Nico Pepe  | |
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| Born | Domenico Pepe 19 January 1917  | 
| Died | 13 August 1987 (aged 70) Udine, Italy  | 
| Occupation | Actor | 
| Years active | 1936–1981 | 
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.[1]
Life and career
Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by Roldano Lupi and Paola Borboni.[2] He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with Vittorio De Sica, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Sergio Tofano.[2] In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the Teatro Stabile di Torino.[2] Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[2]
Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the Friulian language.[2] He was married to actress Clara Auteri.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Two Sergeants (1936)
 - The Cavalier from Kruja (1940)
 - Captain Fracasse (1940)
 - Don Pasquale (1940)
 - The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941)
 - A Husband for the Month of April (1941)
 - Giarabub (1942)
 - The Black Panther (1942)
 - The Countess of Castiglione (1942)
 - Men of the Mountain (1943)
 - Mad About Opera (1948)
 - Crossroads of Passion (1948)
 - Be Seeing You, Father (1948)
 - Night Taxi (1950)
 - Feathers in the Wind (1950)
 - Pact with the Devil (1950)
 - The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
 - Beauties on Bicycles (1951)
 - Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
 - Napoleon (1951)
 - Son of the Hunchback (1952)
 - The Angels of the District (1952)
 - Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953)
 - Captain Phantom (1953)
 - The Three Thieves (1954)
 - The Count of Bragelonne (1954)
 - Orphan of the Ghetto (1954)
 - The Beach (1954)
 - The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
 - The Song of the Heart (1955)
 - The Intruder (1956)
 - The Angel of the Alps (1957)
 - Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
 - Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)
 - Operation Gold Ingot (1962)
 - The Homeless One (1981)
 
