Cesare Danova
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo. The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson). In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90). He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cesare Danova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Blacke's Magic
Serial • 1986
jako Nick Gasparini
Napisała: Morderstwo
Serial • 1984
jako Lt. Edmund Cavette
Hunter
Serial • 1984
jako Roger Duquesne
Airwolf
Serial • 1984
jako Alonzo Delomo
Automan
Serial • 1983
jako Captain Romano
Matt Houston
Serial • 1982
Hotel
Serial • 1982
Nero Wolfe
Serial • 1981
Falcon Crest
Serial • 1981
jako Count Antoine de Muriac
Simon & Simon
Serial • 1981
The Fall Guy
Serial • 1981
Magnum
Serial • 1980
jako President Manuel Ebenez
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Serial • 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Serial • 1979
Hart to Hart
Serial • 1979
Eischied
Serial • 1979
13 Queens Boulevard
Serial • 1979
Vega$
Serial • 1978
Menażeria
Film • 1978
jako Mayor Carmine DePasto
The Astral Factor
Film • 1978
jako Mario
The Love Boat
Serial • 1977
jako Fedalio Cevini
Tentacoli
Film • 1977
jako John Corey
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Serial • 1977
Scorchy
Film • 1976
jako Philip Bianco
Aniołki Charliego
Serial • 1976
jako Frank Bartone
Matt Helm
Serial • 1975
jako Knebel
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Film • 1975
jako Dottore
Death Cruise
Film • 1974
jako Captain Vettori
Chico and the Man
Serial • 1974
The Manhunter
Serial • 1974
Horowitz in Dublin
Film • 1973
jako George
Ulice Nędzy
Film • 1973
jako Giovanni Cappa
Police Story
Serial • 1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
Serial • 1972
Maude
Serial • 1972
jako Russell Asher
Sanford and Son
Serial • 1972
McMillan & Wife
Serial • 1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Serial • 1971
jako Francois
Cannon
Serial • 1971
Decisions! Decisions!
Film • 1971
jako Dieter Klaus
Night Gallery
Serial • 1970
jako Man (segment "Smile, Please")
McCloud
Serial • 1970
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Film • 1969
jako Second Ernesto
Medical Center
Serial • 1969
Che!
Film • 1969
jako Ramon Valdez
The Mod Squad
Serial • 1968
The Name of the Game
Serial • 1968
jako Alfieri
Mannix
Serial • 1967
Garrison's Gorillas
Serial • 1967
Chamber of Horrors
Film • 1966
jako Anthony Draco
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Serial • 1966
jako Count Egan
The Green Hornet
Serial • 1966
jako Felix Garth
That Girl
Serial • 1966
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Film • 1966
jako Pepe Pepponi
Honey West
Serial • 1965
jako Abbott
Daniel Boone
Serial • 1964
jako Michelet
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Serial • 1964
jako Count Cesare Guardia
Viva Las Vegas
Film • 1964
jako Count Elmo Mancini
Breaking Point
Serial • 1963
Arrest and Trial
Serial • 1963
Gidget Goes to Rome
Film • 1963
jako Paolo Cellini
Vacation Playhouse
Serial • 1963
jako Mario Cellini
Kleopatra
Film • 1963
jako Apollodorus
The Lucy Show
Serial • 1962
jako Umberto Fabriani
Stoney Burke
Serial • 1962
Tender Is the Night
Film • 1962
jako Tommy Barban
Valley of the Dragons
Film • 1961
jako Hector Servadac
The Roaring 20's
Serial • 1960
Outlaws
Serial • 1960
Adventures in Paradise
Serial • 1959
jako Father Juan Perez
The Man Who Understood Women
Film • 1959
jako Major Marco Ranieri
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Film • 1959
jako Harry Holt
Catch Me If You Can!
Film • 1959
jako Dante Andare
The Rifleman
Serial • 1958
jako Count Di Montova
Ces sacrées vacances
Film • 1956
jako Ralph Carigan
Incatenata dal destino
Film • 1956
jako Kirk Mauri
Don Giovanni
Film • 1955
jako Don Giovanni
Non scherzare con le donne
Film • 1955
jako Cesare il fusto
L'amante di Paride
Film • 1954
jako Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
I cavalieri dell'illusione
Film • 1954
Il maestro di Don Giovanni
Film • 1954
jako Raniero
Cavallina Storna
Film • 1953
jako Sandro Fabbri
Balocchi e profumi
Film • 1953
jako Lorenzo
I tre corsari
Film • 1952
jako Carlo di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Verde
Processo contro ignoti
Film • 1952
jako L'avvocato Enzo Pirani
Pentimento
Film • 1952
jako Sandro
El correo del rey
Film • 1951
jako Marcos de Malta
El final de una leyenda
Film • 1951
jako Carlos Montaña
Cavalcata d'eroi
Film • 1950
jako Massimo Ruffo
Monaca santa
Film • 1949
La figlia del capitano
Film • 1947
jako Piotr Grinev