 May 1876 |
| Died | 23 April 1971 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
editBorn in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi.[1] He later graduated in law and while working as an apprentice lawyer at his father's law firm he started performing in some local stage companies.[1] Tumiati's breakout role was Cyrano de Bergerac in a critically acclaimed representation of the Edmond Rostand's eponymous play held in 1910.[1] With his wife, the actress and painter Beryl Hight, in 1928 Tumiati founded the "Sala Azzurra" ("Blue Room"), one of the first Avant-garde theaters in Italy.[2][3] He taught acting at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome and at the Accademia dei filodrammatici in Milan. Gone blind, his last role was in the blind Tiresias in a representation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex held in 1969 in the La Scala theatre.[1][4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Casta Diva | Nicolò Paganini | |
| 1942 | Malombra | Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo | |
| 1942 | Piazza San Sepolcro | ||
| 1943 | La vita è bella | Il professore Luca Lecedius | |
| 1945 | Vivere ancora | L'anarchico pazzo | |
| 1946 | The Adulteress | Il vecchio indovino | |
| 1946 | Eugenia Grandet | Eugenia's father | |
| 1946 | The Lovers | Alviso Foscarini | |
| 1946 | The Ways of Sin | Don Salvatore | |
| 1946 | Tempesta d'anime | ||
| 1947 | The Captain's Daughter | Andrej Grinev, padre di Piotr | |
| 1947 | Bullet for Stefano | Stefano's Father | |
| 1947 | Daniele Cortis | Aldo | |
| 1948 | The Man with the Grey Glove | Pittore Masero | |
| 1949 | The Legend of Faust | ||
| 1950 | Devotion | Zio Zua | |
| 1950 | Hearts at Sea | Ammiraglio Silvestri - nonno di Paolo | |
| 1950 | The Thief of Venice | Il doge | |
| 1951 | The Forbidden Christ | Bruno's Father | |
| 1951 | Nobody's Children | Don Demetrio | |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Mandrin | Prince Guido | |
| 1952 | Little World of Don Camillo | Ciro della Bruciata | |
| 1952 | The Dream of Zorro | Don Cesar Alcazan | |
| 1952 | The City Stands Trial | The Chief Prosecutor | |
| 1952 | Falsehood | Don Clemente | |
| 1952 | I tre corsari | Comte di Ventimiglia | |
| 1952 | Lieutenant Giorgio | Zio del conte | |
| 1952 | Who is Without Sin | Il sacerdote | |
| 1953 | The Merchant of Venice | ||
| 1953 | Noi peccatori | Don Quirino, il prete | |
| 1953 | The Ship of Condemned Women | Pietro Silveris | |
| 1954 | The Count of Monte Cristo | L'abbé Faria (1) | |
| 1954 | Ulysses | Laerte | |
| 1954 | Guai ai vinti | Don Marzi | |
| 1956 | Rigoletto e la sua tragedia | Conte di Monterone | |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Count Kirill Bezukhov | Uncredited, (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Alfredo Testoni, Paola Daniela Giovanelli. La Società teatrale in Italia fra Otto e Novecento. Bulzoni, 1984.
- ^ Danilo Ruocco. Tatiana Pavlova, diva intelligente. Bulzoni, 2000.
- ^ Anna Maria Fioravanti Baraldi, Francesca Mellone. 4a Biennale Donna--1990: presenze femminili nella vita artistica a Ferrara tra Ottocento e Novecento. Liberty House, 1990.
- ^ Leonardo Bragaglia. Ritratti d'attore. P.E. Persiani, 2007.