Biography
Enrico Maria Salerno (18 September 1926 – 28 February 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Christ in The Gospel According to St. Matthew directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Enrico Maria Salerno was born in Milan on 18 September 1926, son of Antonino Salerno, an Italian lawyer originally from Erice (in province of Trapani, Sicily) and Milka Storff, a Yugoslav violinist. At only 17, he joined the Italian Social Republic as an officer of the Republican National Guard at the AA.UU. "Varese". With the fall of the Italian Social Republic is imprisoned in the concentration camp of Coltano, near Pisa.
Actually the real name of the actor was Enrico. It was during the first theatrical experiences that he decided to place the name of Mary alongside his name, probably as an affectionate tribute to his mother Milka (corresponding to the Italian Maria).
Among the most representative figures of the Italian show in the second half of the twentieth century, in his acting career he plays 102 theatrical performances, he shoots 92 films as performer, 3 as director, countless tv-movies, hundreds of hours of TV broadcasts, hundreds of hours of Radio.
After a small collaboration with Piccolo Teatro di Milano, from 1954 to 1955 (and more years) he worked in Teatro Stabile in Genoa, with Fyodor Dostoevsky, Pirandello, William Shakespeare, Vittorio Alfieri and Giraudoux successful stage adaptations.
In 1960, with Ivo Garrani and Giancarlo Sbragia, he founded the stage company "Nuova Compagnia degli Associati". In 1963 he starred in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, co-starring Sarah Ferrati, stage direction by Franco Zeffirelli. In 1966 he was the star of Byron's Manfred, in the role of an actor reciting the musical score by Schumann, conducted by Claudio Abbado, directed by Mauro Bolognini.
In 1970 he made his direction film debut with the love drama box office and award-winning film The Anonymous Venetian. He was directed by many great film directors, as Mario Monicelli, Roberto Rossellini, Valerio Zurlini, Florestano Vancini, Dino Risi, Dario Argento, Luigi Comencini, Luigi Magni, Antonio Pietrangeli.
In 1991 he acted as the father of Six Characters in Search of an Author by Pirandello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Filmography
all 111
Movies 103
TV Shows 8
Director 4
Narrator 2
self 2
Voice 1
Love at First Sight (1992)
Piazza di Spagna (1992)
Julia Forever (1989)
The Big Fox (1988)
School of Thieves 2 (1987)
I padroni dell'estate (1987)
School of Thieves (1986)
Bonded by Tender Friendship (1983)
An Ideal Adventure (1982)
L'ultima volta insieme (1981)
A Gun for a Cop (1981)
Tesoromio (1979)
Gros câlin (1979)
Il corpo della ragassa (1979)
My Loves (1978)
Break Up (1978)
Una donna di seconda mano (1977)
Che notte quella notte! (1977)
Dog Lay Afternoon (1976)
A Sold Life (1976)
Brogliaccio d'amore (1976)
Savage Three (1975)
The Left Hand of the Law (1975)
Calling All Police Cars (1975)
Late Night Trains (1975)
Gambling City (1975)
Salvo D'Acquisto (1974)
City Under Siege (1974)
Hold Up (1974)
The Body (1974)
Virginity (1974)
The Great Kidnapping (1973)
The African Deal (1973)
Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973)
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)
Ingrid on the Road (1973)
Dear Parents (1973)
The Night of the Last Day (1973)
The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Execution Squad (1972)
The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)
A cuore freddo (1971)
Tre donne - 1943: Un incontro (1971)
That's How We Women Are (1971)
So Long Gulliver (1970)
The Married Priest (1970)
The Anonymous Venetian (1970)
The Particular Love (1970)
Let's Have a Riot (1970)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Medea (1970)
The Conspirators (1969)
I See Naked (1969)
The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
Candy (1968)
Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)
La famiglia Benvenuti (1968)
A Train for Durango (1968)
Death Sentence (1968)
Bandidos (1967)
The Strange Night (1967)
The Oldest Profession (1967)
Death Walks in Laredo (1967)
The Trojan Women (1967)
L'Estate (1966)
The Queens (1966)
For Love and Gold (1966)
Seasons of Our Love (1966)
Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
Weekend, Italian Style (1965)
I Knew Her Well (1965)
Money (1965)
Casanova 70 (1965)
Su e giù (1965)
Six Days a Week (1965)
Antonio e Cleopatra (1965)
The Escape (1964)
Ça ira - Il fiume della rivolta (1964)
The Constancy of Reason (1964)
Three Nights of Love (1964)
Backfire (1964)
Queste pazze, pazze donne (1964)
The Maniacs (1964)
Mastro Don Gesualdo (1964)
The Scapegoat (1963)
Secret Violence (1963)
Sex Can Be Difficult (1962)
The Iron Mask (1962)
Smog (1962)
Eva (1962)
La bellezza di Ippolita (1962)
Violent Life (1962)
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Odissea nuda (1961)
The Assassin (1961)
Italy Is Not a Poor Country (1960)
Escape by Night (1960)
It Happened in '43 (1960)
The Warrior Empress (1960)
Le signore (1960)
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Siege of Syracuse (1960)
Violent Summer (1959)
The Sons of Medea (1959)
Antigone (1958)
Umiliati e offesi (1958)
Orgoglio e Pregiudizio (1957)
House of Ricordi (1954)
Human Torpedoes (1954)
Sanremo Music Festival (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-09-18
Deathday1994-02-28 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceMilan, Italy
Religionatheism
ChildrenChiara Salerno
SiblingsVittorio Salerno
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsEnrico M. Salerno, Энрико Мария Солерно
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