Cesare Danova
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1926-03-01
- Died
- 1992-03-19
- Place of birth
- Bergamo, Italy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956.
Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. 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. 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.
The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson).
In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. 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. 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). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90).
Known For
TV Shows (53)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Edmund Cavette
Falcon Crest
1981
as Count Antoine de Muriac
Mannix
1967
The Love Boat
1977
as Fedalio Cevini
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as President Manuel Ebenez
The Rifleman
1958
as Count Di Montova
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Frank Bartone / Franco Cirella
Simon & Simon
1981
Hotel
1982
Cannon
1971
Airwolf
1984
as Alonzo Delomo
Daniel Boone
1964
as Michelet / Henri Le Gaux
Hart to Hart
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hunter
1984
as Roger Duquesne
The Lucy Show
1962
as Umberto Fabriani
Medical Center
1969
Night Gallery
1970
as Man (segment "Smile, Please")
The Fall Guy
1981
The Name of the Game
1968
as Alfieri
That Girl
1966
Sanford and Son
1972
Vega$
1978
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Father Juan Perez
McCloud
1970
Matt Houston
1982
The Mod Squad
1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Count Cesare Guardia
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Maude
1972
as Russell Asher
McMillan & Wife
1971
Police Story
1973
Honey West
1965
as Abbott
Stoney Burke
1962
Arrest and Trial
1963
Outlaws
1960
Chico and the Man
1974
The Green Hornet
1966
as Felix Garth
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Count Egan
The Roaring 20's
1960
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Mario Cellini
Automan
1983
as Captain Romano
Matt Helm
1975
as Knebel
The Manhunter
1974
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
as Francois
Breaking Point
1963
Nero Wolfe
1981
Blacke's Magic
1986
as Nick Gasparini
Eischied
1979
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
13 Queens Blvd.
1979
Movies (38)
Cleopatra
1963
as Apollodorus
Animal House
1978
as Mayor Carmine DePasto
Mean Streets
1973
as Giovanni Cappa
Tentacles
1977
as John Corey
Viva Las Vegas
1964
as Count Elmo Mancini
Decisions! Decisions!
1971
as Dieter Klaus
Che!
1969
as Ramon Valdez
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Tommy Barban
Chamber of Horrors
1966
as Anthony Draco
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966
as Pepe Pepponi
The Captain's Daughter
1947
as Piotr Grinev
Scorchy
1976
as Philip Bianco
Valley of the Dragons
1961
as Hector Servadac
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
as Paolo Cellini
The Astral Factor
1978
as Mario
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Dottore
I tre corsari
1952
as Carlo di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Verde
Don Giovanni
1955
as Don Giovanni
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Major Marco Ranieri
Crossed Swords
1954
as Raniero
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Second Ernesto
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959
as Harry Holt
The Fate of Two Queens
1954
Death Cruise
1974
as Captain Vettori
Pentimento
1952
as Sandro
These Sacred Holidays
1956
as Ralph Carigan
Loves of Three Queens
1954
as Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
Non scherzare con le donne
1955
as Cesare il fusto
Cavalcata d'eroi
1950
as Massimo Ruffo
Incatenata dal destino
1956
as Kirk Mauri
Horowitz in Dublin
1973
as George
Toys and perfumes
1953
as Lorenzo
El correo del rey
1951
as Marcos de Malta
Processo contro ignoti
1952
as L'avvocato Enzo Pirani
Monaca santa
1949
Dappled Mare
1953
as Sandro Fabbri
El final de una leyenda
1951
as Carlos Montaña
Catch Me If You Can!
1959
as Dante Andare
About Cesare Danova
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal serva… With 91 credits spanning from 1947 to 1986, Cesare Danova has appeared in 38 films and 53 TV shows.
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- Cleopatra (1963) — as Apollodorus
- Animal House (1978) — as Mayor Carmine DePasto
- Mean Streets (1973) — as Giovanni Cappa
- Tentacles (1977) — as John Corey
- Viva Las Vegas (1964) — as Count Elmo Mancini
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