Tom Conti

Tom Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor. His dark good looks, inherited from his Italian father, have made him much in demand for playing Mediterranean types.

Born in Paisley, Scotland, Conti is mostly known for his stage work. He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway?. But he is also an accomplished film and television actor. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements.

He has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer, Shirley Valentine and Saving Grace.

He is married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson.


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He is married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson. It was published in 1982. Lawrence, Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer, Shirley Valentine and Saving Grace. He translated Shakespeare's The Tempest into Neapolitan. He has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Eduardo starred in De Sica's L'oro di Napoli with Totò and Sophia Loren in 1954. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements. Peppino left the troupe in 1944 and Titina departed by the early 1950's.

But he is also an accomplished film and television actor. He began acting at the age of 5 and in 1932 formed a theater company with his brother Peppino and sister Titina. He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway?. He is most well-known for his work in Neapolitan like Filumena Marturano though he wrote many, many plays and films in Italian as well such as Napoli Milionaria!. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Conti is mostly known for his stage work. Eduardo De Filippo was an actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet born May 24, 1900 in Naples, Italy and passed away on October 31, 1984 in Rome. His dark good looks, inherited from his Italian father, have made him much in demand for playing Mediterranean types. IMDb entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208370/).

Tom Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor. Site dedicated to his life and works (in Italian) (http://w3.uniroma1.it/cta/eduardo/). non capisco (1966). Spara più forte, più forte.. Oggi, domani, dopodomani (1965).

Il sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (1959). Fortunella (1958). Questi fantasmi (1954). Napoletani a Milano (1953).

Ragazze da marito (1952). Marito e moglie (1952). I sette peccati capitali (1952). Filumena Marturano (1951).

Napoli milionaria! (1950). Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943-1944). In campagna e' caduta una stella (1939). Films (as director):

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    Gli esami non finiscono mai (1973). Il monumento (1970). Il sindaco del rione Sanità(1961). Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1959).

    De Pretore Vincenzo (1957). Bene mio e core mio (1955). Mia famiglia (1955). Le voci di dentro (1948).

    Questi fantasmi (1946). Filumena Marturano (1946). Napoli milionaria (1945). La voce del padrone/Il successo del giorno (1932).

    Natale in casa Cupiello (1931). E' arrivato 'o trentuno (1931). Ogni anno punto e da capo (1931). Quei figuri di trent'anni fa (1929).

    Chi e' cchiu' felice 'e me (1929). Sik-sik, l'artefice magico (1929). Filosoficamente (1928). Ditegli sempre di si (1927).

    Requie a l'anema soja/I morti non fanno paura (1926). Uomo e galantuomo (1922). Farmacia di turno (1920). Plays:

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