Andrea Checchi


Andrea Checchi was a prolific Italian film actor.

Biography

Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Moved to Rome, he attended the acting course held by Alessandro Blasetti, who gave him a small role in 1860. After graduating at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he had his first role of weight in the 1940 historical drama film L'assedio dell'Alcazar by Augusto Genina. He later appeared in Mario Camerini's Due lettere anonime, Giuseppe De Santis's Tragic Hunt, Michelangelo Antonioni's La signora senza camelie, Vittorio De Sica's Two Women, and Mario Bava's Black Sunday, among many other films. In 1958, he won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the film Parola di ladro. In 1971, he starred with Giancarlo Giannini in E le stelle stanno a guardare, an adaptation of a novel named A. J. Cronin, The Stars Look Down.

Selected filmography

1860 - Another soldierEverybody's Woman - Un amico di RobertoThe Old Guard - Pompeo Stadium The Last of the Bergeracs The Conquest of the Air - Zoroastro Amore - LorenzoBayonet - attendente del ducaLuciano Serra, Pilot - Ten. BinelliL'ultima carta - Carlo ReversUnder the Southern Cross - Un'operaio della piantagioneEttore Fieramosca - GentilinoLa grande luce - Montevergine - AlbertoDepartment Store - MaurizioPiccolo hotel - Andrea TothThe Night of Tricks - Giorgio AlbiniLa conquista dell'aria - ZoroastroManon Lescaut - MariusÈ sbarcato un marinaio - Un cavallerizzo al Luna ParkGiù il sipario - Il giovane commediografoIncanto di mezzanotte - Il conte AbbiatiL'assedio dell'Alcazar - PerroAmiamoci così - BiagioLa leggenda azzurra - Il giovane riccoSenza cielo - Piero FranciI pirati del golfo