Eduardo Ciannelli
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- born: 30/Aug/1889 (Ischia, Italy)
- died: 08/Oct/1969 (Rome, Italy) - cancer
Biography
Eduardo Ciannelli, sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli, was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals.
His Hollywood career consists of close to 150 film and television appearances. Notable among these are, "Marked Woman" (1937) with Bette Davis, "Gunga Din" (1939) with Cary Grant, "Strange Cargo" (1940) with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), "Kitty Foyle" (1940) with Ginger Rogers, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943) with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, "Passage to Marseille" (1944) with Humphrey Bogart, "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1944), "Incendiary Blonde" (1945) with Betty Hutton, "Gilda "(1946) with Rita Hayworth, and "Prince of Foxes" (1949) with Orson Welles.
In the 1950s and throughout the 1960s, he divided his time among Italian films such as "Attila" (1954) with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren, "Helen of Troy" (1956), appearances in American TV shows such as "Climax Mystery Theater", "Perry Mason", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Johnny Staccato", "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor", "Dr. Kildare" and a few films including "Houseboat" (1958), "The Visit" (1964), "The Chase" (1966) with Marlon Brando, "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" (1969), with Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani, which was his last film.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) - cast: Mr. Krug
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Strange Miracle (13/Feb/1962) - cast: Priest
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Test (20/Feb/1962) - cast: Mr. Marino