Giovanni Grasso

Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy.[1] Born into a family of marionettists, he was cousin and namesake of Giovanni Grasso, a respected stage actor specialized in the Sicilian language repertoire, so he assumed at the beginning of his career the stage name "Giovanni Grasso Junior" to stand out.[2] He was mainly active on stage, often acting together with his wife, Virginia Balestrieri.[2]

For the Italian judge, see Giovanni Grasso (judge).

Giovanni Grasso
Born(1888-11-11)11 November 1888
Catania, Sicily, Italy
Died30 April 1963(1963-04-30) (aged 74)
Catania, Sicily, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1910-1955

Selected filmography
  • I naufraghi (1914)
  • Il lupo (1917)
  • Sole! (1918)
  • Il lampionaro del Ponte Vecchio (1918)
  • Nennella (1919)
  • Skeletros (1920)
  • The Telephone Operator (1932) - Gedeone
  • Port (1934) - Nicola Bellamonte
  • Sentinels of Bronze (1937) - Sergente Amato
  • Under the Southern Cross (1938) - Marco, il capo della piantagione
  • Piccoli naufraghi (1939) - Il 'commandante'
  • No Man's Land (1939) - Il puparo
  • La grande luce - Montevergine (1939) - Pasquale
  • Traversata nera (1939)
  • Piccolo hotel (1939) - Il dottor Kralik
  • Il ladro (1939) - Zio Gigio
  • Los hijos de la noche (1939) - Tabernero
  • Backstage (1939) - Il commissario
  • La conquista dell'aria (1939) - Contadino che assiste al volo
  • Il segreto di Villa Paradiso (1940) - Gorman
  • L'uomo della legione (1940) - Un meccanico del cantiere
  • Il signore della taverna (1940) - Il taverniere
  • Mare (1940) - Liborio, il capitano
  • La leggenda azzurra (1940) - Il padre adottivo di Scilla
  • I pirati del golfo (1940)
  • Ragazza che dorme (1941) - Marco, il padrone del mulino
  • Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941) - Mastro Antonio, il vetturale
  • I Live as I Please (1942) - Il dottore
  • Yes, Madam (1942) - Il commendator Bracco-Rinaldi
  • Bengasi (1942) - (scenes deleted)
  • We the Living (1942) - Stephan Tishenko
  • Luisa Sanfelice (1942)
  • Don Cesare di Bazan (1942) - Don José di Nogueira
  • Madrid de mis sueños (1942) - Carlos Aguilera
  • Quarta pagina (1942)
  • Il fanciullo del West (1942) - Donovan
  • Harlem (1943) - Guardascione
  • Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943) - Il capo-cuoco
  • La carica degli eroi (1943)
  • The Priest's Hat (1944) - L'avvocato Francesco Scuoto
  • The Gates of Heaven (1945) - Il commerciante paralitico
  • All'ombra della gloria (1945) - Il frate
  • The Ten Commandments (1945)
  • Chi l'ha visto? (1945)
  • For the Love of Mariastella (1946) - Raìs Pietro
  • The Great Dawn (1947) - Oreste Bellotti
  • Bullet for Stefano (1947) - Lazzanni
  • Il principe ribelle (1947)
  • Eleonora Duse (1947) - impresario Schurman
  • Ruy Blas (1948) - Don Gaspar Guritan
  • Sono io l'assassino (1948)
  • Legge di sangue (1948) - Il padre di Alberto
  • Difficult Years (1948) - L'avvocato Mascali
  • Vento d'Africa (1949)
  • Flying Squadron (1949) - Capo Dei Contadini
  • La figlia del peccato (1949) - padron Giuseppe
  • Welcome, Reverend! (1950)
  • Margaret of Cortona (1950) - Tancredi, padre di Margherita
  • Prima comunione (1950)
  • The Fighting Men (1950) - Saverio Luparello
  • Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
  • Tragic Serenade (1951)
  • The Passaguai Family (1951)
  • Gli innocenti pagano (1952) - suocero di Stefano
  • In Olden Days (1952) - Presidente del tribunale (segment "Il processo di Frine")
  • La città canora (1952) - Don Salvatore Morelli
  • Immortal Melodies (1952) - Domenico Mascagni
  • Una croce senza nome (1952)
  • Too Young for Love (1953)
  • Easy Years (1953) - L'onorevole Michele Rapisarda
  • Cuore di spia (1953)
  • Of Life and Love (1954) - The doorman (segment "Marsina Stretta")
  • Toto and Carolina (1955) - Commissario (uncredited)
  • Magic Village (1955) - Sindaco
  • Onore e sangue (1957) - The Public Prosecutor
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References
  1. "Giovanni Grasso". MyMovies. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
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