Mihai Fotino

Mihai Fotino (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj fotiˈno]; 14 September 1930 – 13 January 2014) was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.

Mihai Fotino
Fotino in 1971
Born	Mișu Matei Fotino (1930-09-14)14 September 1930 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died	13 January 2014(2014-01-13) (aged 83) Bucharest, Romania
Resting place	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936–2005[1]
Organization(s)	Drama Theater Brașov [ro] National Theatre Bucharest
Father	Mișu Fotino
Awards	Order of Cultural Merit [ro] (Romania)

Born in Bucharest, he spent his early years in Brașov, where his father, Mișu Fotino, was a stage actor and director, and later graduated from Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest.

Fotino made his debut at the age of 6, in 1936, in the play Colonial. From 1952, he became an actor at the Drama Theater [ro] in Brașov. He was noticed by the director Sică Alexandrescu [ro], who brought him to Bucharest. Starting in 1956, he played for over 50 years at the National Theatre Bucharest.^[1][2]

Fotino was awarded the Romanian Order of Cultural Merit [ro] in 1967 and 2004.^[3][4]

He died at Elias Hospital [ro] in Bucharest, at age 83, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.^[1][2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1937	Doamna de la etajul II
1946	Visul unei nopți de iarnă [ro]	Gogu Panait
1955	Directorul nostru [ro]
1960	Telegrame	Ministrul de Interne
1961	Porto-Franco [ro]	Nicu Politicu
1963	Codine	Cotoiul
1963	Politică cu... delicatese [ro]
1965	Titanic Waltz	Dinu
1966	Mona, l'étoile sans nom [fr]	Ticket collector
1967	Balul de sâmbătă seara [ro]	Gigi
1967	Amprenta [ro]	Ovidiu
1975	Elixirul tinereții [ro]	Ionel Romanescu
1977	Tufă de Veneția [ro]
1987	Chirița la Iași [ro]
2001	Sexy Harem Ada-Kaleh [ro]		(final film role)