Gualtiero Tumiati ( 8 May 1876 – 23 April 1971) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Life and career Born in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi. He later graduated in law and while working as an apprentice lawyer at his father's law firm he started performing in some local stage companies. Tumiati's breakout role was Cyrano de Bergerac in a critically acclaimed representation of the Edmond Rostand's eponymous play held in 1910. With his wife, the actress and painter Beryl Hight, in 1928 Tumiati founded the "Sala Azzurra" ("Blue Room"), one of the first Avant-garde theaters in Italy. He taught acting at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome and at the Accademia dei filodrammatici in Milan. Gone blind, his last role was in the blind Tiresias in a representation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex held in 1969 in the La Scala theatre.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1935 Casta Diva Nicolò Paganini 1942 Malombra Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo 1942 Piazza San Sepolcro 1943 Life Is Beautiful Il professore Luca Lecedius 1945 Vivere ancora L'anarchico pazzo 1946 The Adulteress Il vecchio indovino 1946 Eugenia Grandet Eugenia's father 1946 The Lovers Alviso Foscarini 1946 The Ways of Sin Don Salvatore 1946 Tempesta d'anime 1947 The Captain's Daughter Andrej Grinev, padre di Piotr 1947 Bullet for Stefano Stefano's Father 1947 Daniele Cortis Aldo 1948 The Man with the Grey Glove Pittore Masero 1949 The Legend of Faust 1950 Devotion Zio Zua 1950 Hearts at Sea Ammiraglio Silvestri - nonno di Paolo 1950 The Thief of Venice Il doge 1951 The Forbidden Christ Bruno's Father 1951 Nobody's Children Don Demetrio 1952 The Adventures of Mandrin Prince Guido 1952 Little World of Don Camillo Ciro della Bruciata 1952 The Dream of Zorro Don Cesar Alcazan 1952 The City Stands Trial The Chief Prosecutor 1952 Falsehood Don Clemente 1952 I tre corsari Comte di Ventimiglia 1952 Lieutenant Giorgio Zio del conte 1952 Who is Without Sin Il sacerdote 1953 The Merchant of Venice 1953 Noi peccatori Don Quirino, il prete 1953 The Ship of Condemned Women Pietro Silveris 1954 The Count of Monte Cristo L'abbé Faria (1) 1954 Ulysses Laerte 1954 Guai ai vinti Don Marzi 1956 Rigoletto e la sua tragedia Conte di Monterone 1956 War and Peace Count Kirill Bezukhov Uncredited, (final film role)
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