Gastone Moschin

Gastone Moschin
Moschin inHer Harem(1967)
Born	(1929-06-08)8 June 1929 San Giovanni Lupatoto,Kingdom of Italy
Died	4 September 2017(2017-09-04)(aged 88) Terni,Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–2001

Gastone Moschin(Italian pronunciation:[ɡaˈstoːnemoˈskin];8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Career

Born inSan Giovanni Lupatoto(Veneto), Moschin graduated from theAccademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amicoand then began his career in the 1950s as a theatre actor, first with theTeatro Stabile in Genoaand then with thePiccolo Teatro di MilanoinMilan.In the same period Moschin also began to appear in feature films and on television.

In his film career Moschin alternated character roles and, more rarely, leading roles, such as inSeven Times SevenandCaliber 9.His most famous role is that of Rambaldo Melandri in theAmici mieifilm series (1975–1985).He won twoNastro d'ArgentoAwards forBest Supporting Actor,in 1967 forPietro Germi'sThe Birds, the Bees and the Italiansand in 1986 forNanni Loy'sAmici miei – Atto III.Moschin is also well known for the role ofDon FanucciinFrancis Ford Coppola'sThe Godfather Part II.

Death

Gastone Moschin was married toMarzia Ubaldisince 1970, he had one daughter (Emanuela Moschin). He died in hospital on 4 September 2017 fromcardiomyopathy.He was 88.

Filmography

Cinema

Moschin andVirna LisiinThe Birds, the Bees and the Italians(1966)

Moschin as Ugo Piazza inCaliber 9(1972)

Lionel Standerand Moschin inDon Camillo e i giovani d'oggi(1972)

Moschin (in the middle) inAmici miei(1975)

• The Rival(1956) as Marco Riccitelli
• Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti(1960) as Alfredo - Bookseller
• The Joy of Living(1961) as Priest
• Tiro al piccione(1962) as Pasquini
• Roaring Years(1962) as Carmine Passante
• L'amore difficile(1962) as Marshal (segment "Il serpente" )
• The Reunion(1963) as Toro
• Il Fornaretto di Venezia(1963) as Counselor Garzone
• Il Successo(1963) as the brother in law of Giulio
• La visita(1963) as Renato Gusso
• Amore in quattro dimensioni(1964) as the husband (segment "Amore e vita" )
• Extraconiugale(1964) as Luigi (episode "La doccia" )
• 100 Horsemen(1964) as Frate Carmelo
• Gentlemen of the Night(1964) asDogePietro Gradenigo
• Berlin, Appointment for the Spies(1965) as Boris
• Seven Golden Men(1965) as Adolf (the German)
• Seven Golden Men Strike Again(1965) as Adolf
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians(1966) as Osvaldo Bisigato
• Due killers in fuga(1966)
• Seasons of Our Love(1966) as Carlo Di Giusti aka Tancredi
• Sex Quartet(1966) as Dr. Aldini (segment "Fata Armenia" )
• Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend(1966)
• Top Crack(1966) as Karl
• The Oldest Profession(1967) as Flavius (segment "Nuits romaines, Les" )
• L'amore attraverso i secoli(1967) as Jo Laguerre
• Her Harem(1967) as Gianni
• Face to Face(1967) as Man at Puerto del Fuego (uncredited)
• Seven Times Seven(1968) as Benjamin Burton
• Italian Secret Service(1968) as lawyer Ramirez
• La notte è fatta per... rubare(1968)
• Sissignore(1968) as the lawyer
• La moglie giapponese(1968)
• Where Are You Going All Naked?' (1969) as President
• The Specialist(1969) as Sheriff
• The Conformist(1970) as Manganiello
• Mr. Superinvisible(1970) as Kokofrecovitch
• The Weekend Murders(1970) as Sgt. Aloisius Thorpe
• Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa(1970) as Mariotti the Chief of Policea
• Mio padre Monsignore(1971) as Don Alvaro
• Roma Bene(1971) as themonsignor
• Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente(1971) as Metello Bottazzi
• Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte(1971) as Giambattista Ranteghin
• The Sicilian Checkmate(1972) as Colonnesi, defense attorney
• Caliber 9(1972) as Ugo Piazza
• Causa di divozio(1972) as Lawyer
• Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi(1972) asDon Camillo
• Incensurato provata disonestà carriera assicurata cercasi(1972) as Giuseppe Zaccherin
• Fiorina la vacca(1972) as Ruzante
• The Assassination of Matteotti(1973) asFilippo Turati
• The Sensual Man(1973) as Uncle Edmondo
• Emergency Squad(1974) as Marsigliese
• Commissariato di notturna(1974) as Commissario Emiliano Borghini
• L'erotomane(1974) as Rodolfo Persichetti
• The Godfather Part II(1974) asDon Fanucci
• E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine(1974) as Beilin
• Amici miei(1975) as Rambaldo Melandri
• A Woman at Her Window(1976) as Primoukis
• Wifemistress(1977) as Vincenzo
• Fearless(1978) as Karl Koper
• Lion of the Desert(1980) as Major Tomelli
• Si salvi chi vuole(1980)
• La compagna di viaggio(1980) as thebaron
• Carlotta(1981) as Charlie
• Amici miei atto II(1982) as Rambaldo Melandri
• A Joke of Destiny(1983)
• Senza un attimo di respiro(1983) as Minister of the Interiors
• Amici miei – Atto III(1985) as Rambaldo Melandri
• A Thorn in the Heart(1986) as Dottor Trigona
• Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo(1987) as Oreste Raccà
• Com'è dura l'avventura(1988) as Formigoni ( "Vuò cumprà" )
• Donne con le gonne(1991)
• Non chiamarmi Omar(1992) as Dr. Omar Tavoni
• We Free Kings(1996) as Don Gregorio
• La grande quercia(1997)
• Porzûs(1997) as old Geko

Television

• Racconti garibaldini(1960)
• Operazione Vega(1962) as Sim
• Il mulino del Po(1963) as Fratognone
• I Miserabili(1964) asJean Valjean
• Una coccarda per il re(1970) as Jacques Necker
• Le colonne della società(1972) as Karsten Bernick
• La morte di Danton(1972) asDanton
• Rosso veneziano(1976) as Marco Partibon
• Le uova fatali(1977) as Professor Pérsikov
• The Godfather: A Novel for Television(1977, uncredited) as Don Fanucci
• I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe(1979) as the Judge
• L'Andreana(1982) as Mondo
• Melodramma(1984) as Aldo Scotti
• Nel gorgo del peccato(1987) as Judge Ottavio Pica (1987)
• Les Ritals(1991) as Louvi
• L'avvocato delle donne(1996, episode "Laura" ) as Avv. Salvi
• Don Matteo(1999) as Bishop
• Sei forte Maestro(2000) as Vittorio Ricci
• Sei forte, Maestro 2(2000) as Vittorio Ricci
• Don Matteo(2000) as Bishop
• Don Matteo 2(2001) as Bishop (final appearance)

External links

• Gastone MoschinatIMDb
• Gastone Moschindiscography atDiscogs