Salvatore Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991), known professionally as Salvo Randone, was an Italian stage, film and television actor.
Biography Born in Syracuse, Sicily, to state official Pasquale Randone and his wife Maria, Randone debuted on stage in his early 20s. During the 1930s and World War II, he acted in productions by Gualtiero Tumiati, Sergio Tofano, Anton Giulio Bragaglia and others. After the war, he appeared in stage productions by Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Guido Salvini and Luigi Squarzina, becoming one of Italy's most noted stage thespians.
His most productive period was in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on stage, in films, on television and on the radio. He worked with film directors such as Federico Fellini, Francesco Rosi, Valerio Zurlini, Luigi Zampa and Carlo Lizzani, but is most noted for his collaborations with Elio Petri, appearing in almost all of the director's films between The Assassin (1961) and Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973). His performances in Petri's films earned him two Nastro d'Argentos and a Grolla d'oro, the latter for his part in His Days Are Numbered (1962), which remained Randone's only leading role in a film.
Randone gave his last film performance in 1977 and retired from stage in 1989. Due to the financial hardship he found himself in during his final years, he was granted a lifetime allowance on the basis of the Bacchelli law which supported well-known citizens in need who had contributed to the fields of science, literature, arts, economics, work and sport.
Randone was married to actress Neda Naldi.
Selected filmography
Sant'Elena, piccola isola (1943) – General Gourgaud Heart and Soul (1948) Letter at Dawn (1948) – Donati The Bigamist (1956) Vento del sud (1959) The Assassin (1961) – Commissioner Palumbo Rome 1585 (1961) – Pope Sixtus V Black City (1962) – The bishop Salvatore Giuliano (1962) – President of Viterbo Assize Court His Days Are Numbered (1962) – Cesare Conversi Roaring Years (1962) – The antifascist Night Train to Milan (1962) – Conductor Family Diary (1962) – Salocchi The Girl from Parma (1963) – Scipio Pagliughi The Verona Trial (1963) – Andrea Fortunato Hands over the City (1963) – De Angelis Un marito in condominio (1963) – Salvatore Carcaterra Castle of Blood (1964) – Lester The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) – Belisario The Possessed (1965) – Enrico The 10th Victim (1965) – Professor Les Combinards (1966) – Raffaele Caccamo Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) – Traveller with a menu We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) – Prof. Roscio No Diamonds for Ursula (1967) – Spiros Spirits of the Dead (1968) – Priest (segment "Toby Dammit") Love Problems (1968) Machine Gun McCain (1969) – Don Salvatore Fellini Satyricon (1969) – Eumolpo Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) – Plumber The Swinging Confessors (1970) – Don Clemente Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970) Gang War (1971) – Nicola "Nicky" Manzano The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) – Militina Stress (1971) My Dear Killer (1972) – Chief Marò Chronicle of a Homicide (1972) – General attorney Indian Summer (1972) – The head teacher Il caso Pisciotta (1972) – Don Ferdinando Cusimano La calandria (1972) – Calandro The Infamous Column (1972) – Settala Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) – Total's father Shoot First, Die Later (1974) – Malacarne In the Name of the Pope King (1977) – Black pope
References
External links
Salvo Randone filmography on Cinematografo.it