Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.
Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro.
It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians.
In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre.
On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano.
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Filmography (Movies)
We Are Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:15/11/2021
Trintignant by Trintignant
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/10/2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2021
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2018
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/05/2015
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2015
Close Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/01/2012
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2010
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2007
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/02/2006
Luchino Visconti
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/06/2002
La bomba
Character:Don Vito Bracalone
Release Date:22/10/1999
The Dinner
Character:Maestro Pezzullo
Release Date:03/09/1998
Desert of Fire
Character:Tareq
Release Date:01/01/1997
Sleepers
Character:King Benny
Release Date:18/10/1996
Once a Year, Every Year
Character:Giuseppe
Release Date:13/10/1994
Abraham
Character:Terach
Release Date:12/12/1993
The Long Winter
Character:Claudio, El Mayordomo
Release Date:15/02/1992
Quando eravamo repressi
Character:The Sexologist
Release Date:24/01/1992
Rossini! Rossini!
Character:Ludwig van Beethoven
Release Date:12/09/1991
I'll Be Going Now
Character:Augusto Scribani
Release Date:08/02/1991
The Amusements of Private Life
Character:Marquis
Release Date:09/11/1990
1001 Nights
Character:Sinbad
Release Date:11/04/1990
Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale)
Character:Sinbad
Release Date:11/04/1990
The Palermo Connection
Character:Il principe
Release Date:02/02/1990
The Sleazy Uncle
Character:Zio Luca
Release Date:27/10/1989
Mortacci
Character:Domenico
Release Date:24/02/1989
L'altro enigma
Character:Il padre / Sofocle
Release Date:01/01/1988
I picari
Character:Marquis Felipe de Aragona
Release Date:18/12/1987
The Family
Character:Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
Release Date:20/01/1987
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Character:Peppe
Release Date:25/12/1985
Power Of Evil
Character:Gottfried
Release Date:01/08/1985
To Be Hamlet
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/1985
Benvenuta
Character:Livio
Release Date:07/09/1983
Life Is a Bed of Roses
Character:Walter Guarini
Release Date:20/04/1983
André Delvaux directs Benvenuta
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1983
Count Tacchia
Character:Prince Torquato Terenzi
Release Date:23/12/1982
Tempest
Character:Alonzo
Release Date:13/08/1982
Di padre in figlio
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1982
Sharky's Machine
Character:Victor Scorelli
Release Date:18/12/1981
Il turno
Character:Ciro Coppa
Release Date:18/09/1981
Hotel Room
Character:Achille Mengaroni
Release Date:12/02/1981
The Nude Bomb
Character:Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
Release Date:09/05/1980
I'm Photogenic
Character:Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/1980
The Terrace
Character:Mario Dorazio
Release Date:08/02/1980
Dear Father
Character:Albino Millozza
Release Date:11/04/1979
Quintet
Character:Saint Christopher
Release Date:09/02/1979
Two Pieces of Bread
Character:Pippo Mifà
Release Date:26/01/1979
A Wedding
Character:Luigi Corelli
Release Date:29/08/1978
The New Monsters
Character:il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
Release Date:15/12/1977
Edipo Re
Character:Edipo
Release Date:11/12/1977
Lost Soul
Character:Fabio Stolz
Release Date:20/01/1977
The Desert of the Tartars
Character:Filimore
Release Date:29/10/1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
Release Date:28/10/1976
Pure as a Lily
Character:Anthony M. Wilson
Release Date:11/03/1976
The Career of a Chambermaid
Character:Franco Denza
Release Date:06/02/1976
The Apple of My Eye
Character:film festival participant
Release Date:01/01/1976
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/1975
Midnight Pleasures
Character:Andrea Sansoni
Release Date:19/02/1975
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Character:Gianni Perego
Release Date:21/12/1974
Scent of a Woman
Character:Fausto Consolo
Release Date:20/12/1974
La Tosca
Character:Scarpia
Release Date:23/03/1973
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
Character:Guido Guidi
Release Date:19/12/1972
The Audience
Character:Principe Donati
Release Date:31/03/1972
Without Family
Character:Armando Zavanatti
Release Date:30/03/1972
In the Name of the Italian People
Character:Lorenzo Santenocito
Release Date:18/12/1971
Scipio the African
Character:Catone il Censore
Release Date:03/03/1971
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Character:Brancaleone Da Norcia
Release Date:24/12/1970
Il divorzio
Character:Leonardo Nenci
Release Date:20/04/1970
Let's Have a Riot
Character:Riccardo
Release Date:19/03/1970
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Character:L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
Release Date:06/03/1970
Twelve Plus One
Character:Mario Beretti
Release Date:07/10/1969
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Character:Rufus Conforti
Release Date:12/09/1969
The Archangel
Character:Furio Bertuccia
Release Date:02/07/1969
Alibi
Character:Vittorio
Release Date:13/02/1969
The Black Sheep
Character:Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
Release Date:09/11/1968
The Prophet
Character:Pietro Breccia
Release Date:15/02/1968
Ghosts, Italian Style
Character:Pasquale Lojacono
Release Date:23/12/1967
Catch As Catch Can
Character:Bob Chiaramonte
Release Date:26/10/1967
Woman Times Seven
Character:Cenci
Release Date:29/09/1967
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Character:Francesco Vincenzini
Release Date:29/04/1967
The Devil in Love
Character:Belfagor
Release Date:21/12/1966
Pleasant Nights
Character:Bastiano da Sangallo
Release Date:12/10/1966
For Love and Gold
Character:Brancaleone da Norcia
Release Date:07/04/1966
I Knew Her Well
Character:Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1965
A Maiden for the Prince
Character:Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
Release Date:26/10/1965
Snow Job
Character:Lucio Ridolfi
Release Date:24/09/1965
The Dirty Game
Character:Perego / Ferrari
Release Date:23/06/1965
One Million Dollars
Character:Giuliano
Release Date:29/12/1964
Il gaucho
Character:Marco Ravicchio
Release Date:18/09/1964
Let's Talk About Women
Character:Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
Release Date:28/03/1964
Summer Frenzy
Character:Cap. Nardoni
Release Date:04/02/1964
The Monsters
Character:The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Release Date:30/10/1963
Il successo
Character:Giulio Ceriani
Release Date:24/09/1963
The Eye of the Needle
Character:Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
Release Date:14/09/1963
Sex Can Be Difficult
Character:L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
Release Date:24/12/1962
March on Rome
Character:Domenico Rocchetti
Release Date:20/12/1962
Il Sorpasso
Character:Bruno Cortona
Release Date:05/12/1962
Dark Soul
Character:Adriano Zucchelli
Release Date:12/08/1962
Barabbas
Character:Sahak
Release Date:23/12/1961
A Difficult Life
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/1961
Seduction Of The South
Character:O Caporale
Release Date:16/12/1961
The Last Judgment
Character:Cimino
Release Date:26/10/1961
Ghosts of Rome
Character:Il Caparra
Release Date:01/04/1961
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Character:Remo
Release Date:13/12/1960
Love and Larceny
Character:Gerardo Latini
Release Date:11/02/1960
Fiasco in Milan
Character:Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
Release Date:19/12/1959
La cambiale
Character:Michele
Release Date:19/11/1959
The Miracle
Character:Guido
Release Date:12/11/1959
The Great War
Character:Giovanni Busacca
Release Date:28/10/1959
Tempest
Character:Prosecutor
Release Date:01/12/1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Character:Peppe il pantera
Release Date:26/07/1958
The Love Specialist
Character:Piero di Montalcino
Release Date:20/12/1957
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Character:Edmund Kean
Release Date:04/03/1957
The Violent Patriot
Character:Giovanni De Medici
Release Date:14/09/1956
Defend My Love
Character:Giovanni Marchi
Release Date:12/09/1956
War and Peace
Character:Anatol Kuragin
Release Date:21/08/1956
Beautiful But Dangerous
Character:Prince Sergei
Release Date:21/10/1955
Amleto
Character:Amleto
Release Date:19/07/1955
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
Character:Edmund Kean
Release Date:29/04/1955
Mambo
Character:Mario Rossi
Release Date:18/09/1954
Rhapsody
Character:Paul Bronte
Release Date:16/04/1954
Cry of the Hunted
Character:Jory
Release Date:08/05/1953
Sombrero
Character:Alejandro Castillo
Release Date:22/04/1953
The Glass Wall
Character:Peter Kuban
Release Date:19/03/1953
Girls Marked Danger
Character:Michele
Release Date:25/09/1952
The Dream of Zorro
Character:Don Juan Antonio
Release Date:26/03/1952
Anna
Character:Vittorio
Release Date:20/12/1951
Black Crown
Character:Mauricio
Release Date:23/05/1951
Double Cross
Character:Renato Salvi
Release Date:10/04/1951
Il leone di Amalfi
Character:Mauro
Release Date:11/10/1950
Lo sparviero del Nilo
Character:Yussuf
Release Date:01/09/1950
The Outlaws
Character:Turi
Release Date:09/06/1950
Streets of Sorrow
Character:Giorgio
Release Date:19/01/1950
Lure of the Sila
Character:Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
Release Date:27/12/1949
Bitter Rice
Character:Walter
Release Date:30/09/1949
The Mysterious Rider
Character:Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
Release Date:01/11/1948
L'ebreo errante
Character:Mathieu Blumenthal
Release Date:24/01/1948
The Captain's Daughter
Character:Svabrin
Release Date:08/10/1947
Daniele Cortis
Character:Daniele Cortis
Release Date:06/05/1947
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Character:Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde
Release Date:17/04/1947
Preludio d'amore
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1946
Incontro con Laura
Character:Franco
Release Date:01/01/1945
Television Appearances
Còmics
Character:Self (archive footage)
Desert of Fire
Character:Tareq
Abraham
Character:Terah
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Character:Various
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Babau
Character:
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
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