Biography
Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Born into a family of marionettists, he was cousin and namesake of Giovanni Grasso, a respected stage actor specialized in the Sicilian language repertoire, so he assumed at the beginning of his career the stage name "Giovanni Grasso Junior" to stand out. He was mainly active on stage, often acting together with his wife, Virginia Balestrieri.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 57
The Public Prosecutor
Onore e sangue (1957)
Movie
Sindaco
Magic Village (1955)
Movie
Commissario (uncredited)
Toto and Carolina (1955)
Movie
Il portiere
Of Life and Love (1954)
Movie
avvocato Benini
In amore si pecca in due (1954)
Movie
onorevole Mario Rapisarda
Easy Years (1953)
Movie
secondo giocatore
The Age of Indiscretion (1953)
Movie
Domenico Mascagni
Melodie immortali - Mascagni (1952)
Movie
Don Salvatore Morelli
Melody of Love (1952)
Movie
il presidente del tribunale
Times Gone By (1952)
Movie
Il suocero di Stefano
Gli innocenti pagano (1952)
Movie
Il venditore di cocomeri
La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
Movie
Saverio Luparello
The Fighting Men (1950)
Movie
Tancredi - il padre di Margherita
Margaret of Cortona (1950)
Movie
Il brigadiere
Welcome Reverend! (1950)
Movie
Mascoli
Difficult Years (1948)
Movie
Il padre di Alberto
Legge di sangue (1948)
Movie
Don Gaspar Guritan
The Queen's Lover (1948)
Movie
Il brigante Lazzarini
Il passatore (1947)
Movie
Oreste Bellotti
The Great Dawn (1947)
Movie
Raìs Pietro
Malacarne (1946)
Movie
Il commerciante paralitico
The Gate of Heaven (1945)
Movie
L'avvocato Francesco Scuoto
Il cappello da prete (1944)
Movie
Il capocuoco
Totò nella fossa dei leoni (1943)
Movie
Carlos Aguilera
Madrid de mis sueños (1942)
Movie
Don José di Nogueira
Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
Movie
Stephan Tishenko
We the Living, Part One (1942)
Movie
Il dottore
I Live as I Please (1942)
Movie
Il maestro Antonio
Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941)
Movie
Marco, il padrone del mulino
Ragazza che dorme (1941)
Movie
Liborio, il capitano
Mare (1940)
Movie
Il commissario
Retroscena (1939)
Movie
Tabernero
Los hijos de la noche (1939)
Movie
Il puparo
Terra di nessuno (1939)
Movie
Il 'commandante'
The Little Adventurers (1939)
Movie
Pasquale
Montevergine (1939)
Movie
Il dottor Kralik
Small Hotel (1939)
Movie
Zio Gigio
Il ladro (1939)
Movie
Marco, il capo della piantagione
Under the Southern Cross (1938)
Movie
Sergente Amato
Sentinels of Bronze (1937)
Movie
Nicola Bellamonte
Port (1934)
Movie
Gedeone
The operator (1932)
Movie
Nunzio the Blind Man
Lost in the Dark (1914)
Movie
Alessandro
Un amore selvaggio (1912)
Movie
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-11-11
Deathday1963-05-03 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceCatania, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy
Also Known AsGiovanni Grasso jr., Giovanni Grasso junior
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