Occupation Actor Parents Guglielmo Ferro Role Film actor | Name Turi Ferro Years active 1962-1998 TV shows Melissa (IT) | |
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Died May 10, 2001, Sant'Agata li Battiati, Italy Spouse Ida Carrara (m. 1951–2001), Rosina Anselmi Movies Malicious, Malizia 2000, The Seduction of Mimi, Virilita, Il lumacone Similar People Alessandro Momo, Salvatore Samperi, Laura Antonelli, Lina Wertmuller, Paolo Cavara | ||
Salvatore "Turi" Ferro (10 January 1921 – 10 May 2001) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He is considered the most important actor in the Sicilian theatre post-World War II era.
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Life and career
Born in Catania, Ferro launched his own theatrical company in 1953 alongside his wife, actress Ida Carrara. He later staged a great number of works by Sicilian authors. He was one of the co-founders of the Teatro Stabile di Catania. His stage credits include works directed by Roberto Rossellini and Giorgio Strehler.
From the early 1970s he started appearing in RAI Television, in appreciated and successful TV-series. His film career is less prolific (he appeared in only 33 films between 1962 and 1998), but includes notable roles in popular titles as the Mafioso of The Seduction of Mimi and "Ignazio" of Malizia. In 1974 he received a special David di Donatello for "the value and success of his performances".
The film director Lina Wertmüller referred to him as "the greatest Sicilian actor after Angelo Musco".
Filmography
Actor
1998
You Laugh as
Dottor Ballarò (segment "Due sequestri")
1997
Il visitatore (TV Movie)
1996
Il Consiglio d'Egitto (TV Movie) as
Don Giuseppe Vella
1991
Malizia 2000 as
Ignazio
1991
Die Väter des Nardino (TV Movie) as
Virgilio
1989
E se poi se ne vanno? (TV Movie) as
Giulio
1988
E non se ne vogliono andare! (TV Movie) as
Giulio Giuliani
1988
La posta in gioco as
Prosecutor Mario Bellomo
1985
La famiglia Ceravolo (TV Movie) as
Don Luigi Ceravolo
1983
A ciascuno il suo (TV Movie) as
Roscio / Benito / Parroco / ...
1982
La quinta donna (TV Mini Series) as
Lajos Nemetz
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Lajos Nemetz
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - Lajos Nemetz
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Lajos Nemetz
1981
Il turno as
Don Diego Alcozér
1979
Ernesto as
Carlo Wilder
1978
Blood Feud as
Vito Acicatena
1977
Stato interessante as
Domenico La Monica (second story)
1977
Che notte quella notte! as
Maurizio
1975
I baroni as
Il barone Leopoldo Lalumera
1975
Vergine, e di nome Maria as
Don Vito
1974
Il lumacone as
Gianni
1974
La governante as
Leopoldo Platania
1974
Virility as
don Vito
1973
Malicious as
Ignazio
1972
I Nicotera (TV Mini Series) as
Salvatore Nicotera
- Episode #1.5 (1972) - Salvatore Nicotera
- Episode #1.4 (1972) - Salvatore Nicotera
- Episode #1.3 (1972) - Salvatore Nicotera
- Episode #1.2 (1972) - Salvatore Nicotera
- Episode #1.1 (1972) - Salvatore Nicotera
1972
The Seduction of Mimi as
Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
1972
La violenza: Quinto potere as
Judge Nicola Altofascio
1972
Chronicle of a Homicide as
Commissario Malacarne
1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It as
Chef of Prison Guards
1971
Scipione detto anche l'africano as
Giove Capitolino
1970
Aria del continente (TV Movie) as
Cola Duscio
1970
Qualcuno bussa alla porta (TV Series)
- Una sera qualsiasi (1970)
1970
Un caso di coscienza as
Judge
1969
Il segreto di Luca (TV Mini Series) as
Luca Sabatini
- Episode #1.4 (1969) - Luca Sabatini
- Episode #1.3 (1969) - Luca Sabatini
- Episode #1.2 (1969) - Luca Sabatini
- Episode #1.1 (1969) - Luca Sabatini
1969
Seven Times Seven as
Bernard
1968
Il mondo di Pirandello (TV Series) as
Don Zulì
- Sicilia amara (1968) - Don Zulì
1968
I racconti del maresciallo (TV Series) as
Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- Cuori semplici (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- I ravanin (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- Il berretto di cuoio (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- Il sospetto (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- I bei denti del sciur Dino (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
- Il mio amico Gigi (1968) - Maresciallo Luigi Arnaudi
1967
Il novelliere: Ritratto di Giovanni Verga (TV Movie)
1967
Don't Sting the Mosquito (uncredited)
1966
Melissa (TV Mini Series) as
Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.6 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.5 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.4 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.3 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.2 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
- Episode #1.1 (1966) - Ispettore Cameron
1966
Rita the Mosquito as
Sicilian professor
1965
I Knew Her Well as
Il commissario
1965
Dalila (TV Movie) as
Virag
1965
Il padrone del villaggio (TV Mini Series) as
Foma Fomic
- Episode #1.2 (1965) - Foma Fomic
1964
Il mondo senza gamberi (TV Movie) as
Magister Sai
1964
I proverbi per tutti (TV Movie)
1964
Extraconiugale as
Padre di Renato (segment "La moglie svedese")
1964
Un'abitudine a che serve? (TV Movie) as
Turi Marino
1964
Mastro Don Gesualdo (TV Mini Series) as
Il canonico Lupi
- Episode #1.5 (1964) - Il canonico Lupi
- Episode #1.4 (1964) - Il canonico Lupi
- Episode #1.3 (1964) - Il canonico Lupi
- Episode #1.2 (1964) - Il canonico Lupi
- Episode #1.1 (1964) - Il canonico Lupi
1963
Ritorna il tenente Sheridan (TV Series) as
Prof. Thompson / Neddy Robson
- Un uomo nuovo (1963) - Prof. Thompson
- L'ultima verità (1963) - Neddy Robson
1962
A Man for Burning as
Don Vincenzo
1961
Il marchese di Ruvolito (TV Movie) as
Il marchese di Ruvolito
Miscellaneous
1962
Salvatore Giuliano (voice dubbing: Frank Wolff - uncredited)
1959
The Great War (voice dubbing: Tiberio Murgia - uncredited)
Director
1970
Aria del continente (TV Movie) (stage direction)
Archive Footage
2021
Senza malizia (Documentary) as
Don Ignazio (uncredited)
References
Turi Ferro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA