Cast & creator
Vittorio Gassman
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, Champs-Elysées
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Vittorio Gassmann , Витторио Гассман, Вітторіо Ґассман, Витторио Гасман
163
film credits
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television credits
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1945–2022 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (178)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972Samedi soir
Self
1971
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Sleepers
King Benny
1996
1001 Nights
Sinbad
1990
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Gianni Perego
1974
War and Peace
Anatol Kuragin
1956
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Various
1985
Abraham
Terah
1993
Sharky's Machine
Victor Scorelli
1981
Life Is a Bed of Roses
Walter Guarini
1983
The Nude Bomb
Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
1980
The New Monsters
il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
1977
Barabbas
Sahak
1961
Il Sorpasso
Bruno Cortona
1962
Woman Times Seven
Cenci
1967
I Knew Her Well
Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
Abraham
Terach
1993
Scent of a Woman
Fausto Consolo
1974
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
1976
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Peppe il pantera
1958
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Monsters
The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
1963
Bitter Rice
Walter
1949
Desert of Fire
Tareq
1997
The Great War
Giovanni Busacca
1959
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021
Mambo
Mario Rossi
1954
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Remo
1960
Còmics
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Desert of the Tartars
Filimore
1976
In the Name of the Italian People
Lorenzo Santenocito
1971
For Love and Gold
Brancaleone da Norcia
1966
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Cry of the Hunted
Jory
1953
The Dirty Game
Perego / Ferrari
1965
I picari
Marquis Felipe de Aragona
1987
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Peppe
1985
The Family
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
1987
Dear Father
Albino Millozza
1979
A Wedding
Luigi Corelli
1978
Let's Talk About Women
Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
1964
Beautiful But Dangerous
Prince Sergei
1955
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Tempest
Alonzo
1982
The Miracle
Guido
1959
Love and Larceny
Gerardo Latini
1960
Il mattatore
1959
The Glass Wall
Peter Kuban
1953
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022
Rossini! Rossini!
Ludwig van Beethoven
1991
A Maiden for the Prince
Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
1965
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Brancaleone Da Norcia
1970
The Career of a Chambermaid
Franco Denza
1976
March on Rome
Domenico Rocchetti
1962
The Terrace
Mario Dorazio
1980
Fiasco in Milan
Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
1959
Streets of Sorrow
Giorgio Cantoni
1950
Lost Soul
Fabio Stolz
1977
Trintignant by Trintignant
Self (archive footage)
2021
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Self (archive footage)
2012
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Edmund Kean
1957Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Director
1957Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Screenplay
1957
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Rufus Conforti
1969
The Amusements of Private Life
Marquis
1990
In morte di Federico Fellini
1994
Power Of Evil
Gottfried
1985
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
2021
A Difficult Life
Self
1961
Il gaucho
Marco Ravicchio
1964
I'm Photogenic
Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
1980
Girls Marked Danger
Michele
1952
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Self (archive footage)
2015
Seduction Of The South
O Caporale
1961
The Dream of Zorro
Don Juan Antonio
1952
The Dinner
Maestro Pezzullo
1998
Pure as a Lily
Anthony M. Wilson
1976
Rhapsody
Paul Bronte
1954
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self (archive footage)
2010
Tempest
Prosecutor
1958
Double Cross
Renato Salvi
1951
Scipio the African
Cato the Censor
1971
Ghosts, Italian Style
Pasquale Lojacono
1967
Quintet
Saint Christopher
1979
Lure of the Sila
Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
1949
Midnight Pleasures
Andrea Sansoni
1975
The Love Specialist
Piero di Montalcino
1957
Two Pieces of Bread
Pippo Mifà
1979
The Devil in Love
Belfagor
1966
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
The Violent Patriot
Giovanni De Medici
1956Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
Edmund Kean
1955
Anna
Vittorio
1951
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
Guido Guidi
1972
The Long Winter
Claudio, El Mayordomo
1992
Babau
1976
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde
1947
Pleasant Nights
Bastiano da Sangallo
1966
Hotel Room
Achille Mengaroni
1981
Di padre in figlio
Self
1982Di padre in figlio
Director
1982Di padre in figlio
Writer
1982
The Captain's Daughter
Svabrin
1947Desert of Fire
Tareq
1997
Edipo Re
Edipo
1977Edipo Re
Director
1977
The Last Judgment
Cimino
1961
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Self
2015
Without Family
Armando Zavanatti
1972Without Family
Director
1972Without Family
Story
1972Without Family
Screenplay
1972
André Delvaux directs Benvenuta
Self
1983
Il leone di Amalfi
Mauro
1950
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Self
2018
The Sleazy Uncle
Zio Luca
1989
The Palermo Connection
Il principe
1990
Twelve Plus One
Mario Beretti
1969
Count Tacchia
Prince Torquato Terenzi
1982
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Francesco Vincenzini
1967
Il successo
Giulio Ceriani
1963
Snow Job
Lucio Ridolfi
1965
Summer Frenzy
Cap. Nardoni
1964
Ghosts of Rome
Il Caparra
1961
Defend My Love
Giovanni Marchi
1956
La bomba
Don Vito Bracalone
1999
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Self
1975
The Divorce
Leonardo Nenci
1970
Sex Can Be Difficult
L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
1962
I'll Be Going Now
Augusto Scribani
1991
Sombrero
Alejandro Castillo
1953
One Million Dollars
Giuliano
1964
Once a Year, Every Year
Giuseppe
1994
Alibi
Vittorio
1969Alibi
Director
1969Alibi
Story
1969Alibi
Screenplay
1969
Let's Have a Riot
Riccardo
1970
Mortacci
Domenico
1989
Lo sparviero del Nilo
Yussuf
1950
The Black Sheep
Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
1968
La Tosca
Scarpia
1973
Benvenuta
Livio
1983
The Archangel
Furio Bertuccia
1969
The Outlaws
Turi
1950
The Prophet
Pietro Breccia
1968
The Eye of the Needle
Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
1963Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
Self
2007
The Mysterious Rider
Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
1948
La cambiale
Michele
1959
Black Crown
Mauricio
1951
L'ebreo errante
Mathieu Blumenthal
1948
The Audience
Principe Donati
1972
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
1970
Shamed
Davide
1947
Speaking with Gassman
2005
Shakespeare secondo Gassman
1964
Il turno
Ciro Coppa
1981
Dark Soul
Adriano Zucchelli
1962
Catch As Catch Can
Bob Chiaramonte
1967Incontro con Laura
Franco
1945
L'altro enigma
Il padre / Sofocle
1988L'altro enigma
Director
1988L'altro enigma
Writer
1988
Daniele Cortis
Daniele Cortis
1947
Quando eravamo repressi
The Sexologist
1992
The Apple of My Eye
film festival participant
1976
Amleto
Amleto
1955Amleto
Director
1955