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Andrea Checchi

1916 – 1974

Italian actor and painter

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Lived 1916 – 1974 (aged 57). Andrea Checchi was an Italian actor and painter.

Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor.

Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Moved to Rome, he attended the acting course held by Alessandro Blasetti, who gave him a small role in 1860. In 1971, he starred with Giancarlo Giannini in E le stelle stanno a guardare, an adaptation of a novel named A. J. Cronin, The Stars Look Down.

Selected filmography

1860 (1934) - Another soldier Everybody's Woman (1934) - Un amico di Roberto The Old Guard (1934) - Pompeo (uncredited) Stadium (1934) The Last of the Bergeracs (1934) The Conquest of the Air (1936) - Zoroastro (uncredited) Amore (1936) - Lorenzo Bayonet (1936) - attendente del duca Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938) - Ten. Binelli L'ultima carta (1938) - Carlo Revers Under the Southern Cross (1938) - Un'operaio della piantagione Ettore Fieramosca (1938) - Gentilino La grande luce - Montevergine (1939) - Alberto Department Store (1939) - Maurizio Piccolo hotel (1939) - Andrea Toth The Night of Tricks (1939) - Giorgio Albini La conquista dell'aria (1939) - Zoroastro Manon Lescaut (1940) - Marius È sbarcato un marinaio (1940) - Un cavallerizzo al Luna Park Giù il sipario (1940) - Il giovane commediografo Incanto di mezzanotte (1940) - Il conte Abbiati L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) - Perro Amiamoci così (1940) - Biagio La leggenda azzurra (1940) - Il giovane ricco Senza cielo (1940) - Piero Franci I pirati del golfo (1940) The King of England Will Not Pay (1941) - Ippolito Buondelmonti Ragazza che dorme (1941) - Gianni Schoolgirl Diary (1941) - Il professore Marini Thrill (1941) - Mattia Cintra Solitudine (1941) - Guido Navarri Tragic Night (1942) - Nanni Invisible Chains (1942) - Enrico Leni, il fratellastro Before the Postman (1942) - Bruno Bellini Street of the Five Moons (1942) - Checco M.A.S. (1942) - Oscar The Countess of Castiglione (1942) - Baldo Princivalli Sealed Lips (1942) - Carlo Massani Malombra (1942) - Corrado Silla Giacomo the Idealist (1943) - Giacinto Magnenzio Tempesta sul golfo (1943) - Il capitano Roberto Capece The Valley of the Devil (1943) - Il tenente medico Peter Grundel Sad Loves (1943) - Fabrizio Arcieri Tutta la vita in ventiquattr'ore (1943) - Giulio Lacrime di sangue (1944) - Roberto Vivere ancora (1945) The Ten Commandments (1945) - (segment "Non nominare il nome di Dio invano") Lettere al sottotenente (1945) - Il giovane sottotenente Two Anonymous Letters (1945) - Bruno The Ways of Sin (1946) - Rocco Rome, Free City (1946) - Il giovane A Yank in Rome (1946) - Roberto Hotel Luna, Room 34 (1946) - Andrea Esposito Biraghin (1946) - Claudio Aroldi Crime News (1947) Last Love (1947) - Il capitano Rastelli The White Primrose (1947) - Il Poliziotto Tragic Hunt (1947) - Alberto The Brothers Karamazov (1947) - Ivàn Karamazoff Eleonora Duse (1947) - Tebaldo Checchi Crossroads of Passion (1948) The Earth Cries Out (1949) - Ariè The Walls of Malapaga (1949) - Giuseppe, le mari de Marta / Giuseppe, marito di Marta Flying Squadron (1949) Paolo e Francesca (1950) - Gianciotto Malatesta Il cielo è rosso (1950) The Accusation (1950) - Il commissario Costantini Il sentiero dell'odio (1950) The Black Captain (1951) - Fratello Di Marco e Lucrezia Love and Blood (1951) Schatten über Neapel (1951) Attention! Bandits! (1951) - The engineer Stormbound (1951) - Rol I'm the Hero (1952) - Busatti In Olden Days (1952) - Camillo (segment "Meno di un giorno") Don Lorenzo (1952) - Carlo The Lady Without Camelias (1953) If You Won a Hundred Million (1953) - (segment "Il pensionato") The Captain of Venice (1951) - Ezzelino da Romano Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Gabriele (segment "Girandola 1910") A Slice of Life (1954) - Carlo (segment "Gli innamorati") Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Andrea Mari Appassionatamente (1954) - Antonio House of Ricordi (1954) - Giulio Ricordi The Two Orphans (1954) - Captain Marrest Human Torpedoes (1954) - Giorgio Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Captain Andressi Red and Black (1954) La campana di San Giusto (1954) - Roberto Goodbye Naples (1955) - Frank Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955) - Franco, Husband of Bianca Maria Rommel's Treasure (1955) - Krikorian I quattro del getto tonante (1955) - Cap. Rovi Processo all'amore (1955) - Andrea Solari Desperate Farewell (1955) - Dott. Maurizio Marini The Intruder (1956) - Alberto Serpieri I giorni più belli (1956) - Uno degli ex alunni Supreme Confession (1956) - Don Diego Garletto Operazione notte (1957) Terrore sulla città (1957) Parola di ladro (1957) - Gabriele Bertinori Mattino di primavera (1957) - padre di Marisa My Wife's Enemy (1959) - Dr. Giuliani Le cameriere (1959) - L'avvocato Arnaldo Guglielmi World of Miracles (1959) - Il direttore della fotografia Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) - Delfo Le notti dei Teddy Boys (1959) - Kommissar The Employee (1960) - Francesco Somma I piaceri dello scapolo (1960) - Ing. Rocchetti Black Sunday (1960) - Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan Long Night in 1943 (1960) - Il farmacista The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) - Hoteldetektiv Berg Two Women (1960) - Un fascista Blood Feud (1961) The Assassin (1961) - Morello Akiko (1961) - Sor Egisto Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) - L'esponente comunista di Roma Cronache del '22 (1961) Gold of Rome (1961) - Ortona, Giulia's father Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Sir Rutford Caccia all'uomo (1961) - Inzirillo Ultimatum alla vita (1962) - Un fascista Ten Italians for One German (1962) - Professor Marcello Rossi Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962) - Orazio Menicotti Il sangue e la sfida (1962) Night Train to Milan (1962) - De Simone Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Avvocato Rossetti Imperial Venus (1962) - Doctor Il mio amico Benito (1962) - Il commissario The Verona Trial (1963) - Dino Grandi Torpedo Bay (1963) - Micheluzzi Roma contro Roma (1964) Attack and Retreat (1964) - Colonel Sermonti La costanza della ragione (1964) - Lori's Father Super rapina a Milano (1964) - commissario Marascalco La vendetta dei gladiatori (1964) - Gavinio I Kill, You Kill (1965) - Antonio (segment "Giochi acerbi") Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) I soldi (1965) Made in Italy (1965) - Her Husband (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 3") Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1965) - Praying Man Il nero (1966) A Bullet for the General (1967) - Don Felipe The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) - the Communist Party member Bloody Che Contra (1969) - Selnich Cerca di capirmi (1970) Waterloo (1970) - Sauret Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) - Vincenzo's father The Godfather (1972) - Don Anthony Molinari (uncredited) Baciamo le mani (1973) Una donna per 7 bastardi (1974) - Old Man

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Experimental Centre of Cinematography
Awards
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor; Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor; Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Andrea Checchi?

Italian actor and painter (1916–1974)

When was Andrea Checchi born?

Andrea Checchi was born on 21 October 1916 in Florence.

When did Andrea Checchi die?

Andrea Checchi died on 31 March 1974 in Rome.

What was Andrea Checchi's occupation?

Andrea Checchi was an actor and painter.

What nationality was Andrea Checchi?

Andrea Checchi was Italian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Andrea Checchi

· Wikidata: Q493631

· DBpedia: Andrea Checchi

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