Massimo Mollica

{{Short description|Italian actor and stage director}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Massimo Mollica

| image = Massimo Mollica 73.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|3|19}}

| birth_place = Pace del Mela, Messina

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|5|1|1929|3|19}}

| death_place = Messina

| occupation = Actor and stage director

}}

Massimo Mollica (19 March 1929 – 1 May 2013) was an Italian actor and stage director.

Born in Pace del Mela, Messina, the son of an elementary school teacher,{{cite news|title=Se ne sono andati|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=9 May 2013}} Mollica started acting at the university.Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. 1994. His breakout role was Don Vito Cascio Ferro in the 1972 RAI television series Joe Petrosino.{{cite news|last=Matteo Pappalardo|title=Messina saluta Massimo Mollica|url=http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news//44898/Messina-saluta---Massimo-Mollica.html|accessdate=8 December 2013|newspaper=Gazzetta del Sud|date=2 May 2013}} Mollica was mainly active as a stage actor and director, and he founded several theatres in Messina, including the San Carlino Theatre and the Teatro Pirandello. His film roles include Pasquale Squitieri's Il prefetto di ferro and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano.