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Cesare Danova
Actor
Born March 1, 1926Died March 19, 1992 (66 years)
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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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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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Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Himsel |
| 1994 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic · as Judah Ben-Hur |
| 1988 | Mission: Impossible (1988) (TV Series) · as Socrates Colonnades |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Father Dimarco |
| 1986 | Jack and Mike (TV Series) · as Jake Tompkins |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic (TV Series) · as Nick Gasparini |
| 1985 | Half Nelson (TV Series) · as Vido |
| 1985 | Code Name: Foxfire (TV Series) · as Raoul |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Lt. Edmund Cavette |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Alonzo Delomo |
| 1983 | Automan (TV Series) · as Captain Romano |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Count Antoine De Muriac |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Too Close for Comfort (TV Series) · as Signore Aldo |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Eischied (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House · as Mayor Carmine Depasto |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Astral Factor · as Mario |
| 1977 | Operation Petticoat (TV Series) · as Bouvier |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Fedalio Cevini |
| 1977 | Tentacles · as John Corey |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Brent Hampton |
| 1976 | Scorchy · as Philip Bianco |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Franco Cirella |
| 1976 | Gemini Man (TV Series) · as Victor |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Silvio |
| 1975 | Matt Helm (TV Series) · as Knebel |
| 1975 | A Matter of Wife... and Death · as Dottore |
| 1974 | Death Cruise · as Captain Vettori |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Manhunter (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Horowitz in Dublin · as George |
| 1973 | Mean Streets · as Giovanni Cappa |
| 1973 | Dusty's Trail (TV Series) · as Count Arturo |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Vince Ferrari |
| 1972 | The Sandy Duncan Show (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Maude (TV Series) · as Russell Asher |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Francois |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Honeymoon with a Stranger · as Second Ernesto |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Man (segment "smile, Please") |
| 1969 | Che! · as Ramon Valdez |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1969 | My Friend Tony (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Carlo Benedetti |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Alfieri |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors · as Anthony Draco |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet (TV Series) · as Felix Garth |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! · as Pepe Pepponi |
| 1965 | Honey West (TV Series) · as Abbott |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Michelet |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Count Cesare Guardia |
| 1964 | Viva Las Vegas · as Count Elmo Mancini |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Gidget Goes to Rome · as Paolo Cellini |
| 1963 | Cleopatra · as Apollodorus |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mario Cellini |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Umberto Fabriani |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night · as Tommy Barban |
| 1961 | Valley of the Dragons · as Hector Servadac |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Augusto Rondino |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's (TV Series) · as King Cole |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Man Who Understood Women · as Major Marco Ranieri |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Father Juan Perez |
| 1959 | Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Alain Fabre |
| 1959 | Tarzan, the Ape Man · as Harry Holt |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Vasquez |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Lee Duval |
| 1955 | Don Juan · as Don Giovanni |
| 1954 | Loves of Three Queens · as Il Conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri Dell'illusione) |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Dominic |
| 1954 | Crossed Swords · as Raniero |
| 1953 | |
| 1952 | I tre corsari · as Carlo Di Ventimiglia, Il Corsaro Verde |
| 1947 | La figlia del capitano · as Piotr Grinev |