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Giulio Calì

{{Short description|Italian actor (1895–1967)}}

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{{Infobox person

| image = Giulio Calì Campo de fiori.png

| caption = Giulio Calì in the movie The Peddler and the Lady (1943)

| name = Giulio Calì

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|3|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|1|20|1895|3|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1941–1966

}}

Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Romanesco dialect theater and in avanspettacolo.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Andrea Orbicciani |author4=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinama italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese, 1998|pages=89–90}} He made his film debut in 1927, in Umberto Paradisi's Un balilla del '48, but his career ultimately started after the Second World War, when he was cast in a good number of films of different genres and quality, even if usually playing very minor roles. Calì is probably best known for his association with director Alberto Lattuada, who gave him his first significant roles, namely Smarazzacucco in The Mill on the Po (1949) and the sailor in The Overcoat (1952). Other notable directors with whom Calì worked include Steno, Mario Monicelli, Alessandro Blasetti, Mario Mattoli, Luigi Zampa and Luigi Comencini.

Selected filmography

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0131036|Giulio Calì}}

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Category:1895 births

Category:1967 deaths

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Male actors from Rome

Category:20th-century Italian male actors