Filippo Scelzo

Italian actor (1900-1980)

Filippo Scelzo

Born	19 April 1900 Ivrea, Piedmont Italy
Died	9 October 1980 Rome, Lazio Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1972 (film)

Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in more than forty films including Red Passport in which he played the male lead.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Ivrea, the son of the stage actress Lena Artale, Scelzo started his career at very young age in the theatrical companies of Ettore Paladini and Gualtiero Tumiati.^[2] After having worked with Ruggero Ruggeri, in 1923 he got his first leading roles with the stage company of Virgilio Talli [it].^[2] In the following years he continued an intense theatrical activity, working with prominent actors of the time such as Dina Galli, Irma Gramatica, Antonio Gandusio and Kiki Palmer, as well as in the Mario Mattoli's company Za Bum.^[2] In 1934 he started his long career in cinema, even if mostly cast in supporting and character roles.^[2] In 1937 he formed his own stage company, together with Gualtiero Tumiati, Enzo Biliotti and Margherita Bagni.^[2]

In later years, Scelzo maintained an extensive theatrical schedule, working alongside Vittorio Gassman, Anna Proclemer, Paola Borboni, Sarah Ferrati, Vivi Gioi, and also directing the company of Teatro delle Arti.^[2] He was also active as a television actor, and more sporadically as a dubber.^[2]

Selected filmography

Loyalty of Love (1934) - Il barone Salvotti
Red Passport (1935) - Lorenzo Casati
Tredici uomini e un cannone (1936) - Uomo #2
Jeanne Doré (1938) - Perodot
L'amor mio non muore! (1938)
The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939) - Salvatore
Le sorprese del divorzio (1939) - Enrico Duval
Trial and Death of Socrates (1939) - Cebete
Bridge of Glass (1940) - A Ponte de Vidro
Kean (1940) - Il principe di Galles
Piccolo alpino (1940) - Michele Rasi, suo padre
Malombra (1942) - Un medico (uncredited)
Piazza San Sepolcro (1942)
Odessa in Flames (1942) - Michele Smirnoff
Il nostro prossimo (1943) - Il padre di Paola
The White Angel (1943) - Giovanni
Tempesta sul golfo (1943) - Wolikof - il pittore
La signora in nero (1943) - Raimondo
Il fiore sotto gli occhi (1944) - Il proffesore Falcini
No Turning Back (1945) - Guido Belluzzi
The White Devil (1947) - Der Intelektuelle
The Man with the Grey Glove (1948) - Tambroni
The Earth Cries Out (1949) - Professore Taumen
Romanticismo (1949) - General Rienz
Duel Without Honor (1950)
Il Brigante Musolino (1950) - Public prosecutor
The Count of Saint Elmo (1951) - Mancini
The Ungrateful Heart (1951) - Avvocato difensore
Frontier Wolf (1951)
A Thief in Paradise (1952) - Chirurgo
La voce del sangue (1952) - Donato Scala
Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952) - Cardinal Ferrari
The Secret of Three Points (1952) - Avvocato Mottola
The Enemy (1952) - Notaio Ragaldi
Guilt Is Not Mine (1952)
The Shadow (1954) - Il dottor Magre
The Boatman of Amalfi (1954) - Padre Felice
Io, Caterina (1957)
Gold of Rome (1961) - Ludovico, President of the Jewish community
The Verona Trial (1963) - Giovanni Marinelli
Il Successo (1963) - Berto
Corruption (1963) - Professore
Pleasant Nights (1966) - Messer Bindo
La bambolona (1968) - Giulio's father
Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato [it] (1972) - Padre Palermo (final film role)

References

^ Landy, Marcia. The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943. SUNY Press, 1998. p.155.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (2003). "Scelzo, Filippo". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori. Vol. 2 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 189. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1.