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Pier Paolo Capponi

Italian actor and screenwriter (1938–2018)

Pier Paolo Capponi
Capponi in The Subversives (1967)
Born	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 Subiaco, Italy
Died	15 February 2018(2018-02-15) (aged 79) Torri in Sabina, Italy
Other names	Norman Clark
Occupation(s)	Actor Screenwriter

Pier Paolo Capponi (9 June 1938 – 15 February 2018)^[1] was an Italian actor and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Subiaco,^[2] after his studies Capponi attended a theater school and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an important role in Un uomo a metà.^[3] His film career was divided equally between auteur films (with, among others, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Valerio Zurlini, Gérard Corbiau, Francesco Rosi and Nelo Risi) and genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Norman Clark.^[3] On the big screen with some regularity for a decade, after 1977 Capponi focused his appearances on TV series and on stage.^[3]

Partial filmography

Our Man in Casablanca (1966) - Hermann von Heufen
Almost a Man (1966) - Ugo
Maigret und sein größter Fall [de] (1966) - Man (uncredited)
King of Hearts (1966) - Un Officier Anglais
My Name Is Pecos (1966) - Joe Clane
Mister X (1967) - Mister X
The Subversives (1967) - Muzio
Frame Up (1968) - O'Neil
Black Jesus (1968) - Officer
Il gatto selvaggio (1968)
Commandos (1968) - Corbi
Roma come Chicago (1968) - Director of Supermarket
The Lady of Monza (1969) - Count Taverna
Naked Violence (1969) - Duca
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970) - Il detective privato / The private detective
Bocche cucite (1970) - Francesco
Mafia Connection (1970) - Francesco Macaluso
Many Wars Ago (1970) - Lieutenant Santini
Defeat of the Mafia (1970) - Scott Luce
Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) - Peter
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) - Police Supt. Spini
Il sergente Klems (1971) - Mohamed Abdel Krim
A Season in Hell (1971)
Il était une fois un flic... (1972) - Ugo (uncredited)
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) - Inspector Vismara
Valerie Inside Outside (1972) - David Rocchi
The Nun and the Devil (1973) - Don Carlos
The Boss (1973) - Cocchi
Diario di un italiano (1973) - Lorenzo
Abbasso tutti, viva noi (1974) - Rufo
The Last Desperate Hours (1974) - The Inspector
La badessa di Castro (1974) - Monsignor Francesco Cittadini
Delitto d'autore (1974) - Marco Girardi
Blood and Diamonds (1977) - Tony
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977) - Enrico
Standard (1978)
La posta in gioco (1988) - Attilio Matrangola
Bankomatt (1989) - Impiegato banca
A Season of Giants (1990, TV Movie) - Burchard
Au nom du père et du fils (1992) - Salvatore
L'urlo della verità (1992) - Marcello's father
Fiorile (1993) - Duilio
L'amore dopo (1993) - Antonov
18000 giorni fa (1993) - Renzo Fraticelli
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994) - The Lawyer
Farinelli (1994) - Broschi
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002) - Roberto Rosone
Legami di famiglia (2002)

References

^ "Addio a Pier Paolo Capponi, attore di cinema e tv, da di Leo a Mara Venier". 16 February 2018.
^ Giulio Martini. Patchwork: 100 anni di cinema in Italia. Finzioni, 1997.
^ ^a ^b ^c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Gli Attori. Gremese Editore.