Carlo De Mejo Explained

Carlo De Mejo
Birth Date:	1945 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Death Place:	Rome, Italy
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1968–2013
Parents:	Oscar De Mejo Alida Valli

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 minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema (1968).^[2] In 1970, he played Claude in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 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 Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.^{[2] [3]}

Selected filmography

• The Battle of Sinai (1968) - Ylan
• L'oro di Londra (1968) - Frankie
• Summit (1968)
• Teorema (1968) - Boy
• La colomba non deve volare (1970)
• Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion (1970) - Billy
• Equinozio (1971)
• The Dead Are Alive (1972) - Igor Samarakis
• When Women Were Called Virgins (1972) - Gisippo
• The Outside Man (1972) - Karl
• Défense de savoir (1973)
• Stateline Motel (1973) - Albert
• The Net (1975) - Francesco Vanetti
• La sposina (1976) - Massimo Raimondi
• The Cassandra Crossing (1976) - Faux Patient (uncredited)
• Un cuore semplice (1977)
• Porco mondo (1978) - Massimo
• Cindy's Love Games (1979) - Valerio
• Eros Perversion (1979) - Orsino
• Terror Express (1980) - Ernie
• Contamination (1980) - Agent Young
• City of the Living Dead (1980) - Gerry
• La locanda della maladolescenza (1980) - Andrea Poggi
• The Other Hell (1981) - Father Valerio
• The House by the Cemetery (1981) - Mr. Wheatley
• Manhattan Baby (1982) - Luke
• Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983)
• Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico (1984)
• À notre regrettable époux (1988) - Mercanton
• I fobici (1999) - A Party Guest (segment "Frutto Proibito")
• H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms (2013) - Antonio Mezzanotte (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carlo De Mejo – Rest in Peace. kitleyskrypt.
2. Book: Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti. Volume 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402131.
3. Book: Arnold Blumberg. Zombiemania. 31 January 2013. Telos Publishing, 2006. 978-1845838171.