Turi Ferro
Salvatore "Turi" Ferro (10 January 1921 – 10 May 2001) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He is considered the most important actor in the Sicilian theatre post-World War II era.[1]
Turi Ferro | |
|---|---|
 Ferro in Malicious (1973) | |
| Born | Salvatore Ferro 10 January 1921 |
| Died | 10 May 2001 (aged 80) Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962-1998 |
| Spouse(s) | Ida Carrara |
| Children | 3 |
Life and career
Born in Catania, Ferro launched his own theatrical company in 1953 alongside his wife, actress Ida Carrara. He later staged a great number of works by Sicilian authors.[1] He was one of the co-founders of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.[2][3] His stage credits include works directed by Roberto Rossellini and Giorgio Strehler.[1]
From the early 1970s he started appearing in RAI Television, in appreciated and successful TV-series.[1] His film career is less prolific (he appeared in only 33 films between 1962 and 1998), but includes notable roles in popular titles as the Mafioso of The Seduction of Mimi and "Ignazio" of Malizia.[1] In 1974 he received a special David di Donatello for "the value and success of his performances".[4]
The film director Lina Wertmüller referred to him as "the greatest Sicilian actor after Angelo Musco".[5] He died of a myocardial infarction.[6] [7]
Partial filmography
- A Man for Burning (1962) - Don Vincenzo
- Extraconiugale (1964) - Padre di Renato (segment "La moglie svedese")
- I Knew Her Well (1965) - Il commissario
- Rita the Mosquito (1966) - Sicilian professor
- Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967)
- Seven Times Seven (1968) - Bernard
- Un caso di coscienza (1970) - Judge
- Scipio the African (1971) - Giove Capitolino
- The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) - Chef of Prison Guards
- The Sicilian Checkmate (1972) - Judge Nicola Altofascio
- Chronicle of a Homicide (1972) - Commissario Malacarne
- The Seduction of Mimi (1972) - Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
- Malicious (1973) - Ignazio
- La governante (1974) - Leopoldo Platania
- Virility (1974) - don Vito
- Il lumacone (1974) - Gianni
- Vergine e di nome Maria (1975) - Don Vito
- I baroni (1975) - Il barone Leopoldo Lalumera
- Che notte quella notte! (1977) - Maurizio
- Stato interessante (1977) - Domenico La Monica (second story)
- Blood Feud (1978) - Vito Acicatena
- Ernesto (1979) - Carlo Wilder
- The Turn (1981) - Don Diego Alcozér
- La posta in gioco (1988) - Prosecutor Mario Bellomo
- Malizia 2mila (1991) - Ignazio / Husband
- You Laugh (1998) - Dottor Ballarò (segment "Due sequestri")
References
- Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Gli attori: A-L. Gremese Editore.
- Caterina Napoleone. Enciclopedia della Sicilia. Ricci, 2007. ISBN 8897154018.
- Chiara Merli (2007). Il teatro ad iniziativa pubblica in Italia. LED Edizioni Universitarie, 2007. ISBN 978-8879163507.
- Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
- Lina Wertmüller (2012). Tutto a posto e niente in ordine. Mondadori. ISBN 978-8852030154.
- Lane, John Francis (22 May 2001). "Obituary: Turi Ferro". Retrieved 11 December 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
- III, Harris M. Lentz (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452064. Retrieved 11 December 2018 – via Google Books.
Further reading
- Sarah Zappulla Muscarà, Enzo Zappulla (2006). Turi Ferro. Magistero dell'arte. La Cantinella. ISBN 8887499195.
