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Italian actor (1933–1979)
Maurizio Arena
Born Maurizio Di Lorenzo
(1933-12-26 ) 26 December 1933Died 21 November 1979(1979-11-21) (aged 45)Rome, Italy
Occupation Actor Years active 1952–1978
Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1978.
Life and career
Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo , Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, with a small role in
Bellezze in moto-scooter .
[1] His
breakout role came in 1956 with the role of Romolo in the successful
Dino Risi 's romance-comedy film
Poveri ma belli .
[1] Until the early 1960s Arena was one of the most popular actors in the Italian cinema, and was a regular feature of gossip columns for his tumultuous personal life.
[1]
In later years his celebrity declined, and Arena found roles as a
character actor in smaller films, and occasionally worked as a singer.
[1] He became an
alternative medicine healer with some local following.
[1]
He died at age 45 following a heart attack, a complication from a long-standing renal condition.
[2]
In 2008 a park was named after him in his native district
Garbatella .
[3]
Selected filmography
La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Corrado
Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) - Carlo
Roman Holiday (1953) - Young Boy with Car (uncredited)
La lupa (1953)
It Happened in the Park (1953) - Il fidanzato di Virginia (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
Tormento d'anim (1953)
A Day in Court (1954) - Lorenzo (uncredited)
Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Feruccio
Peppino e la vecchia signora (1954)
Totò and Carolina (1955) - Mario, il ladro
The Sign of Venus (1955) - Maurice
Roman Tales (1955) - Mario
Processo all'amore (1955)
La porta dei sogni (1955) - Silvio
Accadde di notte (1956)
Tempo di villeggiatura (1956) - Checco
Un giglio infranto (1956) - Ferdinando
Sangue di zingara (1956) - Tore
Poveri ma belli (1957) - Romolo Toccacieli
The Black Devil (1957) - Ruggero
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Alfonso
Belle ma povere (1957) - Romolo Toccacieli
Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Franco
Buongiorno primo amore! (1957) - Giancarlo
Il cocco di mamma (1958) - Aldo Manca
Napoli, sole mio! (1958) - Michele Brunati
The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) - Benedetti
Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958) - Mario Renzetti
Love and Troubles (1958) - Roberto
Via col para... vento (1958) - Alberto Pompei
Caporale di giornata (1958) - Felice Fornari
Marinai, donne e guai (1958) - Mario Santarelli
Avventura a Capri (1959) - Mario
Poveri milionari (1959) - Romolo
Noi siamo due evasi (1959) - Brigadiere Francesco Curti
The Defeated Victor (1959) - Romolo De Santis
La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959) - Carlo
Il magistrato (1959) - Orlando Di Giovanni
Terror of Oklahoma (1959) - Clay Norton
Simpatico mascalzone (1959) - Mario
Policarpo (1959) - il fattorino dei fiori
Il principe fusto (1960) - Ettore
Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961) - Renato Gorini
You Must Be Blonde on Capri (1961) - Roberto Calli
Maurizio, Peppino e le indossatrici (1961) - Maurizio Innocenzi
Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961) - Giulio
Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961) - Alberto Mariani
The Legion's Last Patrol (1962) - Dolce Vita
Il giorno più corto (1962)
I soliti rapinatori a Milano (1963) - Aldo
Via Veneto (1964)
La fuga (1965) - Alberto Spina
Le bambole (1965) - Massimo (segment "Il Trattato di Eugenetica")
The Peking Medallion (1967) - Danny
Gli altri, gli altri... e noi (1967) - Antonio
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) - Clark
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista (1969)
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - Giuseppe
Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Bartolo Di Lorenzo
Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) - Bartolo Di Lorenzo
Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? (1972) - Garrone
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973) - Nino
The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) - Communist Activist
Società a responsabilità molto limitata (1973) - Gateano Stipoli
The Godson of the Godfather (1973) - Don Vincenzo
The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Romolo
To Love Ophelia (1974) - Spartaco Cesaroni
Loaded Guns (1975) - Padre Best
Hallucination Strip (1975) - Buscemi, Il Siciliano
Il sogno di Zorro (1975) - Friar Miguel
Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa) (1976) - Marte
The Career of a Chambermaid (1976) - Luciani
Vai col liscio (1976) - Aldemiro
Atti impuri all'italiana (1976) - Gedeone - the Mayor
The Mistress Is Served (1976) - Domenico Cardona
Puttana galera! (1976) - Marpione
La Bidonata (1977) - Maurizio
Pugni, dollari e spinaci (1978) - Sammy Mania
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