Claudio Camaso
Claudio Camaso | |
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Born | Claudio Volonté 3 February 1939[1] |
Died | 16 September 1977 Rome, Italy | (aged 38)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1964–1976 |
Spouse | Verena Baer |
Children | 1 |
Claudio Camaso (born Claudio Volonté; 3 February 1939 – 16 September 1977) was an Italian actor, noted as much for his troubled, violent life as for his performances. He was the younger brother of Gian Maria Volonté.[2]
Early life and career
Claudio Volonté was born in Turin in 1939, in the days leading up to the
Following in the footsteps of his elder brother Gian Maria, Claudio decided to become an actor, and at some point in the early 1960s he adopted the pseudonym of Claudio Camaso. From 1964 to 1976 Camaso appeared in more than twenty films, again emulating his brother by starring in
Controversies
Unlike his brother, who was noted for his attachment to radical left-wing causes, Camaso's youth was marked by clear
Murder of Vincenzo Mazza and suicide
In August 1977 Camaso was arrested for stabbing a man to death in a street brawl. Hank Werba, Rome bureau chief for the film industry magazine Variety, reported the situation thus:
Actor Claudio Volonte [sic], younger brother of Italo thesp Gian Maria Volonte, gave himself up to the police after he stabbed a friend to death in old Rome early this month. As he turned himself in, Volonte said the fatal stabbing of film gaffer Vincenzo Mazza was involuntary. The incident took place after Mazza intervened during a personal altercation between Volonte, under the influence of alcohol, and his ex-wife, a shopkeeper in Campo de' Fiori.[8]
The Italian communist daily l'Unità further reported that the incident had occurred on 26 July, not August as the Variety article had suggested, and that Camaso's young daughter Saba had witnessed the attack.[9]
On 16 September 1977, while in police custody, Camaso committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in Regina Coeli prison.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1965 | I Knew Her Well | Adriana's First Boyfriend | |
1966 | Wake Up and Die | Franco Magni | |
Fury in Marrakesh | as Claudio Volonté | ||
Maigret and His Greatest Case | Giorgio Genaro | ||
1967 | Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre | Manuel Vasqiez | |
Fire of Love | |||
John the Bastard | Don Francisco Tenorio | ||
1968 | Crónica de un atraco | Scott | |
Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo | Clint Forest | ||
Vengeance | 'Professor' Mendoza | ||
Garter Colt | Red (Rosso) | ||
1969 | The Unnaturals | Alfred Sinclair | |
1971 | La grande scrofa nera | as Claudio Volonté | |
A Bay of Blood | Simon | as Claudio Volonté | |
1974 | All Screwed Up | Bruno, cook from Turin | as Claudio Volonté |
Il tempo dell'inizio | Medico / Servo di 1°categoria | as Claudio Volonté | |
1975 | Faccia di spia | Che Guevara | as Claudio Volonté |
References
- ^ Mirko Capozzoli (9 March 2020), "Gian Maria Volonté - Biografia", www.mirkocapozzoli.it. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ISBN 8887716900.
- ^ a b Editorial staff (15 April 2019), "Gian Maria Volonte: Un attore contro", L'Intellettualle Dissidente. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Archivio di Stato di Torino, Corte d'Assise di Torino, Sezione Speciale, Fascicolo 191, Salone U, Scaffale 21 e seguenti - Sentenza contro Mario Volonté, 27 November 1946.
- ^ a b Weldon Wallace, 'Vatican Bombing is Laid to Actor: Performer In 'The Deputy' Linked By Beard', Baltimore Sun, 19 February 1965, p. 1.
- ^ a b 'Brother of Director of 'Deputy' Linked to Bombing', New York Times, 19 February 1965, p. 18.
- ^ 'Cleared of Vatican Bomb Charge', Times, 29 October 1965, p. 11.
- ^ Hank Werba, 'Chatter: Rome', Variety, 17 August 1977, p. 61.
- ^ Fulvio Casali, 'Si consegna in tribunale l'attore Claudio Volonté', l'Unità, 6 August 1977, p. 10.
External links
- Claudio Camaso at IMDb