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.
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]