Carlo De Mejo

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Carlo De Mejo
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Born(1945-01-17)17 January 1945
Rome, Italy
Died18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 70)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1968–2013
Parent(s)Oscar De Mejo, Alida Valli

Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945 – 18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.[1]

Life and career[]

Born in Rome, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress Alida Valli.[2] After a few minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema.[2] In 1970 he played Claude in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical Hair.[2] In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.[2][3]

Selected filmography[]

  • Hamisha Yamim B'Sinai (1968) - Ylan
  • L'oro di Londra (1968) - Frankie
  • Summit (1968)
  • Teorema (1968) - Boy
  • La colomba non deve volare (1970)
  • Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion (1970) - Billy
  • Equinozio (1971)
  • The Dead Are Alive (1972) - Igor Samarakis
  • When Women Were Called Virgins (1972) - Gisippo
  • The Outside Man (1972) - Karl
  • Défense de savoir (1973)
  • Stateline Motel (1973) - Albert
  • The Net (1975) - Francesco Vanetti
  • La sposina (1976) - Massimo Raimondi
  • The Cassandra Crossing (1976) - Faux Patient (uncredited)
  • Un cuore semplice (1977)
  • Porco mondo (1978) - Massimo
  • Cindy's Love Games (1979) - Valerio
  • Eros Perversion (1979) - Orsino
  • Terror Express (1980) - Ernie
  • Contamination (1980) - Agent Young
  • City of the Living Dead (1980) - Gerry
  • La locanda della maladolescenza (1980) - Andrea Poggi
  • The Other Hell (1981) - Father Valerio
  • The House by the Cemetery (1981) - Mr. Wheatley
  • Manhattan Baby (1982) - Luke
  • Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983)
  • Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico (1984)
  • À notre regrettable époux (1988) - Mercanton
  • I fobici (1999) - A Party Guest (segment "Frutto Proibito")
  • H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms (2013) - Antonio Mezzanotte (final film role)

References[]

  1. ^ "Carlo De Mejo – Rest in Peace -". kitleyskrypt.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti. Volume 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  3. ^ Arnold Blumberg (31 January 2013). Zombiemania. Telos Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1845838171.

External links[]

Media related to Carlo De Mejo at Wikimedia Commons


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