Tino Carraro


Agostino Carraro was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Life and career

Born in Milan, Carraro started acting at young age in several amateur stage companies. Carraro then graduated at the, and in 1941 he got his first personal critical success with his performance in an adaptation of Anna Karenina. In 1952 he made his film debut, in the Duilio Coletti's war film I sette dell'Orsa Maggiore. The same year, Carraro became first actor at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, starting a long and critically appreciated collaboration with the director Giorgio Strehler. Carraro is also well known for his television work, which include some very successful RAI miniseries, particularly Sandro Bolchi's Il Mulino del Po, I Miserabili and I promessi sposi and Vittorio Cottafavi's A come Andromeda.

Partial filmography

Falsehood - FabrizioHell Raiders of the Deep - CommanderI quattro del getto tonante - ColonnelloA Qualcuna Piace Calvo - John BryllConstantine and the Cross - Emperor MaximianusDay by Day, Desperately - PietroImperial Venus - CanovaThe Terrorist - Smith De CevaOur Men in Bagdad The Vatican Affair - Il maggiordomoOrgasmo - Brion SandersThe Lady of Monza - Monsignor BarreaLa Faute de l'abbé Mouret - Dr. PascalThe Cat o' Nine Tails - Prof. Fulvio TerziThe Beasts - The Minister Story of a Cloistered Nun - Father of CarmelaLovers and Other Relatives - Giustino BellottoZig-Zag - Le ministreVergine e di nome Maria - Il vescovoIllustrious Corpses - Chief of PoliceWerewolf Woman - Count NeseriPer amore - Alberto's FatherItalian Night - Ettore Melandri