Romolo Costa
{{short description|Italian actor (1897-1965)}}
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| name = Romolo Costa
| image = Romolo Costa Un marito per il mese d'aprile.jpg
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| caption = Costa in A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|02|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Asti, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|01|01|1897|02|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor}}
| yearsactive = 1932–1965
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Romolo Costa (26 February 1897 – 1 January 1965) was an Italian actor and voice actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocirco.htm |title=Romolo Costa's dubbing contributions|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |access-date= 26 September 2019}}
Biography
Costa appeared in more than seventy films and television series between 1934 and 1964 and he was a character actor who generally appeared in supporting roles. Occasionally he played a more prominent role as in Il destino in tasca.Goble p.88 He also worked extensively as a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. He served as a substitute for Emilio Cigoli as the Italian voice of Gary Cooper.
Selected filmography
- Pergolesi (1932)
- Steel (1933)
- Together in the Dark (1933)
- Loyalty of Love (1934)
- Like the Leaves (1935)
- Aldebaran (1935)
- The Joker King (1935)
- Bayonet (1936)
- The Ambassador (1936)
- I've Lost My Husband! (1937)
- Il signor Max (1937)
- Doctor Antonio (1937)
- Il destino in tasca (1938)
- They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
- The Two Mothers (1938)
- Departure (1938)
- The Knight of San Marco (1939)
- Heartbeat (1939)
- Two Million for a Smile (1939)
- The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
- Backstage (1939)
- Marionette (1939)
- Diamonds (1939)
- The Faceless Voice (1939)
- Eternal Melodies (1940)
- Beyond Love (1940)
- A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
- Once a Week (1942)
- A Pistol Shot (1942)
- Rossini (1942)
- Songs in the Streets (1950)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0182292}}
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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Category:Male actors from Piedmont
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male voice actors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors
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