Pippo Santonastaso
Pippo Santonastaso | |
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 Pippo Santonastaso (right) with his brother Mario | |
| Born | Giuseppe Santonastaso 25 May 1936 Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy |
| Occupation | actor |
Giuseppe "Pippo" Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, to a Neapolitan family, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021),[1] performing successfully in their region and soon also on television, in several RAI variety shows.[2] Following his television success, in the second half of the 1970s he started a parallel career of character actor in numerous comedy films, several of them as sidekick of Adriano Celentano.[2] He was main actor just once, in the commedia sexy all'italiana Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Tv. Addio al cabarettista Mario Santonastaso, celebre il duo con il fratello Pippo (in Italian)
- 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
External links
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Piacenza
- Male actors from Emilia-Romagna
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male television actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian male comedians
- Comedians from Emilia-Romagna
- Italian stage actor stubs
- Italian screen actor stubs