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Enzo Cerusico (22 October 1937 26 November 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1951 and 1984.

Enzo Cerusico
Born(1937-10-22)22 October 1937
Rome, Italy
Died26 November 1991(1991-11-26) (aged 54)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1951-1984

Career in the United States


Cerusico's first role on American television was in a 1966 episode of I Spy filmed in Rome. Producer Sheldon Leonard held a casting call for an English-speaking actor to play the kid brother of the female Italian guest star. Cerusico spoke no English but with a friend's help he memorized one line — "I studied English in the school since four years" — and managed to bluff his way into an interview with Leonard.[1]

Leonard realized Cerusico wasn't fluent in English but he thought the young man possessed "Jean Paul Belmondo's jaunty virility and the swaggering charm of Maurice Chevalier." Leonard chose Cerusico for the I Spy guest role and Cerusico learned his lines phonetically and delivered them by rote.[1]

Cerusico later played the title character in My Friend Tony, an hour-long crime drama that aired on NBC in 1969.[2]


Personal life


Cerusico's family had hoped he would follow tradition and become a physician. But during his teen years, Cerusico realized he wouldn't be a good doctor and decided he "didn't want to be one among many, a mediocre."[1]

While living in Los Angeles during filming of My Friend Tony, Enzo and Tiziana learned English by reading Ernest Hemingway's short stories and watching Walter Cronkite's evening newscasts. The couple used an audio tape recorder to record the CBS Evening News each night and replayed the tape three times, Enzo said: "First for the separate words, then for the sentences and finally to find out what the news was." Publicity materials released in 1969 for My Friend Tony gave the 32-year-old Cerusico's age as 25.[1]


Selected filmography



References


  1. Goodwin, Fritz. (1969, 31 May – 6 June). The operation was a failure ... but the patient survived. TV Guide.
  2. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earl (29 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 941. ISBN 978-0307483201.



На других языках


[de] Enzo Cerusico

Enzo Cerusico (* 22. Oktober 1939 in Rom; † 26. November 1991 ebenda)[1] war ein italienischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Enzo Cerusico

[es] Enzo Cerusico

Enzo Cerusico (22 de octubre de 1937–1 de julio de 1991) fue un actor italiano. Apareció en más de cincuenta películas en su país y en los Estados Unidos entre 1951 y 1984.[1]

[ru] Черузико, Энцо

Энцо Черузико (итал. Enzo Cerusico; род. 22 октября 1937, Рим — пом. 26 ноября 1991, Рим) — итальянский актер театра и кино.



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