Giulio Marchetti | |
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Born | 9 June 1911
Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 1 December 1993
Rome, Italy | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actor |
Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993) [1] was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter. [2]
Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatrical artistic director Adriano. [3]
After completing high school in Bologna, he began his stage career as a vaudeville actor and singer in the style of the American minstrel show performers. [3] He got a large popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues. [3] He was also active, as a character actor, in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò. [3]
Marchetti is also well known in Italy as the presenter for many years of the show Giochi senza frontiere. [3] [4] In the early 1970s he decided to abandon the showbusiness and became the owner of a service station. [3]
Giulio Marchetti | |
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Born | 9 June 1911
Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 1 December 1993
Rome, Italy | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actor |
Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993) [1] was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter. [2]
Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatrical artistic director Adriano. [3]
After completing high school in Bologna, he began his stage career as a vaudeville actor and singer in the style of the American minstrel show performers. [3] He got a large popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues. [3] He was also active, as a character actor, in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò. [3]
Marchetti is also well known in Italy as the presenter for many years of the show Giochi senza frontiere. [3] [4] In the early 1970s he decided to abandon the showbusiness and became the owner of a service station. [3]