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Eduardo Ciannelli (1888–1969) was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals; Robert G. Vignola (1882–1953), born in Trivigno, Basilicata, Italy, one of the first Italian-American stars in cinema, later one of the silent screen's most prolific directors.
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol season six finalist; half-Italian through his mother; Pablo Manavello – Italian-born Venezuelan composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter; Al Martino, singer; Guy Marks (1923–1987) (Mario Scarpa) actor, comedian, singer and impressionist; Dean Martin (1917–1995), born Dino Crocetti, singer and film actor [8]
The following is a list of notable Italian-American television characters. To be included in this list, the character should be a main or frequently recurring character in a television series, and should have an article or section in Wikipedia. The character should be described as Italian-American in the text or categories.
Severo Antonelli (1907–1995) - legendary figure in Philadelphia Italian American history and the subject of one of the largest ever one-man shows at the Smithsonian Institution Franco A. "Frank" Barsotti (1937–2012) - photographer and professor emeritus from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Alfredo Lettieri (February 24, 1928 – October 18, 1975) was an American actor. Active during the 1960s and 1970s, he commonly portrayed villainous characters. He achieved recognition for his performance as mobster Virgil Sollozzo in the crime film The Godfather (1972) and appeared in several other productions alongside Hollywood's biggest screen stars.
Mantegna was born on November 13, 1947, in Chicago, to Italian American parents. [3] His parents were Mary Ann (Novelli; 1916–2017), a shipping clerk from Acquaviva delle Fonti, Apulia, Italy, [4] and Joseph Henry Mantegna (1913–1971), an insurance salesman [5] from Calascibetta, Sicily, [6] who died in 1971 of tuberculosis.
Pro athletes are figured to be some of the healthiest humans in the world -- but even they aren't immune from nasty habits. A number of prominent figures throughout sports throughout history have ...
asked me to be in some movies and TV, but I always declined," said Viterelli. "I said, 'For half my life, I've been keeping a low profile and now you want to put my mug on a 40-foot screen?'" [1] [5] [6]. Years later, Viterelli got a call from Penn's actor son, Sean, who was in New York City to make the 1990 gangster melodrama State of Grace. [10] [13] Viterelli recalled: "(Sean) said, 'Joe ...