Nino Besozzi

Italian actor (1901–1971)

Nino Besozzi
Nino Besozzi in Down with Misery (1945).
Born	(1901-02-06)6 February 1901 Milan, Italy
Died	2 February 1971(1971-02-02) (aged 69) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931-1970

Nino Besozzi (6 February 1901 – 2 February 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1931 and 1970. He was born in and died in Milan, Italy.^[1]

Life and career

After graduating in accountancy, Besozzi made his acting debut in the Irma Gramatica's theatre company.^[2] In a short time he became popular as a brilliant actor, working with some of the biggest stage names of the time, including Ruggero Ruggeri, Vittorio De Sica, Dario Niccodemi, Andreina Pagnani, Dina Galli, Sarah Ferrati, Armando Falconi, Enrico Viarisio, Ernesto Almirante.^[2] He had his cinema breakout in The Private Secretary (1931), and got numerous leading roles in the Fascist-era popular genre Telefoni Bianchi; after the war he was mainly active as a comedic character actor.^[2] In the early 1950s he got a large personal success on stage with the comedy play Siamo tutti milanesi.^[2] He also worked on radio and television. He died of a cerebral thrombosis shortly before his 70th birthday.^[2]

Partial filmography

The Private Secretary (1931) - Il banchiere Roberto Berri
One Night with You (1932) - Il giovine scapolo
Paradise (1932) - Max
Non son gelosa (1933) - Gianni Berti
I'll Always Love You (1933) - Mario Fabbrini
Non c'è bisogno di denaro (1933) - Paolo
Il presidente della Ba.Ce.Cre.Mi. (1933) - Ingegnere Rossi
Model Wanted (1933) - Alberto Bacci
Kiki (1934) - Raimondo
Unripe Fruit (1934) - Giorgio Verni
Il serpente a sonagli (1935) - Franz - l'ispettore di polizia
Thirty Seconds of Love (1936) - Piero Gualandi
To Live (1936) - Mario Deli
Nina non far la stupida (1937) - Momoleto
The Two Misanthropists (1937) - Damiano Bertelet
Like the Leaves (1938) - Max
Amicizia (1938) - Giovanni Salvatori
The Lady in White (1938) - Giulio Gualandi
We Were Seven Sisters (1939) - Leonardo Varani
I've Lost My Husband! (1939) - Conte Giuliano Arenzi
Mille chilometri al minuto (1939) - Guido Renzi
La danza dei milioni (1940) - Gustavo Wiesinger
Barbablù (1941) - Il conte Juan de Sezka
Non mi sposo più (1942) - Roland
La signorina (1942) - Francesco Roero
Rossini (1942) - Gioacchino Rossini
The Little Teacher (1942) - Il sindaco
La maschera e il volto (1943) - Il conte Paolo Grazia
Tre ragazze cercano marito (1944) - Il professore Ottavio
Merry Chase (1945) - Andrea, il marito
Down with Misery (1945) - Giovanni Straselli, suo marito
Vanity (1947)
Lo sciopero dei milioni (1947)
Be Seeing You, Father (1948) - Tetriaca
Accadde al penitenziario (1955) - Prof. Zaccanti
L'ultimo amante (1955) - Il dottor Moriesi
Destinazione Piovarolo (1955) - Il ministro dei transporti
Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) - Paolo Magnano
Porta un bacione a Firenze (1956) - Il conte Pineschi
Classe di ferro (1957) - Editore Martelli
Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Guido Lucarelli
The Law Is the Law (1958) - Le maréchal des carabiniers / Il Maresciallo
Wild Cats on the Beach (1959) - Carsoli
Walter e i suoi cugini (1961) - Commendator Spallanzoni
Whisky a mezzogiorno (1962)
Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) - Camillo Tasca
Il terribile ispettore (1969) - Presidente Eial
Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia (1970) - Colonel

References

^ "Nino Besozzi". MyMovies. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "E' morto Nino Besozzi a 70 anni, in miseria". La Stampa. 3 February 1971. p. 7. Retrieved 2 February 2023.