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Antonio Allocca

{{Short description|Italian actor (1937–2013)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

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| birth_place = Portici, Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy

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| death_place = Marcianise, Campania, Italy

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Antonio Allocca (24 June 1937 – 31 December 2013) was an Italian character actor.

Life and career

Born in Portici, Naples, Allocca debuted on stage in 1956, then in 1958, he worked with Eduardo De Filippo at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan in the comedy play Pulcinella in cerca della sua fortuna per Napoli. In 1962, he made his television debut in Ditegli sempre di sì and Napoli Milionaria, both directed by De Filippo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/14_gennaio_01/addio-l-attore-napoletano-antonio-allocca-stato-prof-italiano-de-iragazzi-3-c-df1f1d74-72ea-11e3-8a07-2fa06409426d.shtml|title=Addio al l'attore napoletano Antonio Allocca È stato il prof di italiano de i"Ragazzi della 3 C"|date=1 January 2014|website=corriere.it|publisher=Corriere della Sera|access-date=2 January 2014}}{{cite news|last=Fulvia Leopardi|title=Addio ad Antonio Allocca, il prof di italiano de 'I ragazzi della terza C'|url=http://www.televisionando.it/articolo/addio-ad-antonio-allocca-il-prof-di-italiano-de-i-ragazzi-della-terza-c-video/97485/|access-date=2 January 2014|newspaper=Televisionando|date=1 January 2014}}

Very active both on stage and in films mainly in character roles, Allocca enjoyed a late success as in 1987, with the role of the professor of Italian in the three seasons of the Italia 1 television series I ragazzi della 3ª C.{{cite news|title=Addio all'attore Antonio Allocca, professore dei "ragazzi della 3a C"|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2014/01/01/spettacoli/addio-allattore-antonio-allocca-professore-dei-ragazzi-della-a-c-nlQmDbIqSzQ5qA6j3jEKUP/pagina.html|access-date=2 January 2014|newspaper=La Stampa|date=1 January 2014}}

Allocca died on 31 December 2013, aged 76, in Marcianise, Campania, Italy.

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0021541}}

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Category:1937 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:People from the Metropolitan City of Naples

Category:Male actors from Campania

Category:Italian male television actors

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Italian male stage actors

Category:20th-century Italian male actors

Category:21st-century Italian male actors

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