Corrado Pani Explained

Corrado Pani
Birth Date:1936 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:actor

Corrado Pani (4 March 1936 – 2 March 2005) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Pani began his career playing the role of Jesus as a child in a Radio Vaticana radio drama.[1] [2] He made his film debut in 1953, with a minor role in Dino Risi's Il viale della speranza.[1] [2] In 1955 he had first major theatrical role, in Thè e simpatia.[2] He later worked on stage with Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Krzysztof Zanussi and Luca Ronconi, among others.[1] [2]

Pani appeared in about fifty films; his last role was the judge in Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002).[1] [3] He was also a television actor and a voice actor.[1] [3] In the 1960s, Pani had a long love affair with the singer Mina and in 1963 the couple had a son, Massimiliano.[1] [2] [3]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402131.
  2. Book: Felice Cappa . Piero Gelli . Marco Mattarozzi . Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. 1998 . Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. 8880892959.
  3. News: E' morto l'attore Corrado Pani dalla radio, al doppiaggio al teatro. 25 January 2014. La Repubblica. 2 March 2005.