Gianfranco D'Angelo (19 August 1936 – 15 August 2021) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Biography Born in Rome into a very poor family, after losing his parents at the age of three, D'Angelo was raised by his aunt and uncle and graduated in accounting. While working for the telephone company TETI, he began acting with an amateur theatre company formed by his colleagues. He started his professional career as a comedian in the mid-1960s, achieving his first successes with the theatrical company Il Bagaglino. He had his breakout in the mid-1970s, with a series of successful television variety shows including Mazzabubù, C'era una volta Roma, La Sberla, and reached the peak of his popularity in the following decade with Drive In, Odiens and Striscia la notizia. D'Angelo was also very active in cinema between 1974 and 1982, but his film activity was limited to "sexy comedies" and B-movies.
D'Angelo died after a short illness on 15 August 2021 at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, a few days before he turned 85. The funeral was celebrated on 17 August in the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.
Filmography
Zum zum zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa (1969) - Party presenter Io non scappo... fuggo (1970) Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra! (1970) - don Gelindo Lady Barbara (1970) - Fogarone Nel giorno del signore (1970) - Discepolo di Raffaello 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre (1974) - Serafino Mondo candido (1975) - Barone Lover Boy (1975) - Fra' Domenico The School Teacher (1975) - Professor Puntiglio La liceale (1975) - Gianni Guidi / Professor Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa) (1976) - Tito Tazio Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976) - Onorevole Mannello Emmanuelle's Silver Tongue (1976) - Bobby Classe mista (1976) - Ciccio La professoressa di scienze naturali (1976) - Genesio The Lady Medic (1976) - Dottor Frustalupi Nerone (1977) - Tigellino Maschio latino cercasi (1977) - Il turista (segment "Accadde a Napoli") Kakkientruppen (1977) - Soldato Fritz Taxi Girl (1977) - Isidoro La compagna di banco (1977) - Professor Ilario Cacioppo Per amore di Poppea (1977) - Tizio Grazie tante - Arrivederci (1977) - Faustino The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1978) - Prof. Strumolo Scherzi da prete (1978) - Il Cardinale Una bella governante di colore (1978) - Professor Klipper La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti (1978) - Professor Pinzarrone The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978) - Capitano medico Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) - Buonanima Tutti a squola (1979) - Il preside 'Girls Will Be Girls (1980) - Piergallini Biancaneve & Co... (1982) - Lo specchio parlante Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche (1982) - Filippo La gorilla (1982) - Ruby's Father Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo (1988) - Alì ("Vuò cumprà") Se lo fai sono guai (2001) - Chirurgo Il crimine non va in pensione (2017) - Cesare W gli sposi (2019) - Sacrestano (final film role)
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