Giovanni Grasso

Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
Born into a family of marionettists, he was cousin and namesake of Giovanni Grasso, a respected stage actor specialized in the Sicilian language repertoire, so he assumed at the beginning of his career the stage name "Giovanni Grasso Junior" to stand out. He was mainly active on stage, often acting together with his wife, Virginia Balestrieri.

• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• Port (1934)
• Sentinels of Bronze (1937)
• Under the Southern Cross (1938)
• We the Living (1942)
• Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
• I Live as I Please (1942)
• Yes, Madam (1942)
• Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943)
• The Gates of Heaven (1945)
• The Ten Commandments (1945)
• Bullet for Stefano (1947)
• Eleonora Duse (1947)
• The Great Dawn (1947)
• Welcome, Reverend! (1950)
• Tragic Serenade (1951)
• Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
• Easy Years (1953)
• Toto and Carolina (1955)