Marino Masè (21 March 1939 – 28 May 2022) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than 70 films.
Life
Masè was born in Trieste on 21 March 1939. While still a teenager, he joined the laboratory for young actors of the production company Vides by Franco Cristaldi and studied acting under Alessandro Fersen.[1] He made his stage debut in 1960 in L'arialda, directed by Luchino Visconti, and his film debut in the 1961 adventure Romulus and the Sabines by Richard Pottier.[1] He had several leading roles in the first half of the 1960s, including Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket and Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers, then he was mainly cast in supporting roles.[1] Masè was also active in the adaptation of the dialogues for dubbing.[1]
Masè died in Rome on 28 May 2022, at the age of 83.[2]
Selected filmography
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Leno
- The Leopard (1963) as Tutor
- The Carabineers (1963) as Ulysses
- A Sentimental Attempt (1963) as Piero, Dino's Brother-in-law
- I mostri (1963) as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
- Love and Marriage (1964) (segment "Basta un attimo")
- Hard Time for Princes (1965) as Angelo
- Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) as Phir
- Fists in the Pocket (1965) as Augusto
- Nightmare Castle (1965) as Dr. Derek Joyce
- Gendarme in New York (1965) as Aldo
- The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) as Dick
- Jericho_(1966_TV_series) (1966) as Jean-Gaston Andre
- The Vatican Affair (1968) as Richard
- Commandos (1968) as Italian Lt. Tomassini
- Detective Belli (1969) as Romanis (uncredited)
- The Five Man Army (1969) as Railroad Man
- Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) as Franco
- The Cannibals (1970) as Ismene's Fiancé
- N.P. - Il segreto (1970)
- Lady Frankenstein (1971) as Thomas Stack, the mildly retarded servant of Baron Frankenstein
- The Policeman (1971)
- The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) as Police Inspector
- Il Boss (1973) as Pignataro
- I Kiss the Hand (1973) as Luciano Ferrante
- Massacre in Rome (1973) as Third partisan in Via rasella's window
- The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Giuseppe di Leo
- The Night Porter (1974) as Atherton
- The Driver's Seat (1974) as Traffic Policeman
- Donna è bello (1974) as Mario
- Zorro (1975) as Miguel de la Serna
- Kidnap Syndicate (1975) as Pardi
- ...a tutte le auto della polizia (1975) as Franz Hekker - Francesco Pagano
- Vergine e di nome Maria (1975)
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) as Rick
- A Sold Life (1976) as Professor Marcelli
- A Matter of Time (1976) as Hotel Forum Porter
- Emanuelle Around the World (1977) as Cassei
- L'uomo di Corleone (1977)
- Standard (1978)
- Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) as Enzo Nardelli
- Play Motel (1979) as Massimo "Max" Liguori
- Contamination (1980) as NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
- The Salamander (1981) as Captain Rigoli
- Il carabiniere (1981) as Gianni
- Cercasi Gesù (1982)
- The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) as The Duke
- Tenebrae (1982) as John
- King David (1985) as Agag
- The Repenter (1985)
- Voglia di guardare (1986) as Diego
- Il camorrista (1986) as Il faccendiere Sapienza
- The Belly of an Architect (1987) as Trettorio
- L'attrazione (1987) as Victor
- Phantom of Death (1988) as Expert on aging
- Provocazione (1988) as Professor
- The Palermo Connection (1990)
- Senza scrupoli 2 (1990) as Maestro
- The Godfather Part III (1990) as Lupo
- La riffa (1991)
- Venti dal Sud (1993) as Paul Legrand
- Il cielo è sempre più blu (1996)
- The Eighteenth Angel (1997) as Local Doctor
- Il decisionista (1997)
- Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997) as Paolo Bigetti
- Autunno (1999) as Matteo's Father
- Ginostra (2002) as Night Watchman
- Nel mio amore (2004) as Prete anziano
- Quale amore (2006) as Bank director
References
External links
- Marino Masè at IMDb
- Marino Masè at AllMovie
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