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Cesare Danova

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Known For

66 Years Old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo. The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson). In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90). He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cesare Danova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Bergamo, Italy on 1st March 1926

Died

19th March 1992

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The Love Boat Image
The Love Boat
Fedalio Cevini
Charlie's Angels Image
Charlie's Angels
Franco Cirella
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Charlie's Angels
Frank Bartone
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The Rifleman
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Trapper John, M.D.
Mannix Image
Mannix
The Fall Guy Image
The Fall Guy
Hotel Image
Hotel
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Medical Center
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Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Edmund Cavette
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The Mod Squad
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Magnum, P.I.
President Manuel Ebenez
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
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The Name of the Game
Alfieri
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The Manhunter
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Vega$
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Daniel Boone
Henri Le Gaux
Daniel Boone Image
Daniel Boone
Michelet
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Adventures in Paradise
Father Juan Perez
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Outlaws
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Hart to Hart
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Hunter
Roger Duquesne
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Cannon
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Stoney Burke
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Simon & Simon
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Matt Houston
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The Lucy Show
Umberto Fabriani
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McCloud
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Honey West Image
Honey West
Abbott
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McMillan & Wife
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The Roaring 20's
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Arrest and Trial
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Matt Helm
Knebel
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Vacation Playhouse
Mario Cellini
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Falcon Crest
Count Antoine de Muriac
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Nero Wolfe
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Blacke's Magic
Nick Gasparini
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Police Story
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Breaking Point
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Airwolf
Alonzo Delomo
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Garrison's Gorillas
Automan Image
Automan
Captain Romano
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Chico and the Man
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Maude
Russell Asher
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
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The Green Hornet
Felix Garth
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Night Gallery
Man (segment "Smile, Please")
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13 Queens Blvd.
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The Sandy Duncan Show
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That Girl
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Sanford and Son
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Eischied
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Cleopatra
Apollodorus
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Animal House
Mayor Carmine DePasto
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Mean Streets
Giovanni Cappa
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Viva Las Vegas
Count Elmo Mancini
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Tentacles
John Corey
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Che!
Ramon Valdez
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Pepe Pepponi
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Tender Is the Night
Tommy Barban
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The Astral Factor
Mario
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Valley of the Dragons
Hector Servadac
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Gidget Goes to Rome
Paolo Cellini
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Death Cruise
Captain Vettori
I tre corsari Image
I tre corsari
Carlo di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Verde
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Chamber of Horrors
Anthony Draco
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The Man Who Understood Women
Major Marco Ranieri
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Tarzan, the Ape Man
Harry Holt
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Honeymoon with a Stranger
Second Ernesto
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The Fate of Two Queens
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A Matter of Wife... and Death
Dottore
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El final de una leyenda
Carlos Montaña
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Scorchy
Philip Bianco
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Crossed Swords
Raniero
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Decisions! Decisions!
Dieter Klaus
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Horowitz in Dublin
George
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The Captain's Daughter
Piotr Grinev
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Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
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Toys and perfumes
Lorenzo
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Loves of Three Queens
Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
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These Sacred Holidays
Ralph Carigan
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Non scherzare con le donne
Cesare il fusto
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El correo del rey
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Processo contro ignoti
L'avvocato Enzo Pirani
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Dappled Mare
Sandro Fabbri
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Incatenata dal destino
Kirk Mauri
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Pentimento
Sandro
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Monaca santa