Mario Feliciani

Mario Feliciani

Born: March 12, 1918
Died: August 11, 2008
in Milan, Italy
Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He made his stage debut in 1941, with the theatrical company "Palcoscenico". Later he was part of various companies, obtaining his first personal successes in 1946, with the drama La luna è tramontata.

From 1947 to 1952 he was a member of the Piccolo Teatro's stage company directed by Giorgio Strehler. He had also a very long and important collaboration on stage with Vittorio Gassman, also performing tours abroad with him. In the 1970s he came back to Piccolo Teatro for two important works, Santa Giovanna dei macelli (1970–71) and Le case del vedovo (1975-76).

Feliciani was also very active in films, on television and as a voice actor, on the radio and in the dubbing.

Married to the actress Giuliana Pogliani, after obtaining the annulment Feliciani was married to actress Vittoria Martello.

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My Friends Act III
Title: My Friends Act III
Character: General Mastrostefano
Released: June 6, 1985
Type: Movie
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.
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Title: The Charterhouse of Parma
Character: Monsignor Landriani
Released: September 12, 1982
Type: TV
Stendhal's epic tale of a young French officer in the Napoleonic wars, and his aunt - a duchess of legendary beauty and resourcefulness.
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Title: Patto con la morte
Character: Ex-autista
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
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Pierino medico della SAUB
Title: Pierino medico della SAUB
Character: Dottor Tambroni
Released: December 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Alvaro Gasperoni, alias Peter returned to Rome with their families from Addis Ababa, where he received his bachelor's degree in medicine. Helped by his father through a recommendation from the P2 Lodge, he manages to get in a hospital in Rome as assistant to the primary. Here begins the struggle with other colleagues to buy up the post of deputy prime. As any good doctor is measured by the number of patients who, the whole family and all his friends are hospitalized; He, in this way, comes from the league winner. The fatal destiny wants its affair is discovered by an inspector of the Ministry of Health, and Peter will be dismissed from the hospital. This will not deter the protagonist by the medical profession; who continue to indulge in a private clinic run "family".
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Title: Don Luigi Sturzo
Character: Giovanni Giolitti
Released: December 10, 1981
Type: TV
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The Sandman
Title: The Sandman
Character: Coppola
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young student, haunted by the memory of a mysterious figure called Coppelius who killed his father, starts to slowly lose his mind when he encounters an emotionless woman that is actually an automata, as well as a weird salesman who actually could be the man responsible for his father's death.
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Title: The Devil's Game
Character: Coppola / Coppelius
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: TV
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Lion of the Desert
Title: Lion of the Desert
Character: Lobitto
Released: April 17, 1981
Type: Movie
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
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Convoy Busters
Title: Convoy Busters
Character: Prosecutor
Released: December 23, 1978
Type: Movie
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
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The Silk Worm
Title: The Silk Worm
Character: Planget, a lawyer
Released: March 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Smeralda Amadier, a retired singer, lives in an isolated villa with her secretary Marcella and her lover Didier (but throws out the latter after catching him with another woman). Smeralda has huge debts and when creditors threaten her with bankruptcy she decides to sell her valuable jewels. That evening, she meets Costas, a handsome young man who seduces her. Next morning, there is no sign of him or the jewels. He was apparently a penniless gigolo, but who was his secret partner in the theft?
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Title: Joe Petrosino
Released: October 15, 1972
Type: TV
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Planet Venus
Title: Planet Venus
Released: August 27, 1972
Type: Movie
Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an eye after the war. One day in the streets of Rome he meets Amelia, a child suffocated by the bourgeois environment.
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Roma bene
Title: Roma bene
Character: Teo Teopoulos
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
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Cose di Cosa Nostra
Title: Cose di Cosa Nostra
Character: Calogero Bertuccione
Released: January 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A young man unwantedly gets caught up in an international gang war in this humorous crime farce!
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Many Wars Ago
Title: Many Wars Ago
Character: Colonel Doctor
Released: September 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. As casualties mount, indignation spreads among the rank and file. Disturbed by his superiors' decisions, Lieutenant Sassu is led to question the purpose of war and reconsider where his real duties lie.
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The Christmas Tree
Title: The Christmas Tree
Character: Doctor
Released: September 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.
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La resa dei conti: dal Gran Consiglio al processo di Verona
Title: La resa dei conti: dal Gran Consiglio al processo di Verona
Character: Roberto Farinacci
Released: April 8, 1969
Type: Movie
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Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore
Title: Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore
Released: February 4, 1969
Type: Movie
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Piccoli borghesi
Title: Piccoli borghesi
Character: Bezsemionov
Released: November 26, 1968
Type: Movie
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La via del petrolio
Title: La via del petrolio
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1967
Type: Movie
La Via del Petrolio is a three-part documentary Bernardo Bertolucci made for the Italian oil giant ENI that aired in 1967. The film was made following Bertolucci’s breakthrough second feature Before the Revolution, and the director has said that it’s a documentary made by a man who is desperate to direct another feature. The film was presented in three parts: "The Origins", "At Sea" and "In the Heart of Europe".
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El Greco
Title: El Greco
Character: Nino de Guevara
Released: August 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
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Rose rosse per Angelica
Title: Rose rosse per Angelica
Character: Dr. Durand
Released: May 20, 1966
Type: Movie
In addition to his passion for red roses, Count Henri de Verlaine adores wooing all the women he meets.
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Title: David Copperfield
Character: Avvocato Henry Wickfield
Released: December 26, 1965
Type: TV
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Lady L
Title: Lady L
Character: L'anarchiste italien
Released: December 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
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Life of Dante
Title: Life of Dante
Character: Corso Donati
Released: December 12, 1965
Type: Movie
3-part biopic of Dante Alighieri made for Italian public television. Mixes reenacted scenes of Dante's public life with readings of his poems, expository narration, footage of modern-day Florence and images of old paintings and documents.
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Casanova '70
Title: Casanova '70
Character: il procuratore
Released: June 15, 1965
Type: Movie
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
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Assassination in Rome
Title: Assassination in Rome
Released: June 7, 1965
Type: Movie
In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
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Fire Over Rome
Title: Fire Over Rome
Character: Seneca
Released: March 20, 1965
Type: Movie
Marcus Valerius, a young consul, is assigned the mission to assist Menecrate, the leader of the Pretorian Guard, in the arrest and execution of as many Christians as possible. While raiding the Catacombs he has the surprise to find among the Christians the woman he loves, Giulia, who has been converted secretly to the banned religion. He helps her to escape and trouble soon follows. Stripped of his rank and arrested for defending the rebels he is condemned to fight as a gladiator...
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Three Swords for Rome
Title: Three Swords for Rome
Character: Marco Caio
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Peplum movie from 1964
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100 Horsemen
Title: 100 Horsemen
Character: figlio dello sceicco
Released: December 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Don Fernando rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
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The Revolt of the Barbarians
Title: The Revolt of the Barbarians
Character: Domizio
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A roman consul is sent to Gaul to investigate the theft of gold shipments. He discovers that the gold is being stolen by a tribe of barbarians--whose leader is the governor of Gaul.
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The Slave Merchants
Title: The Slave Merchants
Character: Ganor, Devil of the Desert
Released: June 27, 1964
Type: Movie
The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repackaged from an original Sword-and-Sandal italian film.
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Son of the Circus
Title: Son of the Circus
Released: December 27, 1963
Type: Movie
A child flees his abusive father and takes refuge with a clown.
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The Sign of the Coyote
Title: The Sign of the Coyote
Character: Governor Parker
Released: May 11, 1963
Type: Movie
California, 1847. The territory is about to be incorporated into the United States. Parker, the new governor, is a cruel man who believes that the time has come to get rich regardless of the means, but he will soon find a mysterious opponent driven to end his tyranny.
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The Shadow of Zorro
Title: The Shadow of Zorro
Character: McDonald
Released: December 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A battle between revolutionary Mexicans and the U.S. cavalry brings Zorro onto the scene to enact vengeance for violent acts incurred by the cavalry Sergeant. Once the Sergeant is killed, Don Jose de la Torre retires from being Zorro and settles down to live a quiet life. The brother of the Sergeant, in an act of his own justice, dons the costume of Zorro and terrorizes the countryside. In an act to draw out the true Zorro, the imposter kidnaps Don Jose's wife, making him once again don the mask to rescue her.
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The Golden Arrow
Title: The Golden Arrow
Character: Baktiar
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.
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The Nun of Monza
Title: The Nun of Monza
Character: Don Martino de Leyva
Released: May 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very strict with herself and the students until she's unable to resist a romance with the nobleman Gian Paolo Osio which will lead both to danger.
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The Corsican Brothers
Title: The Corsican Brothers
Character: Dr. Dupont
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.
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Seduction Of The South
Title: Seduction Of The South
Character: Don Ramiro
Released: December 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory.
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Rage of the Buccaneers
Title: Rage of the Buccaneers
Character: The Governor
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
Gordon, The Black Pirate, battles the slavery trade.
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Dreams Die at Dawn
Title: Dreams Die at Dawn
Character: Mario
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Five Italian journalists live the last hours of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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Goliath and the Vampires
Title: Goliath and the Vampires
Character: Sultan Abdul / Omar
Released: August 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the blood drinking Kobrak. Maciste vows to rescue them.
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The Last of the Vikings
Title: The Last of the Vikings
Released: February 8, 1961
Type: Movie
In this historical drama, a Viking prince returns to his homeland only to learn that his father has been murdered by King Sven of Norway. Sven is forcing his sister to marry in order to create an alliance with the Danes. The prince must defeat Sven and save his sister.
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Everybody Go Home!
Title: Everybody Go Home!
Character: Capitano Passerini
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
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Fiasco in Milan
Title: Fiasco in Milan
Character: Maresciallo
Released: December 19, 1959
Type: Movie
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.
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The Great War
Title: The Great War
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
Title: Big Deal on Madonna Street
Character: il commissario di polizia
Released: July 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
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Attila
Title: Attila
Character: Ippolito
Released: December 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
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Ulysses
Title: Ulysses
Character: Eurimaco
Released: October 6, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
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Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco
Title: Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco
Released: December 5, 1953
Type: Movie
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Ghost Captain
Title: Ghost Captain
Released: November 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.
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The Vanquished
Title: The Vanquished
Character: Commissario (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1953
Type: Movie
A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
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Puccini
Title: Puccini
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
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The Devil's Daughter
Title: The Devil's Daughter
Character: Domenico
Released: December 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.
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Noi due soli
Title: Noi due soli
Released: December 4, 1952
Type: Movie
A man and his girlfriend struggle to find some time for themselves.
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Vendetta... sarda
Title: Vendetta... sarda
Character: Zio Porchiddu
Released: February 21, 1952
Type: Movie
A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead.
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Il gabbiano
Title: Il gabbiano
Character: Evghenij Serghèevič Dorn
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie