Vittorio Gassman

Filmography - Director. They live in Beverly Hills. (Gassman was in more than a hundred films, in addition to many instantaneous cameos; this list is consequently not complete.). In 1991, Hackman married Betsy Arakawa. He died of a heart-attack in his Roman home. They had 3 children, but divorced in 1986, after 30 years of marriage. In his latest years he was victim of depression. Hackman's first wife was Fay Maltese.

Also, in his public appearances on the media he often gave original or unconventional comments, sometimes with the clear intention of disturbing the moderated cultural positions; he also gained many enemies in the world of art for similarly frank judgements. In over 40 years he has convincingly played a wide variety of characters, not only in cinema, but also in TV films and on stage. Generally acclaimed as an actor, Gassman was also discussed as a man, due to his private life - his divorces (a noted scandal in 1950s and 60s), his initial atheism (later he gained a certain personalistic faith). Hackman is one of the most acclaimed actors of our time. He rendered them with the same professional skill that made him famous while reciting Dante's Commedia. After so many years of acting, Hackman wanted to try another field of creativity and wrote his first novel, which was published in 1999, a year in which he exceptionally did not appear in any film. Gassman was a man of intense emotions and intellectual honesty; his notable sense of humour and self-irony, brought him in the 1990s to take part in a popular TV show in which he very formally and 'seriously' recited documents such as the gas invoice, as well as the telephone bill and similar texts. In 1992 he played the sadistic sheriff in Unforgiven, for which role he earned a second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actor.

Gassman the actor, married "only" actresses: Nora Ricci (with whom he had his first daughter Paola, an actress herself and wife of Ugo Pagliai), Shelley Winters, Juliette Maynel, who gave him Alessandro (also an actor), and Diletta D'Andrea. At the end of the 80s, when Hackman had become a deeply respected actor, he alternated roles between leads and minor appearances, earning another Best Actor nomination for Mississippi Burning. In 1990 he underwent surgery because of heart malfunction, from which he recovered satisfactorily, although this kept him away from work for a while. In the later part of his career, he added poetry to his repertoire, helping to bring to Italy foreign works. In 1971 he was again nominated for the same award, this time for I Never Sang for My Father. The next year he won the Best Actor award for his memorable performance as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection. But, despite his success in films, Gassman never left theatre. Another secondary role in a 1967 Warren Beatty movie, Bonnie and Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. In cinema he worked abroad several times and during a stint in Hollywood he met and married Shelley Winters. His first role was in Lilith, with Warren Beatty in the leading role.

He also founded a theatre school in Florence, which formed many of the more talented actors of the current generations. Finally, in 1964, he had the offer to play on Broadway, which opened the doors to the movies. His productions include most of the famous authors of 20th century, with repeated returns tothe classics of Shakespeare, Dostoevskij and the Greeks. Some times later, he moved back to New York, where he started to perform in several off-Broadway plays. He toured his production to half a million spectators, crossing Italy with his Teatro Popolare Itinerante (a newer edition of the famous Carro di Tespi). Already over 30 years old, Hackman decided to become an actor and joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Quite bravely, he accepted the challenge of directing Adelchi, one of the less known and less "easy" works by Alessandro Manzoni. Bill".

A true perfectionist, he always hated imperfect diction, or dialectal corruptions (but he was also able to render, perfectly and when needed, most of the many Italian dialects). He then studied television production and journalism at the University of Illinois, taking advantage of the "G.I. That year Gassman also directed and starred in a movie dedicated to theatre: it was a version of Kean. Having finished his service, he moved to New York, where he worked in several minor jobs. A little later, in the television series entitled Il Mattatore (spotlight chaser) he obtained unexpected success and Il Mattatore soon became the nickname that accompanied him for the rest of his life. At 16 he left home to join the Marines, where he served 3 years as a radio operator. In 1956, a key year in his career, Gassman played a memorable Othello with the great actor Salvo Randone, exchanging with him the roles of the Moor and Iago. His parents divorced while he was a child and he therefore moved from one place to another until he settled finally in Illinois, where he lived with his grandmother.

With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, then rare works such as Seneca's Tieste or Eschilo's The Persians. He was born in San Bernardino, California. He then joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà, for a successful Peer Gynt (Ibsen). Gene Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American actor. He played a vigorous Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio, then emphatic in Shakespeare's Rosalinda or in Vittorio Alfieri's Oreste. Lilith (1964). It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. Hawaii (1966).

In 1948 his famous interpretation in Riso Amaro displayed his love for cinema and his capability of excelling both in movies and at the theatre. Bonnie and Clyde (1967). In 1946 he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, the year after he appeared in five films. The Gypsy Moths (1969). His debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's Nemica (theatre), he then moved to Rome and the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to the sophisticated intellectual theatre, with no apparent difficulty in the sudden changes. Marooned (1969). While very young he moved to Rome, where he attended the studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica where some of the most important figures of Italian theatre and cinema also studied, such as Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Adolfo Celi, Luigi Squarzina, Elio Pandolfi, Rossella Falk, Lea Padovani and, later, with Paolo Panelli, Nino Manfredi, Tino Buazzelli, Gianrico Tedeschi, Monica Vitti, Luca Ronconi and many others. Downhill Racer (1969).

Born in Genoa to a wealthy family of German origins, Gassmann was considered one among the best Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements (which gave him a vast popularity). I Never Sang for My Father (1970). Vittorio Gassman (Il Mattatore) (September 1, 1922 - June 29, 2000) was an Italian theatre and film actor and director. The French Connection (1971). Kean (1956). The Hunting Party (1971). L'Alibi (1969). Prime Cut (1972).

Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972). Scarecrow (1972). Di padre in figlio (1982). The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Preludio d'amore (1946) aka Love Prelude. Young Frankenstein (1974). La Figlia del capitano (1947) aka The Captain's Daughter. Bite the Bullet (1974).

L'Ebreo errante (1947) aka The Wandering Jew, (1947). The Conversation (1974). Daniele Cortis (1947). Night Moves (1975). Il Cavaliere misterioso (1947) aka The Mysterious Rider. Lucky Lady (1975). Le Avventure di Pinocchio, (1947) aka The Adventures of Pinocchio. French Connection II (1975).

Riso amaro (1948) aka Bitter Rice. A Bridge Too Far (1976). Una Voce nel tuo cuore, (1949). March Or Die (1977). Il Tradimento, (1949). The Domino Principle (1978). Lo Sparviero del Nilo, (1949). Superman (1978).

Il Lupo della Sila, (1949). Superman II (1981). Ho sognato il paradiso (1949) aka Streets of Sorrow. Reds (1981). I Fuorilegge, (1949) aka TheOutlaws. Under Fire (1983). Il Leone di Amalfi (1950). Uncommon Valor (1983).

La Corona negra (1951). Misunderstood (1984). Anna (1951). Twice In A Lifetime (1985). Il Sogno di Zorro (1952). Target (1985). Cry of the Hunted (1953). Power (1986).

Glass Wall (1953). Hoosiers (1986). Sombrero (1953). Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987). Rhapsody (1954). Another Woman (1987). Mambo (1954). No Way Out (1987).

La Donna più bella del mondo, (1955). Mississippi Burning (1988). War and Peace (1956). Bat*21 (1988). Kean (1956). The Package (1988). Giovanni dalle bande nere (1956). Narrow Margin (1990).

Difendo il mio amore (1956). Postcards from the Edge (1990). La Ragazza del palio (1957). Loose Cannons (1990). I Soliti ignoti (1958) aka The Usual Unidentified Thieves. Class Action (1991). La Tempesta (1958). Company Business (1991).

Le Sorprese dell'amore (1959). Unforgiven (1992). The Miracle (1959). The Firm (1993). La Grande guerra (1959) aka The Great War. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993). La Cambiale (1959). Wyatt Earp (1994).

Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959) aka Hold-up à la milanaise. The Quick and the Dead (1995). Il Mattatore (1960). Crimson Tide (1995). Crimen (1960) aka Killing in Monte Carlo. Get Shorty (1995). Il Giudizio universale (1961) aka The Last Judgement. The Birdcage (1996).

Una Vita difficile, (1961) aka A Difficult Life. Extreme Measures (1996). Fantasmi a Roma (1961) aka Ghosts of Rome. Absolute Power (1997). I Briganti italiani (1961). Twilight (1998). Anima nera (1961). Enemy of the State (1998).

Barabbas (1962). Under Suspicion (2000). Il Sorpasso (1962) aka The Easy Life. The Replacements (2000). La Marcia su Roma (1962) aka March on Rome. The Mexican (2001). Il Giorno più corto (1962). Heartbreakers (2001).

Amore difficile (1962) aka Sex Can Be Difficult. Heist (2001). I Mostri (1963). The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Il Successo (1963). Behind Enemy Lines (2001). La Smania addosso (1963). Runaway Jury (2003).

Frenesia dell'estate (1963). Welcome to Mooseport (2004). Se permettete parliamo di donne (1964) aka Let's Talk About Women. Il Gaucho (1964). La Congiuntura, (1964) aka Hard Time for Princes.

The Dirty Game, (1965). Una Vergine per il principe (1965) aka Virgin for the Prince. Slalom (1965). Le Piacevoli notti (1966).

L'Armata Brancaleone (1966). L'Arcidiavolo (1966) aka Devil in Love. Woman Times Seven (1967). Il Tigre (1967).

Lo Scatenato (1967). Il Profetal (1968). Questi fantasmi (1968) aka Ghosts - Italian Style. La Pecora nera (1968) aka The Black Sheep.

Una su 13 (1969) aka The 13 Chairs. Dove vai tutta nuda? (1969) aka Where Are You Going All Naked?. L'Arcangelo (1969). L'Alibi (1969) aka Alibi.

Il Divorzio (1970). Brancaleone alle crociate (1970) aka Brancaleone at the Crusades *Contestazione generale (1970). L'Udienza (1971) aka The Audience. Scipione detto anche l'africano (1971) aka Scipio the African.

In nome del popolo italiano (1971). Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972). La Tosca (1973). Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? (1973).

Profumo di donna (1974) aka Scent of a Woman. C'eravamo tanto amati (1974) We All Loved Each Other So Much. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (1975) aka Midnight Pleasures. Telefoni bianchi (1976).

Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976). IL Deserto dei Tartari (1976) aka The Desert of the Tartars. Come una rosa al naso (1976) aka Pure as a Lily. Anima persa (1977) aka The Forbidden Room.

A Wedding (1978). I Nuovi mostri (1978) aka Th eNew Monsters. Due pezzi di pane (1978) aka Happy Hobos. Caro papà (1979) aka Dear Father.

Quintet (1979). The Nude Bomb (1980) aka Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb. La Terrazza (1980) aka The Terrace. Sono fotogenico (1980).

Camera d'albergo (1981) aka Chambre d'hôtel. Sharky's Machine (1981). Il Turno (1981). Tempest (1982).

Di padre in figlio (1982). Il Conte Tacchia (1982) aka Count Tacchia. La Vie est un roman(1983) aka Life Is a Bed of Roses. Benvenuta (1983).

Paradigma (1985) aka Power of Evil. La Famiglia (1987) aka The Family. I Soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1987) aka Big Deal After 20 Years. I Picari (1988).

Lo Zio indegno (1989). Mortacci (1989). Dimenticare Palermo (1990). Les Mille et une nuits, Les (1990).

I Divertimenti della vita privata (1990). Rossini! Rossini! (1991). El Largo invierno (1991). Tolgo il disturbo (1992).

Quando eravamo repressi (1992). Abraham (1994) (TV). Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (1994). Sleepers (1996).

Deserto di fuoco" (1997) TV Series. Un homme digne de confiance (1997). La Cena (1998). Luchino Visconti (1999).

La Bomba, (1999).