Cesco Baseggio Explained

Cesco Baseggio
Birth Name:Francesco Baseggio
Birth Date:1897 4, df=yes
Death Place:Catania, Sicily
Italy
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1935 - 1968 (film)

Francesco "Cesco" Baseggio (1897–1971) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He was born in Venice, and was identified with Venetian roles during his film career.[1] He appeared in a mixture of serious, dramatic films, as well as comedies such as The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday (1941). On the stage he frequently appeared in plays by Carlo Goldoni.

Life and career

Baseggio started his career at 16 years old in an amateur theater society.[2] He took part in the WWI, where he served in the military engineering corps and later as director of Teatri del Soldato ('Soldier Theaters') in Albania. After the war he worked in the Ars Veneta and Carlo Micheluzzi's companies, before forming his own company in 1926.

In 1935 Baseggio started his film career, mostly consisting of supporting and character roles. In 1936 he entered the Carlo Goldoni-specialized Compagnia del Teatro di Venezia, with which he achieved his major personal critical accomplishments. After the World War II, he started a critically acclaimed collaboration with Giorgio Strehler. He also worked as a stage director, a playwright of comedies in Venetian language, and a voice actor.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1935Le scarpe al sole Durigan
1937Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno Bertoldo
1937Nina non far la stupida Il podestà
1938The Black Corsair Van Stiller - Korsar
1938Giuseppe Verdi Papà Verdi
1939The Widow Anselmo
1939The Carnival of Venice Momolo
1940Scandalo per bene Un servitore di casa Contarini
1940Mare Zane
1940Piccolo alpino L'alpino Brustolon
1940Il sogno di tutti Il padrone di casa
1941Orizzonte dipinto Parodi
1941Pia de' Tolomei Matteo
1941The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday Ambrogio Brambilla
1942I sette peccati Il profesore Barni
1942Angelo del crepuscolo Matteo
1942Notte di fiamme
1943Measure for Measure Schiumetta
1943Dagli Appennini alle Ande Il vecchio matto
1943Men of the Mountain Il maggiore
1943Annabella's Adventure Lo zio di Roberto
1943Gian Burrasca Il signor Stoppani
1943Canal grande Menego
1943La moglie in castigo Il notaio Bardi
1944Finalmente sì Il conte padre
1945Fatto di cronaca
1945La buona fortuna Anselmo
1945The Ten Commandments (segment "Onora il padre e la madre")
1945L'angelo del miracolo
1945Trent'anni di servizio
1946Paese senza pace Padron Fortunato
1949The Merry Widower Il suocero
1950The White Line Giovanni Sebastian
1951Arrivano i nostri Il colonello
1953I Chose Love
1955The Barber of Seville Dr. Bartolo
1956The Intruder Father Peppino
1957 Salomon

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Brunetta p.87
  2. Book: Lancia . Enrico . Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri : T. 1. A - L . 2003 . Gremese Editore . 978-88-8440-213-4 . Baseggio, Cesco.