Guido Celano Biography

Italian actor (1904–1988)

Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two spaghetti Westerns: Cold Killer and Gun Shy Piluk.

Selected filmography

  • Rotaie (1929, directed by Mario Camerini)
  • The Charmer (1931, directed by Guido Brignone) - Un cliente del night club
  • The Devil's Lantern (1931)
  • La scala (1931, directed by Gennaro Righelli) – Il pianisto
  • Palio (1932, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) – Zarre
  • The Blue Fleet (1932, directed by Gennaro Righelli) – Castelli
  • Acqua cheta (1933) – Cecco
  • My Little One (1933) – Paolo Vallini – il corridore automobilista
  • La serva padrona (1934)
  • Music in the Square (1936, directed by Mario Mattoli)
  • Squadrone bianco (1936, directed by Augusto Genina) – Il tenente Fabrizi
  • Amore (1936) – Marco Albert
  • Doctor Antonio (1937) – Domenico Morelli
  • Pietro Micca (1938) – Pietro Micca
  • The Black Corsair (1938, directed by Amleto Palermi) - Morgan - Korsar
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1938) - Francesco Maria Piave
  • Jeanne Doré (1938, directed by Mario Bonnard) - Avvocato Charles
  • Le sorprese del divorzio (1939, directed by Guido Brignone) - Giovanni, il cameriere di Duval
  • Ultima giovinezza (1939) - Reynaud
  • Follie del secolo (1939) - Il delegato di Pubblica Sicurezza
  • The Silent Partner (1939)
  • Arditi civili (1940, directed by Domenico Gammino) - Il giovane vigile
  • Fanfulla da Lodi (1940) - Il duca di Termoli
  • The Cavalier from Kruja (1940, directed by Carlo Campogalliani) - H*lan Haidar
  • First Love (1941)
  • Fedora (1942, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque)
  • Don Cesare di Bazan (1942, directed by Riccardo Freda) - Il capitano del "Flavio Gioia"
  • The Two Orphans (1942) - Monsieur Gérard
  • La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1942) - Il soggettista
  • Sleeping Beauty (1942, directed by Luigi Chiarini) - Lo solfataro
  • Fedora (1942) - Cirillo
  • Four Steps in the Clouds (1942, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) - Pasquale - Fratello di Maria
  • Knights of the Desert (1942)
  • A Living Statue (1943) - L'amante di Rita
  • Enrico IV (1943) - Barberis
  • La maschera e il volto (1943) - Marco
  • L'affaire du Grand Hôtel (1946)
  • Il fabbro del convento (1947) - Boris
  • Fatal Symphony (1947) - Giorgio
  • Legge di sangue (1948) - Saverio
  • Fabiola (1949) - Pompey
  • Flying Squadron (1949)
  • Deported (1950) - Aldo Brescia
  • Pact with the Devil (1950) - Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
  • Women and Brigands (1950) - Sergente borbone
  • Il Brigante Musolino (1950) - Brigadier Rinaldi
  • The Thief of Venice (1950, directed by John Brahm) - Polo
  • L' Amore di Norma (1951) - D'Emilis
  • Without a Flag (1951) - Sottocapo Poggi
  • Seven Hours of Trouble (1951, directed by Marcello Marchesi) - Achille
  • The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
  • Peppino e Violetta (1951) - Strotti
  • Never Take No for an Answer (1951) - Strotti
  • Viva il cinema! (1952)
  • Femmina senza cuore (1952) - Vittorio Lombardo
  • Times Gone By (1952) - Il tenente medico (segment "Il tamburino sardo")
  • Black Feathers (1952, directed by Oreste Biancoli) - Olinto Cossutti
  • Red Love (1952) - Bantine Fera
  • Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1953) - Morgan, il pirata
  • Legione straniera (1953) - Capitano Della Nave
  • The Man from Cairo (1953) - Emile Touchard
  • Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953)
  • Verdi, the King of Melody (1953) - Victor Hugo (uncredited)
  • La prigioniera di Amalfi (1954)
  • The Stranger's Hand (1954, directed by Mario Soldati) - Chief Constable
  • A Slice of Life (1954) - Regista (segment "Scena all'aperto)
  • Ho pianto per te! (1954) - Pagliaccio Toni
  • Loves of Three Queens (1954) - Giove (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • A Invasão dos Bárbaros (1954) - Capo della tribu / Tribe Chieftan
  • The Boatman of Amalfi (1954) - Antonio Selva
  • The River Girl (1954)
  • I cinque dell'Adamello (1954) - Don Romualdo
  • Non c'è amore più grande (1955)
  • Il padrone sono me (1955, directed by Franco Brusati) - Maresciallo dei carabinieri
  • Don Camillo's Last Round (1955, directed by Carmine Gallone) - Il maresciallo
  • L'ultimo amante (1955, directed by Mario Mattoli)
  • Seu Último Amante (1955) - Medico di guardia
  • Girls of Today (1955)
  • Storia di una minorenne (1956)
  • War and Peace (1956) - Victor (uncredited)
  • The Lebanese Mission (1956) - M. Hennequin
  • The Wolves (1956, directed by Giuseppe De Santis) - Don Pietro
  • Io, Caterina (1957) - Jacopo Benincasa
  • Dreams in a Drawer (1957) - The Hospital Doctor
  • La diga sul Pacifico (Orig.: This Angry Age) (1958, directed by René Clément) - Bart
  • Seven Hills of Rome (1957) - Luigi
  • Amarti è il mio destino (1957) - Franco Albonetti
  • Mattino di primavera' (1957) - Benzinaio
  • Orizzonte infuocato' (1957) - Padre di Manuela
  • Young Husbands (1958) - Padre di Franco
  • Fortunella (1958) - Concierge
  • Il Conte di Matera (1958) - The Innkeeper Giacomo (uncredited)
  • Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)
  • The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958) - Tavernet
  • Tempest (1958) - Contadino dell'isba
  • Anche l'inferno trema (1958)
  • Dubrowsky (1959) - Gerichtsvorsitzender
  • The Indian Tomb (1959) - Gen. Dagh (uncredited)
  • L'isola del tesoro (1959, TV Mini-Series, directed by Anton Giulio Majano) - Morgan
  • Il padrone delle ferriere (1959, directed by Anton Giulio Majano) - Gobert
  • The Great War (1959) - Italian major
  • The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959, directed by Fritz Lang)
  • Carthage in Flames (1960)
  • Il bell'Antonio (1960, directed by Mauro Bolognini) - Calderana
  • Five Branded Women (1960) - Drago
  • Under Ten Flags (1960) - (uncredited)
  • Il gobbo (1960, directed by Carlo Lizzani)
  • La Donna dei Faraoni (AKA: The Pharaoh's Woman) (1960)
  • Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961, directed by Carlo Lizzani) - Padre di Rita
  • Goliath and the Vampires (1961) - Kobrak, the Vampire
  • Sword of the Conqueror (1961) - Delfo
  • Black City (1961) - Brigadiere
  • The Italian Brigands (1961) - Muso
  • Barabbas (1961, directed by Richard Fleischer) - Scorpio
  • Ipnosi (1962) - Tony
  • L'Immortelle (1963, directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet) - M, the Stranger
  • Duel at the Rio Grande (1963)
  • The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) - Dottor Aguilera
  • Il disco volante (1964) - fratellastro di Vittoria
  • The Hills Run Red (1966) - Jonathan Burger, Ferrier
  • The Blonde from Peking (1967) - De Lucca
  • The Cold Killer (1967) - Sheriff
  • Giurò... e li uccise ad uno ad uno... Piluk il timido (1968) - Sam Wyler (uncredited)
  • The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)
  • Boccaccio (1972) - Anselmo
  • Flavia the Heretic (1974, directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi) - Man who prepares the decoction
  • Lo sgarbo (1975, directed by Marino Girolami) - Don Mimì
  • Mark Shoots First (1975) - Mario Borelli
  • Cross Shot (1976) - Blasi's Father
  • L'educatore autorizzato (1980) - Mancuso
  • Sciopèn (1982, directed by Luciano Odorisio) - zio Cesarino
  • I due carabinieri (1984, directed by Carlo Verdone) - Uncle Renato
  • Via Paradiso (1988, directed by Luciano Odorisio) - Andrea, nonno di Francesco (final film role)

References

    External links

    • Guido Celano at IMDb
    • Guido Celano at AllMovie
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