Pier Paolo Capponi

Pier Paolo Capponi
Capponi in The Subversives (1967)
Born	9 June 1938 Subiaco
Other names	Norman Clark
Occupation	Actor Screenwriter

Pier Paolo Capponi (born 9 June 1938) is an Italian actor and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Subiaco,^[1] after his studies Capponi attended a theater school and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an important role in Un uomo a metà.^[2] His film career is divided equally between auteur films (with, among others, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Valerio Zurlini, Gérard Corbiau, Francesco Rosi and Nelo Risi) and genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Norman Clark.^[2] On the big screen with some regularity for a decade, after 1977 Capponi focused his appearances on TV-series and on stage.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Our Man in Casablanca (1966)
• Almost a Man (1966)
• King of Hearts (1966)
• My Name Is Pecos (1967)
• Commandos (1968)
• The Subversives (1968)
• Frame Up (1968)
• Black Jesus (1968)
• Naked Violence (1969)
• The Lady of Monza (1969)
• Many Wars Ago (1970)
• Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
• Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)
• Defeat of the Mafia (1970)
• Mafia Connection (1970)
• The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
• A Season in Hell (1971)
• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
• Valerie Inside Outside (1972)
• The Nun and the Devil (1973)
• The Boss (1973)
• The Last Desperate Hours (1974)
• Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
• Blood and Diamonds (1978)
• Bankomatt (1989)
• A Season of Giants (1990)
• Fiorile (1993)
• Farinelli (1994)
• The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)

References

1. Giulio Martini. Patchwork: 100 anni di cinema in Italia. Finzioni, 1997.
2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi, Fabio Melelli, Mario Pecorari. Gli Attori. Gremese Editore.

External links

• Pier Paolo Capponi at the Internet Movie Database