Inigo Gallo

Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Inigo Gallo had as a child actor appearances on Schauspielhaus Zürich, among other things as Walterli in Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. From 1948 to 1951, he was educated at the Bühnenstudio Zürich, and in 1951/52 Gallo got guest engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and from 1952 to 1958 engagements at the Stadttheater St. Gallen. In 1958, Gallo worked as a freelance director, actor and author, among others, at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, Stadttheater Basel and Schauspielhaus: in 1959 as Bunker Willy in Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper and in the musical "Eusi chliini Stadt" at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich. Since then, Gallo worked together with Ruedi Walter in a variety of dialect plays and musicals, and with his later second wife and long-year stage partner Margrit Rainer. He directed, among other things his own Swiss German versions of farces like "Hurra, en Bueb!" "D'Mutter wott nur s'Bescht" and "Potz Millione", which became in 1980 a great success, touring with Margrit Rainer, Ruedi Walter, Gallo and Ines Torelli. After the death of Margrit Rainer, Gallo went further on tour with Walter, and Prof Dr Emil Burgholz in Mary Chase's adaptation "My Fründ Hanspi" ("Harvey"). From 1972 Gallo also worked with the Bernhard-Theater Zürich in numerous Christmas musicals for children, usually under the direction of Jörg Schneider. In 1987 Gallo played Edouard Dindon in the successful Swiss premiere of Jerry Herman's musical "La Cage aux Folles", and has also appeared on Schauspielhaus in the world premiere of Urs Widmer's "Dr neu Noah ", followed by appearances on Atelier-Theater Bern, Sommertheater Winterthur, Bernhard Theater, Städtebundtheater Biel-Solothurn and Theater Fauteuil in Basel. In 2000, he participated in the production of Charles Lewinsky's "Ganz e Feini family" with, next to it in free productions. Since 1954, he carried out numerous works for radio, film and television, including the recording of several Dialektschwänke with Gallo himself, Margrit Rainer and Ruedi Walter.

Inigo Gallo was buried at Enzenbühl cemetery in Zürich-Weinegg alongside his life companion and stage partner Margrit Rainer, and his wife from his second marriage.

Filmography 1960: - Mario / Kellner 1960: Wilhelm Tell - Frieshart 1961: Chikita - Gehri 1961: Demokrat Läppli - Dr. Strübin - Rechtsanwalt 1962: Der 42. Himmel 1962: Snow White and the Seven Jugglers - Diener Pedro 1966: The Strangler of the Tower - Pietro Broggini 1970: Pfarrer Iseli - Kommissar Stäubli 1971: Professor Sound und die Pille - Die unwahrscheinliche Geschichte einer Erfindung (TV Movie) - Verkehrspolizist 1973–1975: Ein Fall für Männdli (TV Series, 25 episodes) - Herr Tobler 1976: The Swiss Conspiracy - Captain Frey 1978: Last In, First Out (aka L'ordre et la sécurité du monde and Concorde Affair) - Le chauffeur de taxi 1980: - Vater Ines 1981: Der Erfinder (The Inventor) - Viktor 1982: Der Besuch der alten Dame (TV Movie) - Loby 1983: Teddy Bär - Dr. Traber 1988: Klassäzämekunft - Peter Engler 1991: Mein Bruder, der Clown (TV Movie) - Schweizer 1995: Fascht e Familie (TV Series, 1 episode) - Herr Krähenbühl 2001: Studers erster Fall (TV Movie) - Chefkommissar Straub 2001: Kilimanjaro: How to spell Love! - Dr. Hürlimann (final film role)