Tuccio Musumeci
{{short description|Italian actor and comedian}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|4|20}}
| birth_place = Catania
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| occupation = Actor
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Tuccio Musumeci (born 20 April 1934) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Catania, Musumeci started his career in the 1960s, performing in local cabarets and avanspettacolo companies.Santino Mirabella. In scena - conversazioni con Tuccio Musumeci. Flaccovio Editore, 2011. {{ISBN|9788878043022}}.
The turning point in his career was entering the stage company of the Teatro Stabile di Catania with whom he began acting in plays, mostly comedies, both in Italian and in Sicilian.{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti.|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}
Musumeci intensively worked for television (beginning in 1959) and in the theater. Less active on films, after a bit part in The Leopard, he appeared in a good number of comedy films between the 1970s and 1980s, sometimes in leading roles.
Selected filmography
- La ragazza del prete (1970)
- Holy Water Joe (1971)
- The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
- Il lumacone (1974)
- Virility (1974)
- L'adolescente (1976)
- La gatta da pelare (1981)
- Open Doors (1990)
- La matassa (2009)
- Italo (2014)
- Strangeness (2022)
References
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External links
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Category:Male actors from Catania
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male film actors