Loris Gizzi

Loris Gizzi (16 August 1899 – 6 October 1986) was an Italian actor.

Life and career Born in Rome, after his university studies Gizzi attended a school of dance and singing. He abandoned the courses when he became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato, reaching the rank of sub-station master. In the 1930s, he discovered his vocation as an actor, attending several dramatic societies. In 1935, during an outdoor show on the Palatine Hill in honor of royal guests, he was chosen to play Remus in the drama play Rumon; from then he entered the most important stage companies of the time, notably appearing in the 1938 representation of Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele D'Annunzio, staged by Renato Simoni and with Andreina Pagnani in the title role. Active in films since 1933, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in humorous roles. He played Gioachino Rossini several times, with whom he shared a physical resemblance. He was also active as a voice actor and a dubber.

Selected filmography

Black Shirt (1933) - Un acceso sovversivo I'll Always Love You (1933) - Meregalli I'll Give a Million (1935) - Un ricco (uncredited) The Affairs of Maupassant (1935) - Dr. Walitzky Territorial Militia (1936) Lo squadrone bianco (1936) - Un turista (uncredited) The Amnesiac (1936) - Mario Tiana The Two Sergeants (1936) - (uncredited) Ginevra degli Almieri (1936) Condottieri (1937) - Malatesta I due barbieri (1937) For Men Only (1938) - Ladislao Paszkowsky, il regista Se quell'idiota ci pensasse... (1939) Assenza ingiustificata (1939) Il segreto inviolabile (1939) - Il signor Smith Torna, caro ideal! (1939) - Lord Cameron Il ladro sono io (1940) L'ultimo combattimento (1941) - Carrel The Betrothed (1941) - Il capitano delle guardie (uncredited) La sonnambula (1941) - Gioachino Rossini I Live as I Please (1942) - Il tenore Headlights in the Fog (1942) - Rico The Black Panther (1942) - L'ispettore Jackmil The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (1942) - Il prefetto I sette peccati (1942) - Gustavo Mazzoni Violets in Their Hair (1942) - Il padre di Alda Sealed Lips (1942) - L'avvocato difensore di Carlo Maria Malibran (1943) - Giovacchino Rossini Lascia cantare il cuore (1943) - Massimo Rossi Gioco d'azzardo (1943) Sempre più difficile (1943) - Il sindaco di Marina Rossa I'll Always Love You (1943) - Meregalli (uncredited) In cerca di felicità (1944) - Il cantante Fasola The Priest's Hat (1944) - Il marchese Usilli The Materassi Sisters (1944) - Il sacerdote The Ten Commandments (1945) The Innocent Casimiro (1945) - Gustavo Corra Come Back to Sorrento (1945) Black Eagle (1946) Lost Happiness (1946) - Medico We Are Not Married (1946) Il mondo vuole così (1946) The Great Dawn (1947) - Cooky Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947) L'apocalisse (1947) Difficult Years (1948) - Il ministro L'isola di Montecristo (1948) Totò al giro d'Italia (1948) Vivere a sbafo (1949) Santo disonore (1950) Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Il capufficcio tasse Nobody's Children (1951) - Il direttore del collegio (uncredited) The Steamship Owner (1951) - Il direttore del Grand Hotel My Heart Sings (1951) - Commendator Cocciaglia Napoleon (1951) - Barras Destiny (1951) - Filippo Borcello Ha da venì... don Calogero! (1952) - Dottore The Overcoat (1952) La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952) Il tallone di Achille (1952) - Psicanalista Gregorius Nerone e Messalina (1953) - Decius Metellus Easy Years (1953) - Un fascista Verdi, the King of Melody (1953) - Gioacchino Rossini La prigioniera di Amalfi (1954) Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Erik Gustaffson schiava del peccato (1954) - Customer in the Nightclub (uncredited) Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) - Smirnos The Three Thieves (1954) - Man soliciting funds from Tapioca (uncredited) Cardinal Lambertini (1954) - Count Orsi Milanese in Naples (1954) - Presidente della società Amore e smarrimento (1954) Disowned (1954) Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) - Il tenore The Song of the Heart (1955) The Two Friends (1955) - Un invitato Beautiful but Dangerous (1955) - Duval La catena dell'odio (1955) Da qui all'eredità (1955) Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956) - Il conte di Ceprano Difendo il mio amore (1956) The Violent Patriot (1956) Wives and Obscurities (1956) - Signor Baglioni Amaramente (1956) - Un invitato alla festa Io, Caterina (1957) Susanna tutta panna (1957) Serenate per 16 bionde (1957) - The Housebuilder Adorable and a Liar (1958) - Court Clerk L'amore nasce a Roma (1958) - Mr. Connolly Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) - Primario della clinica The Devil's Cavaliers (1959) - Prosecutor Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959) - Checco Orsi Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959) Avventura in città (1959) Un militare e mezzo (1960) - Pharmaceutical Chief Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960) Pirates of the Coast (1960) - Don Fernando Linares Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Roman Prosecutor Guns of the Black Witch (1961) - Governor The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961) - Don Pedro Ordigaso Some Like It Cold (1961) Queen of the Seas (1961) - Prison Director Suleiman the Conqueror (1961) - Suleiman II Ten Italians for One German (1962) - The German Consul in Rome Duel of Fire (1962) - L'intendente Swordsman of Siena (1962) - Councillor (uncredited) La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) - Commendator Bartoloni (segment "La dirittura morale") Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Don Alvarez Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) - Pedro - The King's Envoy Sword in the Shadows (1963) - Zio Roger Panic Button (1964) James Tont operazione U.N.O. (1965) - Goldsinger Giant of the Evil Island (1965) - The Doctor James Tont operazione D.U.E. (1966) - Mr. Spring The Son of Black Eagle (1968) - Procopovic I due crociati (1968) Black Talisman (1969) Heads or Tails (1969) Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli (1969) - Bassompierre the King's Marshal Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Don Ignazio - Alcalde