Alan Furlan

Alan Furlan (13 April 1920 – 14 May 1997) was an Italian-American actor.

Alan Furlan
Born
Aleardo Furlan

(1920-04-13)13 April 1920
Farla, Italy
Died14 May 1997(1997-05-14) (aged 77)
Winchester, Virginia, United States

Biography

Born Aleardo Furlan in Farla, in the North Friuli region of Italy, Furlan acted in films in Europe and the United States, on Broadway and in commercials.[1]

On Broadway he appeared in productions such as Holiday for Lovers (1957), The Best House in Naples (1956), Idiot's Delight (1951)[2] and Romeo and Juliet (1951) starring Olivia de Havilland.[3] In the late 1940s, he performed in Chicago area summer stock theaters with actors such as Richard Kiley.[4]

Furlan played the role of Giancarlo in the Italian film Donatella (1956)[5] which was selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival.[6] He appeared in numerous live broadcast anthology drama television series with lead roles in episodes of Police Call,[7][8] one of the top grossing television series released in 1955,[9] as well as a supporting role in the Producers' Showcase production (1957) of the melodramatic comedic Broadway play The Great Sebastians, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne [10] and the Armstrong Circle Theatre episode The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket (1959).[11]

He toured with Mae West as her Latin lover in Come On Up, Ring Twice and performed in the TV version of the Moon and Sixpence with Laurence Olivier (1959).[12]

Furlan later became the mentor of Wisconsin's Sunset Playhouse [13] where he remained artistic director for 28 years.

Personal life

He was married to Mary Lake and they had a daughter Nicola Lea.[14]

Filmography
  • The Sinner (1959), a.k.a. La peccatrice del deserto (original title Italy); a.k.a. Desert Desperados (USA title)
  • Armstrong Circle Theatre, (1959) The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket
  • Producers' Showcase, The Great Sebastians (1957)
  • Defend My Love (1956), a.k.a. Difendo il mio amore (original title Italy)
  • War and Peace (1956)
  • I tre moschettieri (1956, TV series); a.k.a. The Three Musketeers (USA title)
  • Donatella (1956)
  • Police Call (1955)
  • La tua donna (1954)
  • Orient Express (1953); episode His Son (a.k.a. His Boy)

Broadway stage work
  • Holiday for Lovers (1957)
  • The Best House in Naples (1956)
  • Idiot's Delight (1951)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1951)

References
  1. "The Milwaukee Journal". April 11, 1970.
  2. "Broadway database". Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  3. "Billboard Magazine". March 17, 1951. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "The Milwaukee Journal". July 30, 1985.
  5. "Libero Magazine". Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  6. "Berlin Film Festival Archive". Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  7. "TV Guide Police Call episode -An unappreciative delinquent defies his aunt's kindness". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  8. "TV Guide Police Call episode - Someone is putting arsenic in bonbons". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  9. "IMBD database Top Grossing TV Series 1955". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  10. "Producer's Showcase Library". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  11. "TV Episode Guide". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  12. "The Milwaukee Journal". June 27, 1959.
  13. Nason, Richard. "New York Times". Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  14. "IMDB biography of Alan Furlan". Retrieved July 29, 2010.
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