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person_profile-Cesare Danova

Cesare Danova Died at age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Cesare Danova

Date of Birth:

Mar 01, 1926

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Mar 19, 1992

Biography of

Cesare Danova

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956.

    Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo.

    The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson).

    In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90).

    He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

    Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer.

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Filmography of

Cesare Danova

Found 30 Movies in total

Animal House

Mayor Carmine DePasto ( Actor )

... 1978

The Astral Factor

Mario ( Actor )

... 1978

Tentacles

John Corey ( Actor )

... 1977

Scorchy

Philip Bianco ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1975

Death Cruise

Captain Vettori ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

Mean Streets

Giovanni Cappa ( Actor )

... 1973

Decisions! Decisions!

Dieter Klaus ( Actor )

... 1971

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Second Ernesto ( Actor )

... 1969

Che!

Ramon Valdez ( Actor )

... 1969

Chamber of Horrors

Anthony Draco ( Actor )

... 1966

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Pepe Pepponi ( Actor )

... 1966

Viva Las Vegas

Count Elmo Mancini ( Actor )

... 1964

Gidget Goes to Rome

Paolo Cellini ( Actor )

... 1963

Cleopatra

Apollodorus ( Actor )

... 1963

Tender Is the Night

Tommy Barban ( Actor )

... 1962

Valley of the Dragons

Hector Servadac ( Actor )

... 1961

The Man Who Understood Women

Major Marco Ranieri ( Actor )

... 1959

Tarzan, the Ape Man

Harry Holt ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1956

Non scherzare con le donne

Cesare il fusto ( Actor )

... 1955

Loves of Three Queens

Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione) ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Crossed Swords

Raniero ( Actor )

... 1954

Dappled Mare

Sandro Fabbri ( Actor )

... 1953

I tre corsari

Carlo di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Verde ( Actor )

... 1952

Pentimento

Sandro ( Actor )

... 1952

El correo del rey

Marcos de Malta ( Actor )

... 1951

The Captain's Daughter

Piotr Grinev ( Actor )

... 1947