Attilio Dottesio

Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985.

Attilio Dottesio
Born	(1909-07-16)16 July 1909 Brescia, Italy
Died	12 February 1989(1989-02-12) (aged 79) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1940–1985

Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success as a pop singer and later debuted as an actor in the film The Pearls of the Crown directed by Sacha Guitry.^[1] Back in Italy, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, then he began an intense career as a character actor.^[1] His first Italian film was La peccatrice by Amleto Palermi (1940).^[1] In 1955, he had his only experience as a director, with the documentary film Amazzonia terra sconosciuta.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
• The Sinner (1940)
• The Hero of Venice (1941)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
• The Man with a Cross (1943)
• Giacomo the Idealist (1943)
• The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
• The Wolf of the Sila (1949)
• Ring Around the Clock (1950)
• Cavalcade of Heroes (1950)
• Against the Law (1950)
• The Counterfeiters (1951)
• Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
• Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952)
• It's Never Too Late (1953)
• Barrier of the Law (1954)
• Vanina Vanini (1961)
• Terror of the Steppes (1964)
• 30 Winchester per El Diablo (1965)
• Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend (1966)
• No Diamonds for Ursula (1967)
• Shango (1970)
• A Barrel Full of Dollars (1971)
• Heroes in Hell (1973)
• Death Smiles at a Murderer (1973)
• Return of Shanghai Joe (1975)
• Cuore di cane (1976)
• SS Experiment Camp (1976)
• I'm Photogenic (1980)

External links

• Attilio Dottesio at IMDb