Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor.
Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of Lo squadrone bianco (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as (1936), Sentinelle di bronzo (1937), Scipione l'Africano, Edgar Neville's Italian Carmen fra i rossi (1939), L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) and Bengasi (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part Noi Vivi and Addio Kira!.
Un colpo di pistola (1942) by Renato Castellani and Fari nella nebbia (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films.
After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in Nada and in Carne de horca. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy Il mattatore. In 1964, he appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel.
In 2003, the Galleria Fosco Giachetti in Sesto Fiorentino was opened in his honor.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1933 The Missing TreatyGiorgio Raytham1934Dimmed LightsLord SpiderThe Last of the BergeracsIl tenenteCreatures of the NightUncredited1935L'avvocato difensoreUncredited1936Cuor di vagabondoGiovanniLuci sommerseLord SpiderLo squadrone biancoIl capitano SanteliaUomo #1Fiordalisi d'oroConte Andrea di Beaulieu1937Scipio AfricanusCaptain MassinissaSentinels of BronzeCapitano Negri1938Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiPrideAlberto CeloriaThe Woman of Monte CarloGiorgio Duclos1939Naples Will Never DieMario FuscoThe Dream of ButterflyHarry PetersHurricane in the TropicsIl capitano MoraesCarmen fra i rossiSaverio1940The Last EnemyFranco RossiThe Siege of the AlcazarCaptain VelaThe SinnerSalvatore, fratello di AdeleSenza cieloMario RiccardiThe Daughter of the Green PirateCarlos de la Riva1941Ridi pagliaccioPietro RinaldiLight in the DarknessAlberto SerraniBlood WeddingGiddaThe Secret LoverGiorgio Amholt1942Headlights in the FogCesareA Pistol ShotAndrea AnickoffBengasiIl capitano Enrico BertiWe the LivingAndrei TaganovAddio Kira!Andrei TaganovYellow HellFrancescoSealed LipsRuggero D'Anzi1943A Living StatuePaolo VieriA Little WifeGiulio Nardi1945L'abito nero da sposaGiovanni de MediciFear No EvilBenedettoLife Begins AnewPaolo Martini1946Notte di tempestaDomenico1947The DamnedGarosi The Other Marco de SantisNadaRomán BrunetThe Brothers KaramazovDimitri KaramazovFour WomenAlberto Reyes, pintorFarewell, My Beautiful NaplesCarlo Sanna1948Crossroads of PassionTonianiLetter at DawnCarlo Marini 1949RomanticismoTito Ansperti1950The Glass CastleLaurent Bertal1951 The Counterfeiters Ispettore MoroniFour Red RosesAntonio Berti1953Condemned to HangLucero1954House of RicordiGiuseppe Verdi1956The Virtuous BigamistAntonio1959The Defeated VictorDoctor boxing1960Il MattatoreGeneral Mesci The Conqueror of the OrientOmar, Nadir's Father1961The WastrelCaptain Hugh Hardy1962La monaca di MonzaMonsignor BarcaTaras Bulba, the CossackVoivodeThe Fury of AchillesPriamosLa notte dell'innominato1963Jacob and EsauIsaacGiacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con DioAbramo – Abraham1965SambaJoão Fernandes de Oliveira1967Another's WifeAlberto1970The ConformistThe Colonel1971Scipio the AfricanAulio Gellio1973The InheritorLuigi Galazzi
Awards Venice Film Festival Best Actor for Bengasi, 1942
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