Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi | |
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 Alberto Sordi in Under the Sun of Rome (1948) | |
| Born | (1920-06-15)15 June 1920 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 24 February 2003(2003-02-24) (aged 82) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Albertone |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1937–1998 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Website | albertosordi.it |
Alberto Sordi (Italian: [alˈbɛrto ˈsordi]; 15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003), Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI[1] was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel and Hardy[2] films.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
3.1 Actor
3.2 Director
3.3 Voice actor
4 Theatre
4.1 Actor
5 Composer and singer
6 Awards
7 References
8 External links
Early life
Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician, Sordi enrolled in Milan's dramatic arts academy but was kicked out because of his thick Roman accent. In the meantime he studied to be an opera singer, a bass. It was his accent and voice that would later prove to be his trademark.
Career
Sordi and Lea Padovani in Il seduttore (1954)
In a career that spanned seven decades, Sordi[3] established himself as an icon[4] of Italian cinema with his representative skills at both comedy and light drama. His movie career began in the late 1930s with bit parts and secondary characters in wartime movies. After the war he began working as a dubber for the Italian versions of Laurel and Hardy shorts, voicing Oliver Hardy. Early roles included Fellini's The White Sheik in 1952, Fellini's I vitelloni (1953), a movie about young slackers, in which he plays a weak, effeminate immature loafer and a starring role in Lo scapolo (The Bachelor) playing a single man trying to find love. In 1959 he appeared in Monicelli's The Great War, considered by many critics and film historians to be one of the best Italian comedies. The Hollywood Foreign Press recognized his abilities when he was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Il diavolo (1963). Sordi acted alongside Britain's David Niven in the World War II comedy The Best of Enemies and in 1965 he was in another highly regarded comedy, I complessi (Complexes).
In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.[5]
Sordi also succeeded in dramatic roles, most notably in 1977's Un borghese piccolo piccolo (An Average Little Man) in which he portrays an elderly civil servant whose son is killed in an armed robbery, and sets out to exact revenge.
In 1984, he directed and co-scripted Tutti dentro (Off to jail, everybody), in which he played a judge who has warrants for corruption served on ministers and businessmen.
Alberto Sordi[6] was really masterful in two broad roles: one being the one of the underdog, militating against injustices and prevarications, the other that of the prevaricator himself.
One has only to watch his performances as the returning emigrant unjustly convicted in Detenuto in attesa di giudizio or the miserly sub-proletarian of Lo scopone scientifico teased by the old millionaire Bette Davis into endless card games where he hopes to find release from his poverty to appreciate his skills in the first role, while the rampant, unscrupulous doctor he plays in Il medico della mutua is the perfect example of his aptness at rendering characters who were both truly despicable and completely believable. In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.[7]
Sordi died shortly before his eighty-third birthday following a heart attack. A crowd in excess of a million gathered to pay their last respects at his funeral by the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the largest of such event ever attended in Rome, second only to that of Pope John Paul II who died two years later.
Sordi was also a big supporter of AS Roma football team.
Filmography
Actor
Scipione l'africano (1937) as Comparsa soldato romano
The Ferocious Saladin (1937) as The Lion
Princess Tarakanova (1938) as Ciaruskin (uncredited)
La notte delle beffe (1939) as Bentivoglio
Cuori nella tormenta (1940) as Giulio Ferri
Il bravo di Venezia (1941)
Le signorine della villa accanto (1941) as Un giovane invitato al ballo
Giarabub (1942) as Il tenente Sordi
The Three Pilots (1942) as Filippo Nardini
La signorina (1942) as Nino
After Casanova's Fashion (1942) as Un giocatore di biliardo
Sant'Elena piccola isola (1943) as Il capitano Popleton
Tre ragazze cercano marito (1944) as Giulio
The Za-Bum Circus (1944) (segment "Galop finale al circo")
Chi l'ha visto? (1945) as Un idraulico
L'innocente Casimiro (1945)
His Young Wife (1945) as Camillo Barbarotti
Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947) as Paolo
Flesh Will Surrender (1947) as Doberti
Il Passatore (1947) as The Boyfriend
Under the Sun of Rome (1948) as Fernando
Che tempi! (1948) as Manuel Aguirre
Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951) as Donato
Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951) as Alberto
Viva il cinema! (1952) as Narratore (voice)
The White Sheik (1952) as Fernando Rivoli - The White Sheik
Toto and the King of Rome (1952) as Il maestro elementare
Giovinezza (1952)
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) as Avvocato Adolfo
L'incantevole nemica (1953) (uncredited)
I Vitelloni (1953) as Alberto
Cavalcade of Song (1953) as Alberto
Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) as Mario Pio al telefono
Un giorno in pretura (1954) as Nando Moriconi
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) as Cesarino
Mid-Century Loves (1954) as Alberto (segment "Dopoguerra 1920")
Marriage (1954) as Ivan Vassilievich Lomov
Gran Varietà (1954) as Fregoli il trasformista (episodio 'Fregoli')
A Slice of Life (1954) as L'amore (segment "Scusi, ma...")
The Cheerful Squadron (1954) as Il soldato Vergisson
Il seduttore (1954) as Alberto Ranieri
It Happened at the Police Station (1954) as Alberto Tadini
Una parigina a Roma (1954) as Alberto Lucetti
Camilla (1954) as Il pappagallo in auto (voice, uncredited)
Un americano a Roma (1954) as Nando Moriconi
Via Padova 46 (Lo scocciatore) (1954) as Gianrico
Tripoli, bel suol d'amore (1954) as Alberto
The Art of Getting Along (1955) as Rosario 'Sasà' Scimoni
The Sign of Venus (1955) as Romolo Proietti
Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955) as Alberto Santi, advocate
The Belle of Rome (1955) as Gracco
Accadde al penitenziario (1955) as Giulio Parmitoni
Bravissimo (1955) as Ubaldo Impallato
I pappagalli (1955) as Dr. Alberto Tanzi
The Letters Page (1955) as Rodolfo Vanzino
Faccia da mascalzone (1956)
The Bachelor (1956) as Paolo Anselmi
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) as Guardia Alberto Randolfi
Nero's Weekend (1956) as Nero
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956) as Mario - le chauffeur du car
Allow Me, Daddy! (1956) as Rodolfo Nardi
Arrivano i dollari! (1957) as Alfonso Pasti
Souvenir d'Italie (1957) as Sergio Battistini
A Hero of Our Times (1957) as Alberto Menichetti
Count Max (1957) as Alberto Boccetti
Doctor and the Healer (1957) as Corrado
A Farewell to Arms (1957) as Father Galli
Il marito (1958) as Alberto
Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) as Cencio
Le septième ciel (1958) as Xavier Laurentis
Fortunella (1958) as Peppino
Domenica è sempre domenica (1958) as Alberto Carboni
Venice, the Moon and You (1958) as Bepi
Girls for the Summer (1958) as Aristarco Battistini
Nella città l'inferno (1959) as Antonio Zampi, detto Adone (uncredited)
Policarpo (1959) as l'ambulante che vende ombrelli
Oh, que Mambo! (1959) as Nando
Winter Holidays (1959) as Roger Moretti
The Moralist (1959) as Agostino
Wild Cats on the Beach (1959) as Alberto
The Great War (1959) as Oreste Jacovacci
The Magliari (1959) as Totonno
Il vedovo (1959) as Alberto Nardi
Vacations in Majorca (1959) as Anselmo Pandolfini
Everybody Go Home (1960) as Lt. Alberto Innocenzi
The Traffic Policeman (1960) as Otello Celletti
Crimen (1960) as Alberto Franzetti
Gastone (1960) as Gastone
The Last Judgment (1961) as Merchant of children
The Best of Enemies (1961) as Capt. Blasi
A Difficult Life (1961) as Silvio Magnozzi
The Police Commissioner (1962) as Dante Lombardozzi
Mafioso (1962) as Antonio Badalamenti
Il diavolo (1963) as Amedeo Ferretti
Il Boom (1963) as Giovanni Alberti
The Teacher from Vigevano (1963) as Mombelli
My Wife (1964) as The husband (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Sartoletti (segment "Eritrea") / Marco (segments "I miei cari", "Luciana")
Il disco volante (1964) as Vincenzo Berruti / Marsicano / Don Giuseppe / Conte Momi Crosara
The Three Faces (1965) as Armando Tucci (segment "Latin Lover")
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) as Count Emilio Ponticelli
I complessi (1965) as Guglielmo Bertone (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
Thrilling (1965) as Fernando Boccetta (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Made in Italy (1965) as Silvio, Errant Husband (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 2")
Tentazioni proibite (1965) as Himself
Fumo di Londra (1966) as Dante Fontana
I nostri mariti (1966) as Giovanni Lo Verso (segment "Il Marito di Roberta")
Sex Quartet (1966) as Giovanni (segment "Fata Marta")
Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) as Tullio Conforti
The Witches (1967) as Elio Ferocci (segment "Senso Civico")
Un italiano in America (1967) as Giuseppe
Be Sick... It's Free (1968) as Doctor Guido Tersilli
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) as Fausto Di Salvio
Help Me, My Love (1969) as Giovanni Macchiavelli
Nell'anno del Signore (1969) as The Friar
Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue (1969) as Dr. Guido Tersilli
Let's Have a Riot (1970) as Don Giuseppe Montanari (segment "Il prete")
Le coppie (1970) as Giacinto Colonna (segment "La camera") / Antonio (segment "Il leone")
Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club (1970) as Benito Fornaciari
In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971) as Giuseppe Di Noi
A Girl in Australia (1971) as Amedeo Battipaglia
The Scientific Cardplayer (1972) as Peppino
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972) as Alfredo Rossi
Roma (1972) as Himself - Interviewé (uncredited)
My Brother Anastasia (1973) as Father Salvatore Anastasia
Polvere di stelle (1973) as Mimmo Adami
Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza (1974) as Pietro Chiocca
Di che segno sei? (1975) as Nando Moriconi (segment "Il fuoco")
Il comune senso del pudore (1976, first segment) as Giacinto Colonna
Strange Occasion (1976) as Mons. Ascanio La Costa (segment "L'Ascensore")
An Average Little Man (1977) as Giovanni Vivaldi
I nuovi mostri (1977) as Il principe (segment "First Aid") / Il figlio (segment "Come una regina") / L'attore (segment "Elogio funebre")
The Witness (1978) as Antonio Berti
Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) as Remo Proietti (segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
Traffic Jam (1979) as Dr. De Benedetti, lawyer
Hypochondriac (1979) as Argante
Catherine and I (1980) as Enrico Menotti
Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) as Onofrio Del Grillo / Gasperino
I Know That You Know That I Know (1982) as Fabio Bonetti
In viaggio con papà (1982) as Armando Ferretti
Il tassinaro (1983) as Pietro Marchetti
Everybody in Jail (1984) as Judge Annibale Salvemini
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984) as Friar Cipolla
I Am an ESP (1985) as Roberto Razzi
Troppo forte (1986) as Count Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli in Selci
Un tassinaro a New York (1987) as Pietro Marchetti
Una botta di vita (1988) as Elvio Battistini
I promessi sposi (1989, TV Mini-Series) as Don Abbondio
L'avaro (1990) as Arpagone
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990) as Marchese Arquati
Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991) as Sabino
Assolto per aver commesso il fatto (1992) as Emilio Garrone
Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995) as Mr. Bartoloni
Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1996) as Gaetano
Incontri proibiti (1998) as Armando Andreoli (final film role)
Director
Fumo di Londra (1966)
Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966)
Un italiano in America (1967)
Amore mio, aiutami (1969)
Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera")
Polvere di stelle (1973)
Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza (1974)
Il comune senso del pudore (1976)
Dove vai in vacanza? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
Io e Caterina (1980)
Io so che tu sai che io so (1982)
In viaggio con papà (1982)
Il tassinaro (1983)
Tutti dentro (1984)
Un tassinaro a New York (1987)
Assolto per aver commesso il fatto (1992)
Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994)
Incontri proibiti (1998)
Voice actor
Sordi provided the voice of Oliver Hardy ('Ollio') in the Italian dubs of more than forty Laurel and Hardy films from 1939 to 1951. He also appeared as a voice actor in other Italian-language versions and Italian films.
- 1938: Avventura a Vallechiara, directed by John G. Blystone (voice of Oliver Hardy) - Swiss Miss
- 1939: I diavoli volanti, directed by Edward Sutherland (voice of Oliver Hardy) - The Flying Deuces
- 1940: Noi siamo le colonne, directed by Alfred Goulding (voice of Oliver Hardy) - A Chump at Oxford
- 1942: Casablanca, by Michael Curtiz (voice of Curt Bois, the thief)
- 1945: The Valley of Decision, by Tay Garnett (voice of Preston Foster)
- 1946: Abbasso la ricchezza!, directed by Gennaro Righelli (voice of Vittorio Mottini)
- 1946: It's a Wonderful Life, by Frank Capra (voice of l'autista di taxi)
- 1947: New Orleans, by Arthur Lubin (voice of Woody Herman)
- 1947: Humoresque, by Jean Negulesco (voice of Craig Stevens)
- 1948: Ladri di biciclette, directed by Vittorio De Sica (voice of the bicycle vendor at Porta Portese, unidentified actor)
- 1949: Domenica d'agosto, directed by Luciano Emmer (voice of Marcello Mastroianni)
- 1950: Cronaca di un amore, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (voice of Franco Fabrizi)
- 1950: Prima comunione, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (voice of narrator)
- 1956: I pinguini ci guardano, directed by Guido Leoni (off-camera voice of an animal)
Theatre
Actor
- 1936-1937: San Giovanni with Aldo Fabrizi and Anna Fougez
- 1938-1939: Ma in campagna è un'altra... rosa (In the country it's another... rose), with Guido Riccioli and Nanda Primavera
- 1941-1942: Tutto l'oro del mondo (All the gold in the world), with Guido Fineschi and Maria Donati
- 1942-1943: Teatro della caricatura (Theatre of the caricature), with Fanfulla
- 1943-1944: Ritorna Za-Bum, by Marcello Marchesi, directed by Mario Mattòli
Sai che ti dico? (You know what I am saying to you?), by Marcello Marchesi, directed by Mario Mattòli
- 1944-1945: Un mondo di armonie (A world of harmonies), musical revue by Alberto Semprini
Imputati... alziamoci! (Suspects... arise!), by Michele Galdieri
- 1945-1946: Soffia so'..., by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini
Soffia so'... n. 2, by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini
- 1947-1948: E lui dice... (And he says...), by Benecoste, directed by Oreste Biancoli and Adolfo Celi
- 1952-1953: Gran baraonda (Total chaos), by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, with Wanda Osiris
Composer and singer
- 1966: You never told me (Sordi - Piccioni) sung by Lydia MacDonald in the movie Fumo di Londra and in Italian by Mina with title Breve amore
- 1966: Richmond bridge (Sordi - Piccioni) sung by Lydia MacDonald in the movie Fumo di Londra
- 1973: Ma 'ndo... Hawaii? (Sordi - Piccioni) sung by Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti in the movie Polvere di stelle
Awards
Sordi won seven David di Donatello, Italy's most prestigious film award, holding the record of David di Donatello as best actor, and four awards for his works from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. He also received a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 1995, and The Golden Globe Award
[8] for his performance as an Italian labourer stranded in Sweden in To Bed or Not to Bed. In 1999, the city of Rome made him honorary mayor for a day to celebrate his eightieth birthday.
At the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award for Detenuto in attesa di giudizio.[9] At the 13th Moscow International Film Festival he won a Special Prize for I Know That You Know That I Know.[10]
He received honorary citizenship from Kansas City, Missouri, for his references to the city in the 1954 film "Un americano a Roma".[11][12]
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External links
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Alberto Sordi on IMDb- Geographical coordinates and pictures of his grave
"Alberto Sordi". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
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