Ernesto Almirante

Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.

Life and career Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies.

After an occasional film role in the 1919 mute film Federica d'Illirio, starting from mid-1930s Almirante became one of the most active character actors of his time. In 1955, he retired from acting and moved into a retirement home for actors in Bologna. He was the uncle of politician Giorgio Almirante.

Partial filmography

Federica d'Illiria (1919) Red Passport (1935) - L'addetto di passaporto clandestini At Your Orders, Madame (1939) - Lorot, l'impiegato del notaio We Were Seven Widows (1939) - L'anziano capitano della nave Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) - André Copersche, il presidente del tribunal La mia canzone al vento (1939) The Document (1939) The Night of Tricks (1939) - Francesco Acquaviva One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) - Michele Zilay La granduchessa si diverte (1940) A Romantic Adventure (1940) - Berni, il socio di Luigi Piccolo alpino (1940) - Il professore The Daughter of the Green Pirate (1940) - Il precettore delle educante Manovre d'amore (1940) - Enchelly Marco Visconti (1941) - Tremacoldo Thrill (1941) - Isidoro Janosky The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941) - Il padre de Biancamaria Honeymoon (1941) - Ernesto Gelardi Alone at Last (1942) - Il professore Ippolito Mariani Margherita fra i tre (1942) - Giovanni Wedding Day (1942) - La zio dello sposo Mater dolorosa (1943) - Il nobiluoimo anziano al concerto Il nostro prossimo (1943) In cerca di felicità (1944) - Brocca O sole mio (1946) The Testimony (1946) - Giuseppe Marchi L'angelo e il diavolo (1946) Tempesta d'anime (1946) To Live in Peace (1947) - Il Nonno L'onorevole Angelina (1947) - Luigi The Captain's Daughter (1947) - Savelich The Brothers Karamazov (1947) - Maximoff Difficult Years (1948) - Il nonno Eleven Men and a Ball (1948) - Il professore Ti ritroverò (1949) - The Old Fisherman The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) - Uno spettatore Alarm Bells (1949) - Il possidente The Bride Can't Wait (1949) I'm in the Revue (1950) - Le colonel Father's Dilemma (1950) - L'invitato anziano The White Line (1950) - The Grandfather That Ghost of My Husband (1950) Cops and Robbers (1951) - Esposito's Father Ergastolo (1952) - Prof. Arlotta The White Sheik (1952) - Dottore Fortuna - il regista del fotoromanzo Toto and the King of Rome (1952) - Nedo Matrimonial Agency (1953) - Zio di Lodolini 100 Years of Love (1954) - Antonio Bianchi (segment "Nozze d'Oro") Via Padova 46 (1954) - Cesare Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955) - Il Prof. Tapparelli Destination Piovarolo (1955) - Ernesto Il coraggio (1955) - Salvatore Esposito (final film role)