Mario Riva
Mario Riva | |
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 Mario Riva (on the left) and Riccardo Billi (on the right) in It Happened at the Police Station (1954) | |
| Born | Mario Bonavolontà 26 January 1913 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 1 September 1960 (aged 47) Verona, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–1960 |
Mario Riva (26 January 1913 – 1 September 1960) was an Italian television presenter and actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1941 and 1960.[1]
Life and career[]
Born in Rome as Mariuccio Bonavolontà, the son of a composer, Giuseppe (Joseph) Bonavolonta (b.1885) and his wife Teresa Chinzari. His father composed over 500 popular tunes including "Goodbye Nemi" and "Fiocca Snow". Mario attended St Joseph College in Piazza di Spagna in Rome.[2]
Riva debuted at young age as a dubber and a radio actor.[3] His film debut was in 1941 in Due cuori sotto sequestro (Two Hearts Seized). He became first known as presenter of the stage show Clan (1942).[3]
After a long season of successes on stage (often in couple with Riccardo Billi) Riva reached the peak of his career with the RAI variety television Il Musichiere (1957-1960) (the Italian version of Name That Tune).[3] He also appeared on several films, usually in supporting roles. While he was presenting from the Arena di Verona (a special event linked to the TV program), the Secondo Festival del Musichiere, he inadvertently fell into a hole in the stage covered with a tarpaulin and died from his injuries a few days later.[3]
Selected filmography[]
- Due cuori sotto sequestro (1941) - Un cantante
- Totò al giro d'Italia (1948) - Giovanni
- Baron Carlo Mazza (1948) - Annunciatore
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
- Yvonne of the Night (1949) - Il ragazzo delle sigarette
- Adam and Eve (1949) - Il naufrago russo
- Toto Looks For a House (1949) - Proprietario agenzia
- Se fossi deputato (1949) - Giuseppino
- Ho sognato il paradiso (1950)
- The Cadets of Gascony (1950) - Mario Fantoni
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) - Pasquale
- Arrivano i nostri (1951) - Mario, il signore
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Mario
- Il padrone del vapore (1951) - Mario
- My Heart Sings (1951) - Mario
- Porca miseria (1951) - Count Cerri
- Ha fatto 13 (1951) - Himself
- Vendetta... sarda (1952) - Mario
- Abracadabra (1952) - Amleto
- In Olden Days (1952) - Cliente Schizzinoso (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
- Giovinezza (1952) - Venditore ambulante
- Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952)
- Easy Years (1953) - Mario Paolella
- Siamo tutti Milanesi (1953)
- The Country of the Campanelli (1954) - Mago Tarquinio
- It Happened at the Police Station (1954) - 2nd tram driver
- Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Giulio Cesare
- Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! (1954) - Otello Spinotti
- Scuola elementare (1955) - Pilade Mucci - School Caretaker
- Accadde al penitenziario (1955) - Detenuto No. 77
- La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - Mario Rivetti
- Bravissimo (1955) - Dance teacher
- Roman Tales (1955) - The Waiter at the Restaurant on the Sea
- Motivo in maschera (1955)
- Il campanile d'oro (1955)
- I giorni più belli (1956) - Nicola - il salumiere
- Arrivano i dollari! (1957) - Cesaretto Pasti
- Serenate per 16 bionde (1957) - Pippo
- Gente felice (1957) - Francesco
- A sud niente di nuovo (1957)
- Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) - Commendator Stefano Maghetti
- È arrivata la parigina (1958) - Strettani
- I prepotenti (1958) - Domenico Esposito
- Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) - Caprioli's Boss
- Gli zitelloni (1958) - Il giudice
- Sergente d'ispezione (1958) - Turconi
- Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) - Mario Secchioni
- Il terribile Teodoro (1958)
- Domenica è sempre domenica (1958) - Himself
- Fantasmi e ladri (1959) - Edmondo Natale
- Prepotenti più di prima (1959) - Il vigile
- Policarpo (1959) - Il pompiere del teatro (uncredited)
- Perfide.... ma belle (1959) - Romolo Proietti
- Il raccomandato di ferro (1959) - Augusto Zinconi
- The Traffic Policeman (1960) - Himself
References[]
- ^ "Mario Riva". MyMovies. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
External links[]
- Mario Riva at IMDb
- Mario Riva at AllMovie
- 1913 births
- 1960 deaths
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Accidental deaths in Italy
- Italian male film actors
- Male actors from Rome
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian radio personalities
- Italian television presenters