
Fosco Giachetti
Biography
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 Tredici uomini e un cannone (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.
Filmografi
The Conformist1971 · The Colonel
The Wastrel1961 · Captain Hugh Hardy
Another Man's Wife1967 · Alberto
Conqueror of the Orient1961 · Omar - Nadir's Father
The Brothers Karamazov1947 · Dimitri
Life Begins Anew1945 · Dr. Paolo Martini
The Inheritor1973 · Luigi Balazzi
White Squadron1936 · Il capitano Santelia
The Glass Castle1950 · Laurent Bertal (Italian version)
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples1946 · Carlo Sanna
Carmen and the Reds1939 · Javier Navarro (Italian cut)
Luce nelle tenebre1941 · Alberto Serrani
Quattro rose rosse1952 · Antonio Berti
The Woman of Monte Carlo1938 · Giorgio Duclos
The Fury of Achilles1962 · Priamos
Una piccola moglie1943 · Giulio
Scipio the African1971 · Aulus Gellius
Crossroads of Passion1948 · Toniani
House of Ricordi1954 · Giuseppe Verdi
Heart of Tramp1936 ·
Paul Müller
Aldo Pini
Stefania Sandrelli
Dominique Sanda
Ángel del Pozo
Rosalba Neri
Irène Tunc
Arturo Dominici
Martha Hyer
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Van Heflin
Ángel de Andrés