Gastone Moschin
Gastone Moschin was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Career
Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto, Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began his career in the 1950s as a theatre actor, first with the Teatro Stabile in Genoa and then with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. In the same period Moschin also began to appear in feature films and on television.
In his film career Moschin alternated character roles and, more rarely, leading roles, such as in Seven Times Seven and Caliber 9. His most famous role is that of Rambaldo Melandri in the Amici miei film series. He won two Nastro d'Argento Awards for Best Supporting Actor, in 1967 for Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians and in 1986 for Nanni Loy's Amici miei – Atto III. Moschin is also well known for the role of Don Fanucci in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II.
Death
Gastone Moschin was married to Marzia Ubaldi from 1960 until 1967, he had one daughter. He died in hospital on 4 September 2017 from cardiomyopathy. He was 88.
Filmography
Cinema
The Rival as Marco RiccitelliAudace colpo dei soliti ignoti as Alfredo - BooksellerThe Joy of Living as PriestTiro al piccione as PasquiniRoaring Years as Carmine PassanteOf Wayward Love as Marshal The Reunion as ToroIl Fornaretto di Venezia as Counselor GarzoneIl Successo as the brother in law of GiulioLa visita as Renato GussoAmore in quattro dimensioni as the husband Extraconiugale as Luigi 100 Horsemen as Frate CarmeloGentlemen of the Night as Doge Pietro GradenigoBerlin, Appointment for the Spies as BorisSeven Golden Men as Adolf Seven Golden Men Strike Again as Adolf The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as Osvaldo BisigatoDue killers in fuga Seasons of Our Love as Carlo Di Giusti aka TancrediSex Quartet as Dr. Aldini Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend Top Crack as KarlThe Oldest Profession as Flavius L'amore attraverso i secoli as Jo LaguerreHer Harem as GianniFace to Face as Man at Puerto del Fuego Seven Times Seven as Benjamin BurtonItalian Secret Service as lawyer RamirezLa notte è fatta per... rubare Dismissed on His Wedding Night as the lawyerLa moglie giapponese Where Are You Going All Naked? as PresidentThe Specialist as SheriffThe Conformist as ManganielloMr. Superinvisible as KokofrecovitchThe Weekend Murders as Sgt. Aloisius ThorpeNinì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa as Mariotti the Chief of PoliceaMio padre Monsignore as Don AlvaroRoma Bene as the monsignorIo non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente as Metello BottazziStanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte as Giambattista RanteghinThe Sicilian Checkmate as Colonnesi, defense attorneyCaliber 9 as Ugo PiazzaCausa di divozio as LawyerDon Camillo e i giovani d'oggi as Don CamilloIncensurato provata disonestà carriera assicurata cercasi as Giuseppe ZaccherinFiorina la vacca as RuzanteThe Assassination of Matteotti as Filippo TuratiThe Sensual Man as Uncle EdmondoEmergency Squad as MarsiglieseCommissariato di notturna as Commissario Emiliano BorghiniErotomania as Rodolfo PersichettiThe Godfather Part II as Don FanucciE cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine as BeilinAmici miei as Rambaldo MelandriA Woman at Her Window as PrimoukisWifemistress as VincenzoFearless as Karl KoperLion of the Desert as Major TomelliSi salvi chi vuole La compagna di viaggio as the baronCarlotta as CharlieAmici miei atto II as Rambaldo MelandriA Joke of Destiny Senza un attimo di respiro as Minister of the InteriorsAmici miei – Atto III as Rambaldo MelandriA Thorn in the Heart as Dottor TrigonaRimini Rimini - Un anno dopo as Oreste RaccàCom'è dura l'avventura as Formigoni Women in Skirts Non chiamarmi Omar as Dr. Omar TavoniWe Free Kings as Don GregorioLa grande quercia Porzûs as old Geko
Television
Racconti garibaldini Operazione Vega as SimIl mulino del Po as FratognoneI Miserabili as Jean ValjeanUna coccarda per il re as Jacques NeckerLe colonne della società as Karsten BernickLa morte di Danton as DantonRosso veneziano as Marco PartibonLe uova fatali as Professor PérsikovThe Godfather: A Novel for Television as Don FanucciI racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe as the JudgeL'Andreana as MondoMelodramma as Aldo ScottiNel gorgo del peccato as Judge Ottavio Pica Les Ritals as LouviL'avvocato delle donne as Avv. SalviDon Matteo as BishopSei forte Maestro as Vittorio RicciSei forte, Maestro 2 as Vittorio RicciDon Matteo as Bishop Don Matteo 2 as Bishop