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Rocco D'Assunta (7 February 1904 – 27 January 1970) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and playwright.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, D'Assunta started acting at very young age with several Sicilian stage companies, including the ones led by Angelo Musco and Giovanni Grasso. At the beginning of the thirties he moved to Rome where he was part of the "Za-Bum Company" directed by Mario Mattoli, then he devoted himself to radio as a member of the "Teatro Comico Musicale" on Radio Roma that got him some popularity thanks to his comic monologues caricaturing typical Sicilian characters. He made his cinema debut in 1933, and was mainly cast in character roles of Sicilian people. He was also active on television and in the field of dubbing.
D'Assunta was also the author, under the pseudonym Roda, of the stage play Io, Angelo Musco, which was first represented in 1962. His daughter Solvejg D'Assunta is also an actress and a voice actress.
Selected filmography
- La segretaria per tutti (1933)
- Bad Subject (1933)
- Creatures of the Night (1934)
- Golden Arrow (1935)
- King of Diamonds (1936)
- Doctor Antonio (1937)
- The Ferocious Saladin (1937)
- Abandon All Hope (1937)
- Christmas at Camp 119 (1948)
- Outlaw Girl (1950)
- È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
- The Outlaws (1950)
- O.K. Nerone (1951)
- Una bruna indiavolata! (1951)
- Cops and Robbers (1951)
- Toto in Color (1952)
- An American in Rome (1954)
- The Wanderers (1956)
- Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956)
- Seduced and Abandoned (1964)