Biography
Mario Scaccia (26 December 1919 – 26 January 2011) was an Italian actor and author. He was a prominent figure in the Italian theatre of '900. Born in Rome, the son of a painter, during the Second World War Scaccia was conscripted into the army as an officer in Sicily; made prisoner by the American army, he was taken in Morocco, where he remained three years. In 1945 Scaccia returned to Rome, where he abandoned his studies in pedagogy and enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, attending only the first year; in 1946 he started appearing on stage, usually as character actor. In 1961 Scaccia was co-founder, together with Valeria Moriconi, Franco Enriquez and Glauco Mauri, of the Compagnia dei Quattro ("Company of the Four") that gained critical and commercial success. At the same time Scaccia was a prolific character actor in films, TV series and radio-dramas.Scaccia was also an author and a poet; his works include several autobiographies. He died in Rome at 91, as a result of complications for a surgical intervention.
Filmography
all 53
Movies 47
TV Shows 6
self 1
Gabriel (2001)
Voglio stare sotto al letto (1999)
Il conto Montecristo (1997)
Il maresciallo Rocca (1996)
Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
A proposito di Roma (1987)
L'ultima mazurka (1986)
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
The Word (1978)
Break Up (1978)
L'arte della commedia (1978)
Double Murder (1977)
Black Journal (1977)
Gastone (1977)
Un amore targato Forlì (1976)
Soldier of Fortune (1976)
Eye of the Cat (1975)
The Sex Machine (1975)
The Antichrist (1974)
Il generale dorme in piedi (1974)
Bambina (1974)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
La calandria (1972)
Meo Patacca (1972)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
Les Évasions célèbres (1972)
Between Miracles (1971)
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
Tartarino sulle Alpi (1968)
We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
A Maiden for the Prince (1965)
All the Other Girls Do! (1964)
Easy Love (1964)
Summer Frenzy (1964)
The Swindlers (1963)
Avventura al motel (1963)
The Seventh Sword (1962)
Musketeers of the Sea (1962)
Day by Day, Desperately (1961)
Ursus (1961)
A porte chiuse (1961)
Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
Revenge of the Barbarians (1960)
Love, the Italian Way (1960)
The Traffic Policeman (1960)
Love and Larceny (1960)
A Mink Coat (1956)
What a Woman! (1956)
Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
The Anatomy of Love (1954)
La fiammata (1952)
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GenderMale
Birthday1919-12-26
Deathday2011-01-25 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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