Cesare Polacco

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Cesare Polacco
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Born(1900-05-14)14 May 1900
Venice, Italy
Died2 March 1986(1986-03-02) (aged 85)
Rome, Italy

Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career[]

Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of , with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire.[1] In 1928 he moved to Rome, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber.[1] Being of Jewish origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945.[1] Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in Carosello, in a series of giallo-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968.[1][2]

Partial filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 125–126. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ Laura Delli Colli (4 March 1986). "E' morto Polacco l'infallibile Ispettore Rock della brillantina". La Repubblica. p. 24. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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