Ernesto Almirante

Ernesto Almirante
Almirante in The White Sheik (1952)
Born	24 September 1877 Mistretta, Italy
Died	13 December 1964 (aged 87) Bologna, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 - 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio.^[1] He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies.^[1]

After an occasional film role in the 1919 mute film Federica d'Illirio, starting from mid-1930s Almirante became one of the most active character actors of his time.^[1] In 1955 he retired from acting and moved into a retirement home for actors in Bologna.^[1] He was the uncle of politician Giorgio Almirante.

Selected filmography

• Imputato, alzatevi! (1939)
• At Your Orders, Madame (1939)
• The Daughter of the Green Pirate (1940)
• The Testimony (1940)
• The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941)
• L'onorevole Angelina (1947)
• The Captain's Daughter (1947)
• Difficult Years (1948)
• Alarm Bells (1949)
• Quel fantasma di mio marito (1950)
• Father's Dilemma (1950)
• The White Line (1950)
• Cops and Robbers (1951)
• Toto and the King of Rome (1951)
• Ergastolo (1952)
• The White Sheik (1952)
• 100 Years of Love (1954)
• Destination Piovarolo (1955)
• Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955)
• Il coraggio (1955)

References

1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402131.

External links

Media related to Ernesto Almirante at Wikimedia Commons

• Ernesto Almirante at the Internet Movie Database