Duilio Del Prete

Italian actor and singer-songwriter (1938–1998)

Actor
singer-songwriter

Years active1963–1998

Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor and singer-songwriter.^[1] Del Prete was born in Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists.^[2]

As an actor, he participated to several films of the commedia all'italiana, including My Friends and Alfredo, Alfredo, both by Pietro Germi, and Sessomatto. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, Daisy Miller (1974) and At Long Last Love (1975).

Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998.^[3]

Filmography

The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) as Dante Castellucci
Commandos (1968) as Bruno
Tribuna Padronale (1971) as palazzinaro immaginario
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) as Felipe
Alfredo Alfredo (1972) as Oreste
Il caso Pisciotta (1972) as Agent Sciurti
D'amore si muore (1972)
The Nun and the Devil (1973) as Pietro
Redneck (1973) as Captain Lenzi
We Want the Colonels (1973) as Monsignor Giampaolino Sartorello
Number One (1973)
High Crime (1973) as Umberto Griva
Massacre in Rome (1973) as Partisan
How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973) as Vittorio ("L'ospite")
The Devil Is a Woman (1973) as Monsignor Salvi
Daisy Miller (1974) as Mr. Giovanelli
Pianeta Venere (1974)
At Long Last Love (1975) as Johnny Spanish
My Friends (1975) as Guido Necchi
The Divine Nymph (1975) as Armellini
The Sensuous Nurse (1975) as Benito Varotto
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976) as Il censore
Stato interessante (1977) as Federico (first story)
A Spiral of Mist (1977) as Marcello Testa
Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) as zombie
Nella misura in cui... (1979)
L'imbranato (1979) as Maranotti
Augh! Augh! (1980) as Conte Giorgio Corsini
On n'est pas des anges... elles non-plus (1981) as Vittorio
Le Cadeau (Le cadeau) (1982) as Umberto
Dagger Eyes (1983) as Captain Levi
Cronaca nera (1987, TV Movie) as Carlo Gironda
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988) as Francesco Borghi
Ti ho incontrata domani (1989) as L'amico di Primo
A proposito di quella strana ragazza (1989) as Giovanna's father
Panama Sugar (1990) as Blue Ball
Voices from Beyond (1991) as Giorgio Mainardi
Mi manca Marcella (1992) as Conrado
Altrove (1995) as Commissario Tirelli
Auguri professore (1997) as the headmaster (final film role)

References

^ Edmond Grant (1999). The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998). CineBooks, 1999. ISBN 9780933997431.
^ "Fonit-Cetra Joins San Remo Quitters". Billboard. 6 March 1971.
^ "Addio a Del prete, l'Orlando generoso" (in Italian). lastampa.it. Retrieved 3 July 2016.