Primo Carnera

Primo Carnera

Born: October 26, 1906
Died: June 29, 1967
in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Primo Carnera was born on October 26, 1906 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules Unchained (1959), A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) and The Bigger They Are (1931). He was married to Giuseppina Kovacic. He died on June 29, 1967 in Sequals.

Date of Death 29 June 1967, Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy  (liver disease)

Movies for Primo Carnera...

Hercules Unchained
Title: Hercules Unchained
Character: Anteo, the giant
Released: February 14, 1959
Type: Movie
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.
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A Kid for Two Farthings
Title: A Kid for Two Farthings
Character: Python Macklin
Released: August 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
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Casanova's Big Night
Title: Casanova's Big Night
Character: Corfa
Released: April 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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Il tallone di Achille
Title: Il tallone di Achille
Character: himself
Released: August 18, 1952
Type: Movie
Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he is believed to be immortal.
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Totò nella fossa dei leoni
Title: Totò nella fossa dei leoni
Character: Il gran capo dei cannibali
Released: May 31, 1943
Type: Movie
The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches.
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The Iron Crown
Title: The Iron Crown
Character: Klasa
Released: September 7, 1941
Type: Movie
In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes the tyrant of kingdom. He abandons the prince Arminio to beasts in the woods, but lions don't kill him and breed him as one of them.
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Senza cielo
Title: Senza cielo
Character: Padovan
Released: November 24, 1940
Type: Movie
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La nascita di Salomè
Title: La nascita di Salomè
Character: Il lottatore
Released: July 13, 1940
Type: Movie
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Traversata nera
Title: Traversata nera
Character: Kees
Released: August 12, 1939
Type: Movie
"Black Crossing" - In an Oriental port a group of people embarks a trader designated for Europe. One of them, a shady individual, entrusts the captain with a box of valuables to be kept until the end of the journey.
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The Prizefighter and the Lady
Title: The Prizefighter and the Lady
Character: Carnera
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
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Bombshell
Title: Bombshell
Character: Primo Carnera - in the Opening Montage (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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Mr. Broadway
Title: Mr. Broadway
Character: Primo Carnera
Released: September 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.