Natale Cirino

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

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| name = Natale Cirino

| image = Accadde al commissariato 20.jpg

| caption = Natale Cirino as Marshal Cannavò in It Happened at the Police Station (1954)

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|2|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Catania, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|5|29|1894|2|5|df=y}}

| death_place =Palermo, Italy

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| occupation = Actor

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Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor.

Life and career

Born in Catania, Cirino started his career entering the most important theatrical companies active in Sicily (including the ones held by Turi Pandolfini, Michele Abruzzo, Rosina Anselmi and Giovanni Grasso) before forming his own stage company in 1928.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402131}} In 1943 he made his film debut in the Pino Mercanti's historical drama All'ombra della gloria, and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, with some sporadic main roles. He was married to stage actress Rita Alaimo (1894-1964).

Selected filmography

References

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