Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Bergamo ( Bèrghem in Lombard, antiquated Wälsch-Bergen in German) is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as Danova can refer to the Latin name of the ancient (now titular episcopal see of Danaba Ďanová, a village in Slovakia. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. Don Juan (Spanish or Don Giovanni (Italian is a legendary fictional Libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry
He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ( February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award -winning director Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990 was an English Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Theatre and While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo.
In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Garrison's Gorillas was an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968 a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. The Dirty Dozen is a World War II action - War film directed by Robert Aldrich, from the novel by E Mission Impossible (often referred to as Mission Impossible The Original Series) is an American Television series that chronicles Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Mean Streets ( 1973) is an early Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman. The Rifleman was a Western Television program that ran from 1958–1963 on ABC, a production of Four Star
He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion
Danova was married twice and had two sons by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman and avid polo player, as well as an excellent archer.
Trivia
Danova is a cousin of American poet, editor, publisher and translator Frank Judge and Italian artist Sergio Deitinger, who lives in Rome and paints under the name DeiTinger. The Poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their Poetry while living in that country Frank Judge is an American poet publisher translator film critic and teacher
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