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Andrea Checchi
(Florence, October 21 1916 – Rome March 29 1974)
Andrea Checchi, film and television actor, was born in Florence, but he moved to Rome to attend the experimental center of cinematography. He made his debut in 1934, directed by Alessandro Blasetti in 1860, and the following year in the old guard. Reaches notoriety with the siege of the Alcazar and Hours 9: Chemistry lessons, starring Alida Valli, Bianca Della Corte and Irasema Dilián, and in the mid-40 's, he was among the most sought after young actors. Versatile actor, suitable for foaming, resigned loser roles but also, much to contend with Massimo Girotti starred tormented and fragile. Her sultry voice helped to bolster his image as a man with the personality at times weak but with good feelings and to be considered a movie star of the 1940s. After the war, things changed, although he won the first Silver Ribbon best actor in history, for the film Two anonymous letters, opportunities to have starring roles diminished and lent his face to loser roles and defeated, roles of second floor, but allowed him to work with some of the greatest Italian directors, and to act in the great Italian cinema season lived with neorealism. In the 1960s, he worked in several dramas for television, an American tragedy, the captain's daughter, Resurrection, etc. Married to actress Hungarian Erika Schwarze, by whom he had a son, Enrico Roberto Castillo, set designer for television. Dies at 57 years, for an autoimmune disease. He devoted himself to painting, the father Amedeo was a painter, exhibiting in several personal.
Filmography
1934/ 1860,by Alessandro Blasetti
1934/ Old Guard, by Alessandro Blasetti
1934/ The Last of the Bergerac, by Gennaro Righelli
1934/ Stadium, by Carlo Campogalliani
1934/ The Lady of All, by Max Ophuls
1935/ Love, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1936/ White Weapon, by Ferdinand Maria Poggioli
1938/ The Last Card, by Archie Mayo
1938/ Under the Southern Cross, by Guido Brignone
1938/ Luciano Serra pilot, by Geoffrey Alessandrini
1938/ Ettore Fieramosca,by Alessandro Blasetti
1939/ Conquest of the Air, by Romolo Marcellini
1939/ The Great Light, by Carlo Campogalliani
1939/ The department stores, by Mario Camerini
1939/ Small Hotel, by Piero Ballerini
1939/ The Night of the Mockinges,by Carlo Campogalliani
1940/ Pirates of the Gulf, by Romolo Marcellini
1940/ Manon Lescaut,by Carmine Gallone
1940/ A Sailor Has Landed, by Piero Ballerini
1940/ Down the curtain, by Raphael Matarazzo
1940/ Conquest of the Air, directors
1940/ Midnight Enchantment,by Mario Baffico
1940/ The Siege of the Alcazar,by Augusto Genina
1940/ Let's Love Each Other, by Giorgio Simonelli
1940/ Blue Legend, by Giuseppe Guarino
1940/ Without Heaven, by Alfredo Guarini
1941/ The King of England does not pay, by Giovacchino Forzano
1941/ Sleeping Girl, by Andrea Forzano
1941/ 9 o'clock: chemistry lesson, by Mario Mattoli
1941/ Thrill, by Giacomo Gentilomo
1941/ Loneliness,by Livio Pavanelli
1942/ Tragic Night, by Mario Soldati
1942/ Invisible Chains, by Mario Mattoli
1942/ Next there's Place, by Mario Bonnard
1942/ Street of the Five Moons,by Luigi Chiarini
1942/ M.A.S.,by Romolo Marcellin
1942/ Countess Castiglione,by Flavio Calzavara
1942/ Tight Lips, by Mario Mattoli
1942/ Malombra,by Mario Soldati
1943/ Giacomo the Idealist,by Alberto Lattuada
1943/ Storm on the Gulf, by Gennaro Righelli
1943/ The Devil'sValley, by Mario Mattoli
1943/ Sad Loves, by Carmine Gallone
1943/ All Life in Twenty-Four Hours, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1944/ Tears of Blood, by Guido Brignone
1945/ Living Again, by Nino Giannini
1945/ The Ten Commandments,by Giorgio Walter Chili – episode "Don't name god in vain,"
1945/ Letters to the Lieutenant, by Geoffrey Alessandrini
1945/ Two Anonymous Letters, by Mario Camerini
1946/ The Ways of Sin,by Giorgio Pàstina
1946/ Biraghin,by Carmine Gallone
1946/ The White Primrose,by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1946/ Hotel Luna, room 34,by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1946/ An American on Vacation, by Luigi Zampa
1946/ Rome Free City, by Marcello Pagliero
1947/ Eleonora Duse,by Filippo Walter Ratti
1947/ The Brothers Karamazoff, by Giacomo Gentilomo
1947/ Black Chronicle, by Giorgio Bianchi
1947/ Last Honour, by Luigi Chiarin
1947/ Tragic Hunt, by Giuseppe De Santis
1948/ The Sorrowful City, by Mario Bonnard
1948/ Men aree nemies, by Ettore Giannini
1949/ The Sky Is Red, by Claudio Gora
1949/ Paolo and Francesca, by Raphael Matarazzo
1949/ The Cry of the Earth, by Duilio Coletti
1949/ The Walls of Malapaga,by René Clément
1950/ The Road Ends on the River, by Luigi Capuano
1950/ The Path of Hate, by Sergio Grieco
1950/ The Black Captain, by Alberto Pozzetti
1950/ Indictment,by Giacomo Gentilomo
1951/ Camorra (Schatten Eber Neapel), by Hans Wolff
1951/ Achtung! Bandits!, by Carlo Lizzani
1951/ Stormbound, by Luigi Capuano
1951/ The Path of Hate, di Sergio Grieco
1951/ The Captain of Venice, by Gianni Puccini
1951/ The Hero Is Me, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1951/ Love and Blood, by Hans Wolff and Marino Girolami
1952/ Don Lorenzo, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1952/ Other Times – episode "Less than a Day",by Alessandro Blasetti
1953/ If I won a hundred million – episode "The Pensioner", by Carlo Campogalliani and Carlo Moscovini
1953/ Pity for those who fall, by Mario Costa
1953/ The Lady Without Camellias, by Michelangelo Antonioni
1954/ The Bell of San Giusto, by Mario Amendola and Ruggero Maccari
1954/ Tripoli, beautiful suol d'amore,by Ferruccio Cerio
1954/ The Two Orphans,by Giacomo Gentilomo
1954/ Passionately, by Giacomo Gentilomo
1954/ Operation Night, by Giuseppe Bennati
1954/ Half-century loves – episode " Girandola 1910 ", by Antonio Pietrangeli
1954/ Our Times, by Alessandro Blasetti
1954/ House Memories, by Carmine Gallone
1954/ Human Torpe does, by Antonio Leonviola
1955/ Trial of Love, by Enzo Liberti
1955/ Red and Black, by Domenico Paolella
1955/ Desperate Farewell, by Lionello De Felice
1955/ Farewell Naples!, by Roberto Bianchi Montero
1955/ Good night... lawyer!, by Giorgio Bianchi
1955/ The Treasure of Rommel,by Romolo Marcellini
1955/ The Four of the Thundercast,by Ferdinand o'Clock
1956/ Supreme Confession, by Sergio Corbucci
1956/ The Most Beautiful Days, by Mario Mattioli
1956/ Terror on the City, by Anton Giulio Majano
1956/ The Intruder, by Raphael Matarazzo
1957/ Spring Morning, by Giacinto Solito
1957/ Word of the Thief, by Gianni Puccini and Nanni Loy
1959/ The World of Miracles,by Luigi Capuano
1959/ The Maids,by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1959/ The Enemy of My Wife, by Gianni Puccini
1959/ The Nights of the Teddy Boys, by Leopoldo Savona
1959/ The Terror of the Barbarians,by Carlo Campogalliani
1960/ The Pleasures of the Bachelor, by Giulio Petroni
1960/ The Long Night of '43, by Florestano Vancini
1960/ The Hitman, by Damiano Damiani
1960/ The Employee, by Gianni Puccini
1960/ The Mask of the Devil, by Mario Bava
1960/ The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse ( Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse ),by Fritz Lang
1960/ The Ciociara,by Vittorio De Sica
1961/ Akiko,by Luigi Filippo D'Amico
1961/ The Last of the Vikinghi, by Giacomo Gentilomo
1961/ The Killer, by Elio Petri
1961/ Don Camillo Monsignor... but not too much, by Carmine Gallone
1961/ The Gold of Rome, by Carlo Lizzani
1961/ The Invaders,by Mario Bava
1961/ Manhunt,by Riccardo Freda
1962/ My Friend Benito,by Giorgio Bianchi
1962/ Blood and Challenge, by Nick Nostro
1962/ Collegno's forget ful,by Sergio Corbucci
1962/ Chronicles of '22, various directors
1962/ Ten Italians for a German ( Via Rasella ),by Filippo Walter Ratti
1962/ Ultimatum to Life, by Renato Polselli
1962/ Italian Hunchback Shot, by Lucio Fulci
1963/ Imperial Venus, by Jean Delannoy
1963/ The Criminal, by Marcello Baldi
1963/ The Verona Trial, by Carlo Lizzani
1963/ As Long As the Storm Lasts (Beta Som),by Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati
1964/ Super heist in Milan, by Adriano Celentano
1964/ Revenge of the Gladiators,by Luigi Capuano
1964/ The Constancy of Reason, by Pasquale Festa Campanile
1964/ Rome vs.Rome, by Giuseppe Vari
1965/ I kill, you kill - episode "Acerbic Games", by Gianni Puccini
1965/ The Money, by Gianni Puccini
1965/ Italian Good People, by Giuseppe De Santis
1965/ The Gladiator Who Challenged the Empire, by Domenico Paolella
1965/ Made in Italy - Episode " The Family ", by Nanni Loy
1966/ The Black, by Giovanni Vento
1966/ Me, me, me... and the others, by Alessandro Blasetti
1966/ Quién sabe? ( El Chunco quièn sabe? ),by Damiano Damiani
1967/ The Seven Cervi Brothers, by Gianni Puccini
1967/ El "Che" Guevara,by Paolo Heusch
1970/ Try to under stand me, by Mariano Laurenti
1970/ Waterloo,by Sergei Bondarchuk
1971/ A well-regarded professional sure to take place, by Giuseppe De Santis
1973/ Let's Kiss Hands, by Vittorio Schiraldi
1974 / A Woman for Seven Bastards,by Roberto Bianchi Montero