Italian actor Alvaro Vitali, who has played in over 150 films, died on Tuesday afternoon in a hospital in Rome, at the age of 75, according to daily IL Messaggero.
Born in Rome, Alvaro Vitali was discovered by director Federico Fellini and was distributed in several of his films before becoming a star of the “sexy Italian style comedy”, a subgen of Italian cinema, due to his beloved Pierino character, informs ASAs, quoted by Agerpres.
The famous actor, born on February 3, 1950, was hospitalized for two weeks because of a „Recurrent bronchopneumopathies“, He revealed his ex-wife, Stefania Corona, in an interview a few days ago.
Alvaro Vitali died at the age of 75. Photo Facebook Alvaro Vitali
The roles that brought her celebrity
Discovered by Federico Fellini during an audition, he debuted in the cinema in 1969 with a small role in the film “Satyricon”directed by the famous Italian filmmaker. Played in three other films of his: “I clowns” (1970), “Rome” (1972) – in which he performed a Step de Vodevil’s dancer, the same role he had in the following year in „Polvere di Stelle”, Directed by Alberto Sordi, accompanied by Monica Vitti – and “Amarcord” (1973), in which he played with Ciccio Fegrassia.
The Italian artist has a filmography made up of over 150 film productions.
After the decline of sexy comedies whose protagonist was, he disappeared from the stage for a while, but returned to the public’s attention in the 2000s with the TV satire show “Striscia to the notion”in which he performed a comical version of Jean Todt, then the director of the Ferrari Scoderia, as well as other characters.
Asthma made him give up the reality show “La Fattoria”
In 2006 he participated in the third edition of the reality show “At Fattoria”, but he had to leave this production due to medical problems caused by the asthma with which he had been diagnosed.
The Italian actor was married twice and has a son, Ennio, from the first marriage.
We recall that, at the end of last month, actor Presley Chweneyagae died, who achieved international recognition for his main role in the 2005 “Tsotsi movie, winning the first Oscar for the best movie in a foreign language. He was only 40 years old.
Also in April, George Wendt, who played the role of Norm Peterson in the popular comedy series Cheers, died at the age of 76.
