Renato Rascel
Acting
Born: Apr 27, 1912 — Died: Jan 02, 1991
From: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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. At the age of 14 Renato started to play drums in ballrooms around Rome. Soon after, he joined the Di Fiorenza Sisters as an actor, dancer and clown and in 1934 he was hired for his first big role by the Schwarts Brothers in the operetta "Al Cavallino …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | (archive footage) | 1975 | 4.8 |
| Pinocchio | Narratore (voice) | 1972 | 7.056 |
| Transplant | Dario Barbieri | 1970 | 6.75 |
| Questi fantasmi | 1962 | 8.1 | |
| The Last Judgment | Coppola | 1961 | 6.474 |
| Destination Fury | Renato Micacci | 1961 | 7.0 |
| The Orderly | Remigio De Acutis | 1961 | 8.0 |
| The Bear | Medard | 1960 | 7.0 |
| Il corazziere | Urbano Marangoni | 1960 | 7.0 |
| Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura | Policarpo De Tappetti | 1959 | 7.467 |
| Ferdinand I King of Naples | Mimì | 1959 | 6.596 |
| Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi | 1959 | 5.733 |
| Oh! Sabella | Don Gregorio (uncredited) | 1957 | 7.194 |
| Seven Hills of Rome | Pepe Bonelli | 1957 | 6.357 |
| The Monte Carlo Story | Duval | 1956 | 5.889 |
| Variety carousel | 1955 | 6.75 | |
| These Phantoms | Pasquale Lojacono | 1954 | 8.0 |
| Gran varietà | Il comico | 1954 | 6.7 |
| Alvaro piuttosto corsaro | Alvaro | 1954 | 7.0 |
| Io sono la Primula Rossa | Sir Archibald | 1954 | 10.0 |
| Piovuto dal cielo | Renato | 1953 | 7.0 |
| Attanasio cavallo vanesio | 1953 | 7.5 | |
| La passeggiata | Paolo Barbato | 1953 | 8.0 |
| The Overcoat | Carmine De Carmine | 1952 | 6.957 |
| Il bandolero stanco | Pepito | 1952 | 6.0 |
| Beauties on bicycles | Il figlio del meccanico | 1951 | 6.75 |
| Figaro qua... Figaro là | Don Alonzo | 1950 | 6.235 |
| I'm in the Revue | Self | 1950 | 5.333 |
| Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! | rag. Filippo De Bellis | 1949 | 10.0 |
| Pazzo d'amore | 1942 | 9.0 | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1912 |
| From | Turin, Piedmont, Italy |