Giacomo Furia

{{Short description|Italian actor (1925–2015)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Giacomo Furia

| image = Giacomo Furia Il nemico di mia moglie.png

| caption = Furia in My Wife's Enemy (1959)

| birth_name = Giacomo Matteo Furia

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Arienzo, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|6|5|1925|1|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1948–1998

}}

Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998.

Life and career

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Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career thanks to Eduardo De Filippo, he had met through an after-school summer job; he made his professional debut on stage in 1945, in De Filippo's "Napoli milionaria".{{cite news|title=Addio a Giacomo Furia, l'ultimo dei grandi caratteristi. Recitò con Totò e la Loren|url=http://www.ilmattino.it/NAPOLI/CULTURA/addio-a-giacomo-furia-l-amp-39-ultimo-dei-grandi-caratteristi.-recit-amp-ograve-con-tot-amp-ograve-e-la-loren/notizie/1394420.shtml|access-date=7 June 2015|work=Il Mattino|date=5 June 2015}} He made his film debut three years later, in Mario Mattoli's Assunta Spina; mainly cast in character roles, he was often a sidekick of Totò, notably landing a major role in The Band of Honest Men. His credits include films directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini and Francesco Rosi. In 1997 Furia released an autobiography written in collaboration with Michele Avitabile, Le maggiorate, il principe e l'ultimo degli onesti. He died on 5 June 2015, aged 90.{{cite web |url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/06/05/news/addio_a_giacomo_furia_spalla_di_toto_-116129768/ |title=Addio a Giacomo Furia, "spalla" nobile di Totò |access-date=6 June 2015 |work=La Repubblica|date=5 June 2015}}

Selected filmography

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