Erminio Macario

























Erminio Macario
Erminio Macario.jpg
Born
(1902-05-27)27 May 1902
Turin, Italy
Died 25 March 1980(1980-03-25) (aged 77)
Turin, Italy
Occupation Actor
Years active 1933-1975

Erminio Macario (27 May 1902 – 25 March 1980), best known as Macario, was an Italian film actor and comedian. He appeared in 42 films between 1933 and 1975.




Contents






  • 1 Life and career


  • 2 Selected filmography


  • 3 References


  • 4 Further reading


  • 5 External links





Life and career


Born in Turin, Macario made his debut at young age in the amateur dramatics company Don Bosco Oratory in Valdocco,[1] then he was part of some small amateur companies of his hometown until 1924 when he was cast in the company of dancing and pantomime of Giovanni Molasso.[2] Soon after, he entered the company of Wanda Osiris, the undisputed queen of the revue of that time in Italy.[2] Between the two wars he became in a short time one of the most popular comedians of the revue theater.[3]


Macario made his film debut in 1933 with Aria di paese but the success came just six years later with two comedy films directed by Mario Mattoli and co-written by a young Federico Fellini, Imputato alzatevi! and Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?.[2] After a series of successful comedies directed by Carlo Borghesio since the early fifties Macario appeared in short characterizations in anthology films and was sidekick of Totò in a number of films.[2] Starting from mid-sixties he finally dedicated to television and theater.[2]




Macario in Il chiromante


His comical style was referred as a mixture between Chaplin's Charlot and Marx Brothers.[4]



Selected filmography




  • Country Air (1933)


  • Imputato alzatevi! (1939)


  • Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)


  • The Pirate's Dream (1940)


  • Non me lo dire! (1940)


  • Charley's Aunt (1943)


  • Il fanciullo del West (1943)


  • Macario Against Zagomar (1944)


  • How I Lost the War (1947)


  • L'eroe della strada (1948)


  • How I Discovered America (1949)


  • Adam and Eve (1949)


  • Il monello della strada (1951)


  • La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna (1951)


  • Io, Amleto (1952)


  • Matrimonial Agency (1953)


  • La cambiale (1959)


  • I 4 monaci (1962)


  • Toto's First Night (1962)


  • Totò contro i quattro (1963)


  • The Four Musketeers (1963)


  • Sexy Toto (1963)


  • Ante Up (1974)



References





  1. ^ Domenico Seren Gay. Teatro popolare dialettale: indagine-enciclopedia sul teatro piemontese. Priuli & Verlucca, 1977..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abcde Gianni Canova. Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2009. ISBN 881150516-X.


  3. ^ Ennio Fulgheri. Manuale del cinema italiano. Swan, 1998. ISBN 8886464150.


  4. ^ Valerio Venturi. Cesare Andrea Bixio. L'attività musicale di Bixio per l'industria cinematografica (1920-1945). Libreria Universitaria, 2010. ISBN 8862920229.




Further reading


  • Maurizio Ternavasio, Macario: vita di un comico, Lindau, 1998,
    ISBN 8871802411.


External links




  • Erminio Macario on IMDb


  • Erminio Macario at AllMovie









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