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Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti

Acting

Born: March 28, 1900Sesto Fiorentino - Tuscany - Italy

Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of Lo squadrone bianco (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as Tredici uomini e un cannone (1936), Sentinelle di bronzo (1937), Scipione l'Africano, Edgar Neville's Italian Carmen fra i rossi (1939), L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) and Bengasi (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part Noi Vivi and Addio Kira!. Un colpo di pistola (1942) by Renato Castellani and Fari nella nebbia (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films. After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in Nada and in Carne de horca. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy Il mattatore. In 1964, he appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. In 2003, the Galleria Fosco Giachetti in Sesto Fiorentino was opened in his honor.

Known For
Filmography
The Inheritor

The Inheritor

Luigi Balazzi

1973
Scipio the African

Scipio the African

Aulio Gellio

1971
The Conformist

The Conformist

The Colonel

1971
Another Man's Wife

Another Man's Wife

Alberto

1967
Samba

Samba

João Fernandes de Oliveira

1965
Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God

Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God

Abramo

1963

Giacobbe ed Esau

Isacco - Isaac

1963
La notte dell'innominato

La notte dell'innominato

1962
The Fury of Achilles

The Fury of Achilles

Priamos

1962
Plains of Battle

Plains of Battle

Voivode

1962
The Nun of Monza

The Nun of Monza

Monsignor Barca

1962
Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

Voivode

1962
Conqueror of the Orient

Conqueror of the Orient

Omar - Nadir's Father

1961
The Wastrel

The Wastrel

Captain Hugh Hardy

1961
Re Lear

Re Lear

1960
Love and Larceny

Love and Larceny

General Benito Mesci

1960
Un uomo facile

Un uomo facile

Doctor boxing

1959
The Virtuous Bigamist

The Virtuous Bigamist

Antonio

1956
House of Ricordi

House of Ricordi

Giuseppe Verdi

1954
Condemned to Hang

Condemned to Hang

Lucero

1953
Quattro rose rosse

Quattro rose rosse

Antonio Berti

1952
The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

Ispettore Moroni

1951
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Laurent Bertal (Italian version)

1950
Romanticismo

Romanticismo

Tito Ansperti

1949

Vento d'Africa

1949
Una lettera all'alba

Una lettera all'alba

Carlo Marini

1948
Crossroads of Passion

Crossroads of Passion

Toniani

1948
Four Women

Four Women

1947
The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Dimitri

1947
Nothing

Nothing

1947
L'altra

L'altra

Pianista Marco de Santis

1947
The Damned

The Damned

Garosi

1947
Notte di tempesta

Notte di tempesta

Domenico

1946
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples

Farewell, My Beautiful Naples

Carlo Sanna

1946
Fear No Evil

Fear No Evil

Benedetto

1945
Life Begins Anew

Life Begins Anew

Dr. Paolo Martini

1945
L'abito nero da sposa

L'abito nero da sposa

il cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

1945
Scorned Flesh

Scorned Flesh

1943
Labbra serrate

Labbra serrate

Ruggero D'Anzi

1942
We the Living, Part Two

We the Living, Part Two

Andrej Taganov

1942
We the Living, Part One

We the Living, Part One

Andrei Taganov

1942
A Pistol Shot

A Pistol Shot

Andrea Anickoff

1942
Headlights in the Fog

Headlights in the Fog

Cesare

1942
Bengasi

Bengasi

Hauptmann Enrico Berti / Il capitano Enrico Berti

1942
L'amante segreta

L'amante segreta

1941
Luce nelle tenebre

Luce nelle tenebre

Alberto Serrani

1941
Ridi pagliaccio

Ridi pagliaccio

1941
La figlia del corsaro verde

La figlia del corsaro verde

Carlos de la Riva

1940
Senza cielo

Senza cielo

Mario

1940
The Sinner

The Sinner

Salvatore, fratello di Adele

1940
The Siege of the Alcazar

The Siege of the Alcazar

Cap. Vela

1940
Carmen and the Reds

Carmen and the Reds

Javier Navarro (Italian cut)

1939
Napoli che non muore

Napoli che non muore

Mario Fusco

1939
The Dream of Butterfly

The Dream of Butterfly

Harry Peters

1939

Pride

Alberto Celoria

1938
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

1938
The Woman of Monte Carlo

The Woman of Monte Carlo

Giorgio Duclos

1938
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Captain Massinissa

1937
Sentinels of Bronze

Sentinels of Bronze

Capitano Negri

1937
Heart of Tramp

Heart of Tramp

1936

Fiordalisi d'oro

Conte Andrea di Beaulieu

1936
White Squadron

White Squadron

Il capitano Santelia

1936
L'avvocato difensore

L'avvocato difensore

1934

Creature della notte

1934

Il trattato scomparso

Raythan

1933