Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo
Born	17 January 1945 Rome, Italy
Died	18 December 2015 (aged 70)
Occupation	Actor

Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945-18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Rome, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress Alida Valli.^[2] After a few miror roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema.^[2] In 1970 he played Claude in the Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical Hair.^[2] In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially in Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.^[2][3]

Selected filmography

• Teorema (1968)
• The Dead Are Alive (1972)
• The Outside Man (1972)
• When Women Were Called Virgins (1972)
• Stateline Motel (1973)
• The Net (1975)
• Terror Express (1979)
• Cindy's Love Games (1979)
• Contamination (1980)
• City of the Living Dead (1980)
• The Other Hell (1980)
• The House by the Cemetery (1981)
• Manhattan Baby (1982)
• Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983)

References

1. "Carlo De Mejo – Rest in Peace -". kitleyskrypt.
2. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti. Volume 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
3. Arnold Blumberg. Zombiemania. Telos Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1845838173.

External links

Media related to Carlo De Mejo at Wikimedia Commons

• Carlo De Mejo at the Internet Movie Database