Rocco D'Assunta


Rocco D'Assunta was an Italian actor, comedian and playwright.

Life and career

Born in Palermo, D'Assunta started acting at very young age with several Sicilian stage companies, including the ones led by Angelo Musco and Giovanni Grasso. At the beginning of the thirties he moved to Rome where he was part of the "Za-Bum Company" directed by Mario Mattoli, then he devoted himself to radio as a member of the "Teatro Comico Musicale" on Radio Roma that got him some popularity thanks to his comic monologues caricaturing typical Sicilian characters. He made his cinema debut in 1933, and was mainly cast in character roles of Sicilian people. He was also active on television.
D'Assunta was also the author, under the pseudonym Roda, of the stage play Io, Angelo Musco, which was first performed in 1962. His daughter Solvejg D'Assunta is also an actress and a voice actress.

Partial filmography