Mario Scaccia
Mario Scaccia was an Italian actor and author. He was a prominent figure in the Italian theatre of '900.
Biography
Born in Rome, the son of a painter, during the Second World War Scaccia was conscripted into the army as an officer in Sicily; made prisoner by the American army, he was taken in Morocco, where he remained three years. In 1945 Scaccia returned to Rome, where he abandoned his studies in pedagogy and enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, attending only the first year; in 1946 he started appearing on stage, usually as character actor. In 1961 Scaccia was co-founder, together with Valeria Moriconi, Franco Enriquez and Glauco Mauri, of the Compagnia dei Quattro that gained critical and commercial success. At the same time Scaccia was a prolific character actor in films, TV series and radio-dramas.Scaccia was also an author and a poet; his works include several autobiographies. He died in Rome at 91, as a result of complications for a surgical intervention.
Selected filmography
The Flame - MauretA Slice of Life - Too Bad She's Bad - Carletto, l'uomo derubato della borsaLucky to Be a Woman - Un cameriereIl Mattatore - Il gioielliereThe Traffic Policeman - Mayor's lawyer Femmine di lusso - Edmondo, the butlerRevenge of the Barbarians - Onorius, Emperor of the WestRobin Hood and the Pirates - Jonathan BrooksUrsus - KymosBehind Closed Doors - Manning, l'albergatoreDay by Day, Desperately - OrderlyThe Seventh Sword - Il Cardinale / The CardinalMusketeers of the Sea - Re di FranciaAvventura al motel - ManfrediThe Swindlers - Lawyer Shivers in Summer - The Manager of 'Carrousel' ShowAmore facile - Cante Bardi-Stucchi Oltraggio al pudore Me, Me, Me... and the Others - Guidarino, JournalistA Maiden for the Prince - Cardinal GonzagaWe Still Kill the Old Way - PreteGiacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence - Doctor ZambelliBetween Miracles - PrioreMeo Patacca - CardinaleIl generale dorme in piedi - Gen. Arturo PignaThe Adventures of Pinocchio - 1° DottoreLa calandria - RuffoProperty Is No Longer a Theft - Alessandro Marzo 'Albertone'The Perfume of the Lady in Black - Signor RossettiI'll Take Her Like a Father - Don Amilcare De LoyolaThe Antichrist - Faith HealerThe Sex Machine - Mons. AlberoniEye of the Cat - Salomone FioravantiLezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga - LeopoldoSoldier of Fortune - Don Pedro Gonzalo de GuadarramaGoodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen - Cardinal Piazza-ColonnaUn amore targato Forlì Black Journal - RosarioDouble Murder - Marino CianciarelliBreak Up - Il dottoreThe Word - Agusto MontiOcchio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio - Corinto MarchiallaIl mistero del morca Juke box L'ultima mazurka - ReigerSecondo Ponzio Pilato - TiberioIn camera mia Ferdinando and Carolina - Ferdinando I Borbone Voglio stare sotto al letto - Giò Giordani- ''Gabriel''