Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Naples, son of the sculptor Filippo Cifariello, Antonio started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio Montale, in La sposa che vestiva di bianco, a film which had several production issues and that was released only in 1953.
In the meanwhile Cifariello appeared in several fotoromanzi using the stage name Mauro Vellani, and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1953. The same year, he was chosen by Federico Fellini to star in Marriage Agency, a segment of the anthology film Love in the City. Following the release of the film, in a short time Cifariello established himself as one of the most requested young actors in Italian cinema, mainly active in romantic comedies and adventure films.
Tired of playing stereotypal characters of seducers or boyfriends, in the 1960s Cifariello gradually moved his career towards journalism and television documentaries.
On 12 December 1968, during a trip to Zambia for a RAI documentary, Cifariello died in a plane crash. He was 38.
Partial filmography
They Were Three Hundred - Sergente CafieroWoman of the Red Sea - PierluigiAmanti senza peccato - RighettoLove in the City - Giornalista It Happened in the Park - The SailorAngels of Darkness Neapolitan Carousel - Don ArmandoLe signorine dello 04 - AmletoLe ragazze di San Frediano - Andrea Sernesi aka BobThe Belle of Rome - OtelloScandal in Sorrento - Nicola Pascazio 'Nicolino'I quattro del getto tonante - Tenente Luciano ZanchiThe Awakening - PeppinoPeccato di castità Noi siamo le colonne - Ugo StefaniOperazione notte The Doll That Took the Town - Giorgio SalustriSouvenir d'Italie - GinoVacanze a Ischia - AntonioLa mina - StefanoYoung Husbands - Ettore GrazianiThe Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Nicola NicklebyResurrection - ChenbeckThe Beautiful Legs of Sabrina - TeoL'amore nasce a Roma - MarioPromesse di marinaio - MarioMen and Noblemen - Mario LudoviciCiao, ciao bambina! - Riccardo BrancaWild Cats on the Beach - Gino SantoniVacations in Majorca - ErnestoRoulotte e roulette - Antonio AielloQuesto amore ai confini del mondo - WalterA Qualcuna Piace Calvo - Alberto RossiRome 1585 - Leonetto ArdenghiMy Love Is Called Margarita - Eduardo Heredia, profesor de literaturaJessica - Gianni CrupiThe Lovely Lola - JavierIn Search of the Castaways - Chief ThalcaveGiuseppe w Warszawie - Giuseppe Santucci