Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
Born in San Martino a Mensola Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. After the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.
In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida , and played in the following decades in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and played in more than 50 films. Since 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. Since 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.
He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007 he married his long-standing partner Pia de Tolomei.
In 1988 he wrote his memoirs.
1961 – D'Annunzio – Brani scelti da la figlia di Jorio (La voce del padrone , QELP 8045, LP) with Anna Proclemer 1963 – Eliot – La terra desolata (Stereoletteraria, SPM 103, LP) 1974 – La solitudine (Cetra, LP) with Vittorio Gassman Dante – Inferno (Sansoni Accademia Editori, SLI 03, LP) with Tino Buzzelli, Tino Carraro , Ottavio Fanfani, Davide Montemurri Dante – La divina commedia – Paradiso (Nuova Accademia Del Disco, BLI 2005, LP) with Ernesto Calindri , Tino Carraro , Anna Proclemer, Ottavio Fanfani Eluard (LP) with Gerard Philipe Leopardi – Canti (Cetra, CLC 0829, LP) with Arnoldo Foà, Vittorio Gassman , Alberto Lupo Neruda – 20 poesie d'amore e una canzone disperata (SPM 101, LP)Pasternak – Poesie (SPM 102, LP)1955 – Petrarca (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0418, EP 7") 1957 – Solitudine (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0434, EP 7") 1961 – Lettere d'amore (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0477, EP 7") 1965 – Discorso della montagna (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0419, EP 7") 1969 – Questa cosa che chiamiamo mondo/Tema di Linda (Carosello, CL 20222, 7") from the television series Jekyll 1969 – Ti amo... ed io di più/Sospendi il tempo (Boradway International, 7") with Anna Proclemer 1970 – Miraggio d'estate /Miraggio d'estate (Carosello, 7") with Penny Brown I fioretti di S. Francesco (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4001, EP 7") with Antonio Baldini Giorgio Sacchetti – Tre novelle lette da Giorgio Albertazzi (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4096, EP 7")Neruda, Barcarola e altre poesie (Nuova Accademia Disco, DP 6008, EP)Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1996)Benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte (2003) Actor
2016
Antonio's Syndrome as
Klingsor
2011
Some Say No as
Barone De Rolandis
2010
Il giorno della Shoah (TV Movie) as
Alberto
2008
La rabbia as
Produttore commerciale
2006
AD Project as
Prof. Morante
2004
Ora e per sempre as
Pietro anziano
2003
L'avvocato de Gregorio as
De Gregorio
2001
Tutta la conoscenza del mondo as
Il professore Perotti
2000
La casa delle beffe (TV Movie) as
Casanova
1999
La rivale (TV Movie) as
Gabriel Pernetti
1999
Li chiamarono... briganti! as
Il cardinale Antonelli
1998
Crimine contro crimine as
Filippo Maria
1994
Once a Year, Every Year as
Lorenzo
1988
Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie) as
Vesely
1981
George Sand (TV Mini Series) as
Michel de Bourges
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Michel de Bourges
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Michel de Bourges
1981
A grande richiesta (TV Mini Series) as
Machiavelli
- Machiavelli (1981) - Machiavelli
1975
Blood, Sweat and Fear as
Questore
1975
The Long Night as
Destino
1974
Five Women for the Killer as
Professor Aldo Betti
1974
Philo Vance (TV Mini Series) as
Philo Vance
- La fine dei Greene - Parte II (1974) - Philo Vance
- La fine dei Greene - Parte I (1974) - Philo Vance
- La canarina assassinata - Parte II (1974) - Philo Vance
- La canarina assassinata - Parte I (1974) - Philo Vance
- La strana morte del signor Benson - Parte II (1974) - Philo Vance
- La strana morte del signor Benson - Parte I (1974) - Philo Vance
1973
La folie Almayer (TV Movie) as
Almayer
1972
The Assassination of Trotsky
1970
Gradiva as
L'amico di Norbert - un psichiatra
1969
Jekyll (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- Episode #1.4 (1969) - Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- Episode #1.3 (1969) - Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- Episode #1.2 (1969) - Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- Episode #1.1 (1969) - Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1968
Agamennone (TV Movie)
1968
La pietà di novembre (TV Movie) as
Luca
1968
Caroline chérie as
Albencet, le géologiste (as Giorggio Albertazzi)
1967
Ti ho sposato per allegria as
Pietro
1967
Don Giovanni (TV Movie) as
Don Giovanni
1965
Vita di Dante (TV Mini Series) as
Dante
- Episode #1.3 (1965) - Dante
- Episode #1.2 (1965) - Dante
- Episode #1.1 (1965) - Dante
1963
Violenza segreta as
Enrico Maraini - un giovane esploratore
1962
Eva as
Sergio Branco Malloni - a movie director (uncredited)
1962
Redhead as
Patrick O'Malley
1961
Morte di un bandito as
Don Luigino
1961
Last Year at Marienbad as
Le narrateur
1961
Giosafatte Talarico (TV Movie) as
Giosafatte Talarico
1961
Cagliostro (TV Movie) as
Cagliostro
1960
Red Lips as
Giorgio Carrei
1959
L'idiota (TV Mini Series) as
Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.6 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.5 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.4 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.3 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.2 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
- Episode #1.1 (1959) - Principe Ljev Nikolajevic Myshkin
1958
Un flauto in paradiso (voice)
1958
L'ereditiera (TV Movie) as
maurizio Townsend
1957
Le Notti Bianche as
L'inquilino / Narratore (uncredited)
1955
L'onda (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1955
Liliom (TV Movie) as
Liliom
1954
Uomini ombra as
Dario Saltini
1954
Concert of Intrigue as
Count Enrico Alberti
1954
Stasera a Samarcanda (TV Movie) as
Sourab Kayam
1954
Come le foglie (TV Movie) as
Tommy
1954
Delitto e castigo (TV Movie) as
Rodion Raskolnikoff
1954
Romeo e Giulietta (TV Movie) as
Romeo
1953
Gioventù alla sbarra as
Marco
1953
I Piombi di Venezia as
Captain Giuliano
1953
Le marchand de Venise as
Lorenzo
1952
Art. 519 codice penale as
Franco - fidanzato di Luisa
1952
The Little World of Don Camillo as
Don Pietro (uncredited)
Writer
1988
Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie) (adaptation)
1981
George Sand (TV Mini Series) (writer - 4 episodes) - Episode #1.4 (1981) - (writer)
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - (writer)
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - (writer)
- Episode #1.1 (1981) - (writer)
1969
Jekyll (TV Mini Series) (writer - 4 episodes) - Episode #1.4 (1969) - (writer)
- Episode #1.3 (1969) - (writer)
- Episode #1.2 (1969) - (writer)
- Episode #1.1 (1969) - (writer)
1959
L'idiota (TV Mini Series) (adaptation - 6 episodes) - Episode #1.6 (1959) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.5 (1959) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.4 (1959) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.3 (1959) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.2 (1959) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.1 (1959) - (adaptation)
Director
1988
Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie)
1985
Colui che non sta al gioco (TV Movie)
1981
George Sand (TV Mini Series) (4 episodes) - Episode #1.4 (1981)
- Episode #1.3 (1981)
- Episode #1.2 (1981)
- Episode #1.1 (1981)
1969
Jekyll (TV Mini Series) (4 episodes) - Episode #1.4 (1969)
- Episode #1.3 (1969)
- Episode #1.2 (1969)
- Episode #1.1 (1969)
Miscellaneous
1968
Romeo and Juliet (voice dubbing: John McEnery - Italian version, uncredited)
1957
Marisa (voice dubbing: Francisco Rabal - uncredited)
1957
Le Notti Bianche (voice dubbing: Jean Marais - uncredited)
Soundtrack
1988
Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie) (writer: "Praga mia")
Self
2016
Un'avventura romantica (Documentary) as
Self
2014
Ballando con le stelle (TV Series) as
Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Episode #10.1 (2014) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
2014
Colpo di scena (TV Series) as
Self
- Giorgio Albertazzi (2014) - Self
2012
Gli anni delle immagini perdute (Documentary)
2011
L'orogenesi (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2009
L'uomo dalla bocca storta (Documentary) as
Self
2008
Markette (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 May 2008 (2008) - Self
2006
Making of 'AD Project' (Video documentary short)
2006
Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (TV Mini Series) as
Self
2005
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté (Documentary) as
Self
2000
Des mots de minuit (TV Mini Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 24 May 2000 (2000) - Self
1997
Dario Fo e il Signor Nobel (Video documentary short) as
Self
1996
Mille lire al mese (TV Series) as
Self - Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Episode dated 20 January 1996 (1996) - Self - Gabriele D'Annunzio
1993
Maurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 December 1993 (1993) - Self
1974
Tanto piacere (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 June 1974 (1974) - Self
1971
Questo sporco mondo meraviglioso (Documentary) as
Voice-over
1970
America così nuda, così violenta (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
1964
Tempo (TV Series documentary) as
Hamlet
- The Prince Maker (1964) - Hamlet
- A Wind of Change: The Art of Franco Zeffirelli (1964)
1962
L'italiano ha 50 anni (Documentary)
Archive Footage
2008
Quelli che... il calcio (TV Series) as
Various
- Episode #15.27 (2008) - Various
2005
Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (Video documentary short)