Acting · Genoa, Liguria, Italy · Born September 1, 1922
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
MovieDeneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWe Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDjango & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieTrintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
MovieCinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018
as Self
MovieMarcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
2015
as Self (archive footage)
TVCòmics
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015
as Self
MovieClose Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMonicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
2007
as Self
MovieAdolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSpeaking with Gassman
2005
MovieLuchino Visconti
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLa bomba
1999
as Don Vito Bracalone
MovieThe Dinner
1998
as Maestro Pezzullo
TVDesert of Fire
1997
as Tareq
MovieDesert of Fire
1997
as Tareq
MovieSleepers
1996
as King Benny
MovieIn morte di Federico Fellini
1994
MovieOnce a Year, Every Year
1994
as Giuseppe
TVAbraham
1994
as Terah
MovieAbraham
1993
as Terach
MovieThe Long Winter
1992
as Claudio, El Mayordomo
MovieQuando eravamo repressi
1992
as The Sexologist
MovieRossini! Rossini!
1991
as Ludwig van Beethoven
MovieI'll Be Going Now
1991
as Augusto Scribani
MovieThe Amusements of Private Life
1990
as Marquis
Movie1001 Nights
1990
as Sinbad
MovieThe Palermo Connection
1990
as Il principe
MovieThe Sleazy Uncle
1989
as Zio Luca
MovieMortacci
1989
as Domenico
MovieL'altro enigma
1988
as Il padre / Sofocle
MovieI picari
1987
as Marquis Felipe de Aragona
MovieThe Family
1987
as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
MovieBig Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
1985
as Peppe
MoviePower Of Evil
1985
as Gottfried
MovieTo Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
TVCinecittà Cinecittà
1985
as Various
MovieBenvenuta
1983
as Livio
MovieLife Is a Bed of Roses
1983
as Walter Guarini
MovieAndré Delvaux directs Benvenuta
1983
as Self
MovieCount Tacchia
1982
as Prince Torquato Terenzi
MovieTempest
1982
as Alonzo
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieDi padre in figlio
1982
as Self
MovieSharky's Machine
1981
as Victor Scorelli
MovieIl turno
1981
as Ciro Coppa
MovieHotel Room
1981
as Achille Mengaroni
MovieThe Nude Bomb
1980
as Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
MovieI'm Photogenic
1980
as Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
MovieThe Terrace
1980
as Mario Dorazio
MovieDear Father
1979
as Albino Millozza
MovieQuintet
1979
as Saint Christopher
MovieTwo Pieces of Bread
1979
as Pippo Mifà
MovieA Wedding
1978
as Luigi Corelli
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieThe New Monsters
1977
as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
MovieEdipo Re
1977
as Edipo
MovieLost Soul
1977
as Fabio Stolz
MovieThe Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Filimore
MovieGoodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
MoviePure as a Lily
1976
as Anthony M. Wilson
MovieThe Career of a Chambermaid
1976
as Franco Denza
MovieThe Apple of My Eye
1976
as film festival participant
TVBabau
1976
MovieE il Casanova di Fellini?
1975
as Self
MovieMidnight Pleasures
1975
as Andrea Sansoni
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
TVApostrophes
1975
as Self
MovieWe All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
as Gianni Perego
MovieScent of a Woman
1974
as Fausto Consolo
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
MovieLa Tosca
1973
as Scarpia
MovieWhat Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
1972
as Guido Guidi
MovieThe Audience
1972
as Principe Donati
MovieWithout Family
1972
as Armando Zavanatti
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieIn the Name of the Italian People
1971
as Lorenzo Santenocito
MovieScipio the African
1971
as Catone il Censore
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
MovieBrancaleone at the Crusades
1970
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
MovieThe Divorce
1970
as Leonardo Nenci
MovieLet's Have a Riot
1970
as Riccardo
MovieThe Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1970
as L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
MovieTwelve Plus One
1969
as Mario Beretti
MovieWhere Are You Going All Naked?
1969
as Rufus Conforti
MovieThe Archangel
1969
as Furio Bertuccia
MovieAlibi
1969
as Vittorio
MovieThe Black Sheep
1968
as Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
MovieThe Prophet
1968
as Pietro Breccia
MovieGhosts, Italian Style
1967
as Pasquale Lojacono
MovieCatch As Catch Can
1967
as Bob Chiaramonte
MovieWoman Times Seven
1967
as Cenci
MovieThe Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
as Francesco Vincenzini
MovieThe Devil in Love
1966
as Belfagor
MoviePleasant Nights
1966
as Bastiano da Sangallo
MovieFor Love and Gold
1966
as Brancaleone da Norcia
MovieI Knew Her Well
1965
as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieA Maiden for the Prince
1965
as Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
MovieSnow Job
1965
as Lucio Ridolfi
MovieThe Dirty Game
1965
as Perego / Ferrari
MovieOne Million Dollars
1964
as Giuliano
MovieIl gaucho
1964
as Marco Ravicchio
MovieShakespeare secondo Gassman
1964
MovieLet's Talk About Women
1964
as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
MovieSummer Frenzy
1964
as Cap. Nardoni
MovieThe Monsters
1963
as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
MovieIl successo
1963
as Giulio Ceriani
MovieThe Eye of the Needle
1963
as Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
MovieSex Can Be Difficult
1962
as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
MovieMarch on Rome
1962
as Domenico Rocchetti
MovieIl Sorpasso
1962
as Bruno Cortona
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieDark Soul
1962
as Adriano Zucchelli
MovieBarabbas
1961
as Sahak
MovieA Difficult Life
1961
as Self
MovieSeduction Of The South
1961
as O Caporale
MovieThe Last Judgment
1961
as Cimino
MovieGhosts of Rome
1961
as Il Caparra
Movie...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960
as Remo
MovieLove and Larceny
1960
as Gerardo Latini
MovieFiasco in Milan
1959
as Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
MovieLa cambiale
1959
as Michele
MovieThe Miracle
1959
as Guido
MovieThe Great War
1959
as Giovanni Busacca
TVIl mattatore
1959
MovieTempest
1958
as Prosecutor
MovieBig Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Peppe il pantera
MovieThe Love Specialist
1957
as Piero di Montalcino
MovieKean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
as Edmund Kean
MovieThe Violent Patriot
1956
as Giovanni De Medici
MovieDefend My Love
1956
as Giovanni Marchi
MovieWar and Peace
1956
as Anatol Kuragin
MovieBeautiful But Dangerous
1955
as Prince Sergei
MovieAmleto
1955
as Amleto
MovieKean - Genio e sregolatezza
1955
as Edmund Kean
MovieMambo
1954
as Mario Rossi
MovieRhapsody
1954
as Paul Bronte
MovieCry of the Hunted
1953
as Jory
MovieSombrero
1953
as Alejandro Castillo
MovieThe Glass Wall
1953
as Peter Kuban
MovieGirls Marked Danger
1952
as Michele
MovieThe Dream of Zorro
1952
as Don Juan Antonio
MovieAnna
1951
as Vittorio
MovieBlack Crown
1951
as Mauricio
MovieDouble Cross
1951
as Renato Salvi
MovieIl leone di Amalfi
1950
as Mauro
MovieLo sparviero del Nilo
1950
as Yussuf
MovieThe Outlaws
1950
as Turi
MovieStreets of Sorrow
1950
as Giorgio Cantoni
MovieLure of the Sila
1949
as Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
MovieBitter Rice
1949
as Walter
MovieThe Mysterious Rider
1948
as Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
MovieL'ebreo errante
1948
as Mathieu Blumenthal
MovieThe Captain's Daughter
1947
as Svabrin
MovieShamed
1947
as Davide
MovieDaniele Cortis
1947
as Daniele Cortis
MovieThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1947
as Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde
Incontro con Laura
1945
as Franco
