Carlo Mazzarella

Italian actor and journalist (1919–1993)

Carlo Mazzarella
Mazzarella in An American in Rome (1954)
Born	(1919-07-30)30 July 1919 Genoa, Italy
Died	7 March 1993(1993-03-07) (aged 73) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	actor, journalist
Years active	1945–1073

Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist.

Life and career

Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942.^[1] Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with Anna Proclemer and Sergio Tofano, among others.^[1]

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a character actor.^[1] In 1955 he started a new career as a television journalist for RAI TV, specializing on news about costume, theater and cinema, and gradually abandoning his acting career.^[1]^[2] He retired in 1985.^[2] Mazzarella died of lung cancer at the age of 73.^[3]

Partial filmography

His Young Wife (1945) - Paglieri, il notaio
The Models of Margutta (1946) - L'esattore
Felicità perduta (1946)
Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947)
Christmas at Camp 119 (1947) - Ignazio (uncredited)
Arrivederci papà (1948)
Bitter Rice (1949) - Gianetto
Vivere a sbafo (1949)
Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949) - Ladro
The Knight Has Arrived! (1950) - L'Assessore (uncredited)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
Seven Hours of Trouble (1951) - Ludovico
Toto in Color (1952) - Il fidanzato de la signora snob
In Olden Days (1952) - Corteggiatore (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni") / Quarto testimone (segment "Il processo di Frine") (uncredited)
Toto and the Women (1952) - Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza (uncredited)
The Unfaithfuls (1953) - The Photographer (uncredited)
I Chose Love (1953)
Era lei che lo voleva! (1953) - (uncredited)
Eager to Live (1953) - Carletto
Cinema d'altri tempi (1953)
Gran Varietà (1954) - (episodio 'Mariantonia')
Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Baron
An American in Rome (1954) - Segretario ambasciata USA (uncredited)
A Hero of Our Times (1955) - Journalist
Bravissimo (1955) - A passerby
Destination Piovarolo (1955) - Il capostazione uscente
The Bigamist (1956) - Journalist (uncredited)
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957) - Dario
Il disco volante (1964) - Reporter (uncredited)
Lucky Luciano (1973) - Radio Journalist (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. p. 37. ISBN 8884402131.
^ ^a ^b "E' morto Carlo Mazzarella trent'anni da inviato Rai". La Repubblica. 8 March 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ Corrado Ruggeri (8 March 1993). "addio Mazzarella, showman del Tg". Corriere della Sera. p. 11. Retrieved 20 December 2014.