Acting
Vittorio Caprioli
Vittorio Caprioli (15 August 1921 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990, mostly in French productions. He was born and died in Naples, Italy. Caprioli was born in Naples. Having graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, he made his stage debut in 1942 in the Carli-Racca company. From 1945, he began his collaboration with the Italian public broadcaster, RAI, often together with Luciano Salce, creating magazine and variety programs. Arriving in 1948 at the Piccolo theatre in Milan, where under the direction of Giorgio Strehler he took part in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. At the beginning of 1950, he was cast alongside Alberto Bonucci and Gianni Cajafa for the Neapolitan Carosello musical theatrical work, directed by Ettore Giannini. A versatile interpreter, in 1950 he founded, with Bonucci and Franca Valeri the Teatro dei Gobbi, which proposed a subtly satirical type of show. In 1960, he married Valeri with whom he presented plays. They divorced in 1974. He appeared in cinema as a character actor and made his directorial debut in 1961 with Lions In the Sun, which was later selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. He followed this with Paris, My Love and then a segment of I cuori infranti which was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The Splendors and Miseries of Madame Royale in 1970 was generally considered to be his best film. He continued to appear on stage in between his films and was occasionally tempted by television, where he began his career in 1959, but he never really loved the small screen ("I suffer more than anything because of the absence of the public, which I consider an integral and irreplaceable part of the show in which I participate"). In the Sixties he acted in Village Wooing, directed by Antonello Falqui, and in 1972 he let himself be tempted by a television variety show, which he wrote and interpreted, Una Serata con Vittorio Caprioli. In his last years he returned to theater interpreting, among others, Don Marzio in Carlo Goldoni's Bottega del caffè, The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon paired with Mario Carotenuto, and Capocomico in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. During the rehearsals of a interpretation of Napoli Milionaria, he died suddenly at the age of 68, in a room of one of the famous hotels on the promenade of Naples, struck down by a heart attack. Source: Article "Vittorio Caprioli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Film · 2022
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Film · 2017
Dark Illness
Film · 1990
L'ultima scena
Film · 1988
Taste of Life
Film · 1988
Stuff for the Rich
Film · 1987
I picari
Film · 1987
Love & Passion
Film · 1987
Cinderella '87
Series · 1987
Cinderella '80
Film · 1984
Uno scandalo perbene
Film · 1984
Petomaniac
Film · 1983
Più bello di così si muore
Film · 1982
Le rose et le blanc
Film · 1982
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Film · 1981
Before It's Too Early
Film · 1981
A Leap in the Dark
Film · 1980
Café Express
Film · 1980
Umbrella Coup
Film · 1980
Hypochondriac
Film · 1979
Blood and Diamonds
Film · 1978
To Be Twenty
Film · 1978
Messalina, Messalina!
Film · 1977
Latin Male Wanted
Film · 1977
La Presidentessa
Film · 1977
The Rip-Off
Film · 1977
Grazie tante arrivederci
Film · 1977
Blackmail Chase
Film · 1976
Rulers of the City
Film · 1976
The Groper
Film · 1976
The Landlord
Film · 1976
The Wing or the Thigh?
Film · 1976
Catherine & Co.
Film · 1975
The School Teacher
Film · 1975
Kidnap Syndicate
Film · 1975
The Messiah
Film · 1975
L'ammazzatina
Film · 1975
The Barons
Film · 1975
I'm Losing My Temper
Film · 1974
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
Film · 1974
Innocence and Desire
Film · 1974
The Governess
Film · 1974
Erotomania
Film · 1974
Shoot First, Die Later
Film · 1974
The Sensual Man
Film · 1973
The Magnificent One
Film · 1973
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Film · 1973
La colonna infame
Film · 1973
Società a responsabilità molto limitata
Film · 1973
The Boss
Film · 1973
Io e lui
Film · 1973
A Full Day's Work
Film · 1973
Tout Va Bien
Film · 1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
Film · 1972
Hector the Mighty
Film · 1972
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
Film · 1972
When Women Were Called Virgins
Film · 1972
The Story of Romance and Knife
Film · 1971
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
Film · 1971
Roma bene
Film · 1971
The Automobile
Film · 1971
Trastevere
Film · 1971
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Film · 1970
Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell
Film · 1970
On the Day of the Lord
Film · 1970
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
Film · 1968
The Libertine
Film · 1968
Anyone Can Play
Film · 1967
Death on the Run
Film · 1967
Soldier's Girl
Film · 1967
Assicurasi vergine
Film · 1967
Adultery Italian Style
Film · 1966
How I Learned to Love Women
Film · 1966
Ischia operazione amore
Film · 1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Film · 1966
Violence and Love
Film · 1965
A Maiden for the Prince
Film · 1965
Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
Film · 1964
White Voices
Film · 1964
Easy Love
Film · 1964
The Maniacs
Film · 1964
The Shortest Day
Film · 1963
His Days Are Numbered
Film · 1962
Adieu Philippine
Film · 1962
Paris, My Love
Film · 1962
Leoni al sole
Film · 1961
A porte chiuse
Film · 1961
Zazie dans le Métro
Film · 1960
Recourse in Grace
Film · 1960
Il borghese gentiluomo
Film · 1959
You're on Your Own
Film · 1959
The Law
Film · 1959
General Della Rovere
Film · 1959
Good night… lawyer!
Film · 1955
The Anatomy of Love
Film · 1954
Neapolitan Carousel
Film · 1954
Eager to Live
Film · 1953
It Happened in the Park
Film · 1953
Aida
Film · 1953
Times Gone By
Film · 1952
Totó in color
Film · 1952
Robinson Crusoeland
Film · 1951
Paris Is Always Paris
Film · 1951
Variety Lights
Film · 1950