Renato Rascel
Actor
Born April 27, 1912 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Renato Rascel (stage name of Renato Ranucci; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries. He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin. It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that's where he spent all of his life. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome and apparently it worked because growing up in that neighborhood he ended up singing for the "white voices choir" of Saint Peter with the leadership of composer-conductor Lorenzo Perosi.
Filmography
Jesus of Nazareth
The Blind Man
Substitute Teacher
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage)
Night Police Station
Pinocchio
Narratore (voice)
I racconti di padre Brown
Padre Brown
I racconti di Padre Brown
Padre Brown
Transplant
Dario Barbieri
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Babbaluche
Follie d'estate
il sognatore
Questi fantasmi
The Orderly
Remigio De Acutis
The Last Judgment
Coppola
Destination Fury
Renato Micacci
Il corazziere
Urbano Marangoni
The Bear
Medard
Little Girls and High Finance
Accountant Paolo Robotti
A Soldier and a Half
Nicola Carletti
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Mimì
Uncle Was a Vampire
Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Policarpo De Tappetti
Rascel Marine
Caporale Ronny Rascel
Move and I'll Shoot
Renato Tuzzi - il professore
Seven Hills of Rome
Pepe Bonelli
Rascel-Fifì
Renato / Renatino - il suo figlio
Oh! Sabella
Don Gregorio (uncredited)
The Monte Carlo Story
Duval
I pinguini ci guardano
Cinépanorama
Self
Variety carousel
Io sono la Primula Rossa
Sir Archibald
These Phantoms
Pasquale Lojacono
Rosso e nero
Himself
Gran varietà
Il comico
Alvaro piuttosto corsaro
Alvaro
Il matrimonio
Dmitry Marinin, il 'generale'
Attanasio cavallo vanesio
Piovuto dal cielo
Renato
Ho scelto l'amore
Boris Popovic
La passeggiata
Paolo Barbato
Il bandolero stanco
Pepito
The Overcoat
Carmine De Carmine
L'eroe sono io
Righetto
Half a Century of Song
Love I Haven't... But... But
Teodoro
Napoleone
Napoleone
Io sono il capataz
Uguccione / Rascelito Villa
Beauties on bicycles
Il figlio del meccanico
Figaro qua... Figaro là
Don Alonzo
I'm in the Revue
Self
Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!
rag. Filippo De Bellis