Bruno Cirino

Italian actor (1936–1981)

Bruno Cirino

Born	Bruno Cirino Pomicino 25 October 1936 (1936-10-25) Naples, Italy
Died	17 April 1981 (1981-04-18) (aged 44) Vercelli, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Bruno Cirino (25 October 1936 – 17 April 1981) was an Italian actor and stage director.

Life and career

Born Bruno Cirino Pomicino in Naples, Cirino abandoned his studies in law to enroll the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome.^[1]^[2] After graduating, in 1961 he started his career on stage, notably working with Franco Zeffirelli, Eduardo De Filippo, Giorgio De Lullo and Orazio Costa.^[1]^[2] In the 1970s he founded the theatrical company Teatroggi, also serving as a stage director.^[1]^[2] Starting from the late 1960s Cirino was also active in films and on television, particularly getting a large critical acclaim for his performance in Vittorio De Seta's Diary of a Schoolteacher (1972).^[1]^[2]^[3] He died prematurely at the age of 44, after suffering a heart attack while he was driving his car on the way back from a theatrical tour.^[3]

Partial filmography

For the Love of Mariastella (1946) - Il trapanese
Difficult Years (1948) - Sebastiano Caputo (uncredited)
In the Name of the Law (1949) - (uncredited)
The Unforgiven (1950) - Turi'
Il Brigante Musolino (1950)
The Crossroads (1951) - Aldrighi
Carcerato (1951)
Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951) - Il medico della seduta spiritica (uncredited)
Appointment for Murder (1951) - Palermo
Lorenzaccio (1951)
Torment of the Past (1952) - Padrone del barcone
Ergastolo (1952) - Pasquale Amitrano
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952) - Sindaco Lo Cascio
The Secret of Three Points (1952) - Santi Mancuso
Fratelli d'Italia (1952) - Presidente del tribunale austriaco
La carovana del peccato (1953) - Giuseppe
Saluti e baci (1953) - Il sindaco (uncredited)
Buon viaggio, pover'uomo! (1953) - Commissario di Milano
Of Life and Love (1954) - Don Lollò (segment "La giara")

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402131.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
^ ^a ^b e. d. m. (18 April 1981). "Stroncato da infarto l'attore Cirino interprete del 'Diario di un maestro'". La Stampa.