Carlo Mazzarella

Carlo Mazzarella was an Italian actor and journalist.

Life and career

Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with Anna Proclemer and Sergio Tofano, among others.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a character actor. In 1955 he started a new career as a television journalist for RAI TV, specializing on news about costume, theater and cinema, and gradually abandoning his acting career. He retired in 1985. Mazzarella died of lung cancer at the age of 73.

Partial filmography

His Young Wife - Paglieri, il notaioThe Models of Margutta - L'esattoreFelicità perduta Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone Christmas at Camp 119 - Ignazio Arrivederci papà Bitter Rice - GianettoVivere a sbafo Snow White and the Seven Thieves - LadroThe Knight Has Arrived! - L'Assessore Cops and Robbers Seven Hours of Trouble - LudovicoToto in Color - Il fidanzato de la signora snobIn Olden Days - Corteggiatore / Quarto testimone Toto and the Women - Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza The Unfaithfuls - The Photographer I Chose Love Era lei che lo voleva! - Eager to Live - CarlettoCinema d'altri tempi Gran Varietà - Neapolitan Carousel - BaronAn American in Rome - Segretario ambasciata USA A Hero of Our Times - JournalistBravissimo - A passerbyDestination Piovarolo - Il capostazione uscenteThe Bigamist - Journalist Kean: Genius or Scoundrel - DarioIl disco volante - Reporter Lucky Luciano - Radio Journalist