Nino Castelnuovo

Francesco "Nino" Castelnuovo (28 October 1936 – 6 September 2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an Italian actor of film, stage and television, best known for his starring role as Guy Foucher in the French musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964).<ref name="Gilbey">Template:Cite news</ref>

Castelnuovo's other films include Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Camille 2000 (1969), L'emmerdeur (1973), Il prato macchiato di rosso (1973), Massacre Time (1966), The Five Man Army (1969), and The English Patient (1996).

Early life

Castelnuovo was born the youngest of three boys in Lecco, Lombardy as the son of maid Emilia Paola (née Sala) and button factory employee Camillo Castelnuovo.<ref name="Gilbey" /> He had two older brothers, Pierantonio (b. 1930; d. 1976) and Clemente. After being a house painter, a mechanic and a workman, he moved to Milan, where he started working as a sales agent, and at the same time, he enrolled in the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.<ref name=bio>Template:Cite book</ref> He became a father for the first time to his son Lorenzo when he married Danila Trebbi (b. 1955), an Italian actress.

Career

In 1957, Castelnuovo debuted as a mime in the RAI children's television show Zurli il mago del giovedì.<ref name=bio/><ref name=bio2>Template:Cite book</ref>

He landed a small part in The Facts of Murder (1959), directed by Pietro Germi, and played supporting roles in films, including The Hunchback of Rome, directed by Carlo Lizzani, and Rocco and His Brothers, directed by Luchino Visconti; both were released in 1960.<ref name=bio/>

When the American television show Disneyland travelled to Italy in 1962, he appeared with Annette Funicello in two episodes of the mini-movie, Escapade in Florence, singing, playing the guitar, and adding the Italian verses to the jovial tarantella "Dream Boy".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Castelnuovo's breakthrough role arrived with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), directed by Jacques Demy, in which he played opposite Catherine Deneuve.<ref name="Gilbey" /> Nominated for the American Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the film gained the attention of both film critics and the public, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in February of the same year.<ref name=bio/>

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Castelnuovo in 1968

After the box-office failures Un mondo nuovo (1966), directed by Vittorio De Sica, and The Reward, directed by Serge Bourguignon,<ref name=bio/>Template:Spaced ndash he gained notice as an actor in Italy because of his role of Renzo in the television mini-series I promessi sposi (1967).<ref name=bio/><ref name=bio2/>

He also starred alongside an international cast in The Five Man Army (1969), directed by Don Taylor, as a Mexican revolutionary, and as Armand in Camille 2000 (1969), directed by Radley Metzger.<ref name="60-69 a-l">Template:Cite book</ref>

From then on, Castelnuovo was featured primarily on television serials around Europe, where he portrayed numerous parts.<ref name=bio/> He appeared as the athletically sound spokesman for the corn oil company Cuore from 1977 to 1982.<ref name=bio/>

Castelnuovo also appeared briefly as D'Agostino in The English Patient (1996), and he continued to be active on the Italian theatre stage. In 2002, he starred in a production of the 1931 comedy play The Front Page (Italian title, Prima Pagina).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He appeared as Kenny Butler in the 2016 The Legacy Run with sport personalities Daniela Scalia, Luca Tramontin, Marco Baron, Flavien Conne, Ivan Asic, and Stefania Bianchini.

Death

Castelnuovo died on 6 September 2021 in Rome at the age of 84.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	The Virtuous Bigamist	Minor rôle	Uncredited
1959	The Facts of Murder	L'Elettricista
1960	The Angel Wore Red	Capt. Trinidad	Uncredited
	Rocco and His Brothers	Nino Rossi
	La garçonnière	Vincenzo
	Everybody Go Home	Codegato
	The Hunchback of Rome	Cencio
1961	Laura nuda	Franco - Laura's husband
	A Day for Lionhearts	Danilo
	Day by Day, Desperately	Gabriele Dominici
1962	Escapade in Florence	Bruno
1963	The Shortest Day	Corteggiatore	Uncredited
	The Eye of the Needle	Nicola Badalà
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Guy Foucher
1964	Una sporca faccenda
	The Cavern	Mario Scognamiglio
1965	The Double Bed	L'amant	Segment 2 "Le monstre"
	The Reward	Luis
	Made in Italy	Dr. Gavino Piras	Segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2")
1966	Un monde nouveau	Carlo
	Andremo in città	Ivan, un partigiano
	Massacre Time	Jason 'Junior' Scott
	Les Créatures	Jean Modet
1967	On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...	Marculfo
1968	Red Roses for the Fuhrer	Vincent
1969	Salvare la faccia	Mario
	Mercanti di vergini
	Love and Anger	The Director	Segment "L'amore"
	The Five Man Army	Luis Dominguez
	Camille 2000	Armand Duval
	Diary of a Telephone Operator	Piero
1970	The Divorce	Piero
1971	Bella di giorno moglie di notte	Giorgio
1972	Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile	Sandro
1973	Il prato macchiato di rosso	A UNESCO agent
	L'emmerdeur	Bellhop
	Template:Ill	Emilio Trenti
1974	Loving in the Rain	Giovanni
1975	Strip Nude for Your Killer	Carlo
	Strip First, Then We Talk	Giuliano
	That Malicious Age	Napoleone
1975	La collegiale	Marco
1979	Star Odyssey	Lt. Oliver 'Hollywood' Carrera
1996	The English Patient	D'Agostino
2001	With the Killer's Eyes	Ernesto Longhi
2003	Senza la parola fine
2010	Il sottile fascino del peccato	Padre di Giada
2016	The Legacy Run	Kenny Butler

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