Vannucchi Luigi

Italian film, stage and television actor. Vannucchi graduated at Silvio dAmico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after entered the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman. In 1958 he entered the Giorgio Strehlers company. From the early 60s he also was very active as a television actor, often in negative roles, in successful TV-series such as A come Andromeda and I promessi sposi. His film career was less prolific however, but it includes notable titles such as Mikhail Kalatozovs The Red Tent, Joseph Loseys The Assassination of Trotsky and Roberto Rossellinis Anno uno (in which he played Alcide De Gasperi). His last work was the 1978 TV-series Lassurdo vizio (The absurd vice), in which he portrayed the suicidal writer Cesare Pavese. He committed suicide soon after, on 30 August 1978. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less