Cesare Danova
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Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956.
Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo.
The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson).
In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90).
He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer.
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Fotos
Películas (38)
Animal House
1978 · Mayor Carmine DePasto
The Astral Factor
1978 · Mario
Tentacles
1977 · John Corey
Scorchy
1976 · Philip Bianco
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975 · Dottore
Death Cruise
1974 · Captain Vettori
Horowitz in Dublin
1973 · George
Mean Streets
1973 · Giovanni Cappa
Decisions! Decisions!
1971 · Dieter Klaus
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969 · Second Ernesto
Che!
1969 · Ramon Valdez
Chamber of Horrors
1966 · Anthony Draco
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966 · Pepe Pepponi
Viva Las Vegas
1964 · Count Elmo Mancini
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963 · Paolo Cellini
Cleopatra
1963 · Apollodorus
Tender Is the Night
1962 · Tommy Barban
Valley of the Dragons
1961 · Hector Servadac
The Man Who Understood Women
1959 · Major Marco Ranieri
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959 · Harry Holt
Catch Me If You Can!
1959 · Dante Andare
These Sacred Holidays
1956 · Ralph Carigan
Incatenata dal destino
1956 · Kirk Mauri
Non scherzare con le donne
1955 · Cesare il fusto
Don Giovanni
1955 · Don Giovanni
Loves of Three Queens
1954 · Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
The Fate of Two Queens
1954
Crossed Swords
1954 · Raniero
Dappled Mare
1953 · Sandro Fabbri
Toys and perfumes
1953 · Lorenzo
I tre corsari
1952 · Carlo di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Verde
Processo contro ignoti
1952 · L'avvocato Enzo Pirani
Pentimento
1952 · Sandro
El correo del rey
1951 · Marcos de Malta
El final de una leyenda
1951 · Carlos Montaña
Cavalcata d'eroi
1950 · Massimo Ruffo
Monaca santa
1949
The Captain's Daughter
1947 · Piotr Grinev
Series (53)
Blacke's Magic
1986 · Nick Gasparini
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Lt. Edmund Cavette
Hunter
1984 · Roger Duquesne
Lobo del aire
1984 · Alonzo Delomo
Automan
1983 · Captain Romano
Matt Houston
1982
Hotel
1982
Nero Wolfe
1981
Falcon Crest
1981 · Count Antoine de Muriac
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · President Manuel Ebenez
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Eischied
1979
13 Queens Blvd.
1979
Vega$
1978
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Fedalio Cevini
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Frank Bartone, Franco Cirella
Matt Helm
1975 · Knebel
Chico and the Man
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Police Story
1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Maude
1972 · Russell Asher
Sanford and Son
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971 · Francois
Cannon
1971
Night Gallery
1970 · Man (segment "Smile, Please")
McCloud
1970
Medical Center
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
The Name of the Game
1968 · Alfieri
Mannix
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Count Egan
The Green Hornet
1966 · Felix Garth
That Girl
1966
Honey West
1965 · Abbott
Daniel Boone
1964 · Michelet, Henri Le Gaux
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Count Cesare Guardia
Breaking Point
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Mario Cellini
The Lucy Show
1962 · Umberto Fabriani
Stoney Burke
1962
The Roaring 20's
1960
Outlaws
1960
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Father Juan Perez
The Rifleman
1958 · Count Di Montova