Luigi De Filippo

{{Short description|Italian actor (1930–2018)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Luigi De Filippo

| image = Film Cerasella 1959 Luigi De Filippo.JPG

| caption = De Filippo with Claudia Mori in Cerasella (1959)

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|8|10}}

| birth_place =Naples, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|3|31|1930|8|10}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actor, playwright, theatre director

| parents = Peppino De Filippo
Adele Carloni

| website = {{url|http://luigidefilippo.it}}

}}

Luigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright.

Born in Naples, the son of actors Peppino De Filippo and Adele Carloni, he studied literature at the university, leaving the studies on the threshold of graduation to pursue a career in journalism.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}} Shorty later De Filippo debuted on stage next to his father, and from then he started a very long acting career, notably running for years a Neapolitan dialect company.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}} He celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his stage activities with the reception of a special Premio Personalità Europea prize in Capitol Hill.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}

De Filippo appeared in many film roles, even if mainly in character roles.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}} He was also active on television, mainly in television adaptations of his stage works.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}} Since 2011 he has been the artistic director of the Parioli Theatre in Rome.{{cite news|title=Il Parioli a Luigi De Filippo: a ottanta anni ricomincio|url=http://spettacoliecultura.ilmessaggero.it/teatro/il_parioli_a_luigi_de_filippo_a_ottanta_anni_ricomincio/154286.shtml|accessdate=6 July 2014|newspaper=Il Messaggero|date=28 June 2011}} De Filippo died in Rome on 31 March 2018{{source needed|date=March 2018}} at the age of 87.{{Cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/18_marzo_31/morto-luigi-de-filippo-ultimo-erede-storica-dinastia-artisti-18a1af52-34bc-11e8-8de8-ad207e8187ca.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|title = Morto Luigi de Filippol'ultimo erede della storica dinastia di artisti|date = 31 March 2018}}