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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Italian actor}} {{multiple issues\| {{Cleanup list\|date=June 2024}} {{Refimprove\|date=June 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2020}} ~~{{lead too short\|date=July 2022}}~~ {{Infobox person \| name = Arnoldo Foà \| honorific_suffix = {{small\|[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic\|OMRI]]}} \| image = Arnoldo Foà in the 1950's.jpg \| caption = ~~Arnoldo~~ Foà in the 1950s \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1916\|1\|24\|df=yes}} \| birth_place = [[Ferrara]], Kingdom of Italy \| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|1\|11\|1916\|1\|24\|df=yes}} \| death_place = [[Rome]], Italy \| birth_name = Arnoldo Eugenio Foà \| occupation = {{flatlist\| Actor, director, voice actor, singer, writer }} \| years_active = 1935–2014 }} '''Arnoldo Foà''' {{post-nominals\|~~post-noms~~list=[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic\|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI]]}} (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vociaf.htm \|title=Arnoldo Foà's dubbing contributions\|publisher=Antoniogenna.net \|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref> He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. ==Biography== {{expand section\|date=June 2024}} Foà was born in [[Ferrara]], Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an [[Atheism\|atheist]] in his adult life.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/gennaio/17/Ateo_Foa_Difende_Dio_dalle_co_9_090117105.shtml\|title=E l' Ateo Foà Difende Dio dalle Accuse di Moni Ovadia\|author=Ventura Marco\|access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> Foà completed high school in [[Florence]], where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to [[Rome]], where he attended the [[Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia]]. He was initiated to the Italian [[Scottish Rite\|Scottish Rite Freemasonry]] in 1947 at the [[Masonic ~~Lodge~~lodge\|~~Lodge~~lodge]] "[[Julian Alps\|Alpi Giulie]]" n.150 (in Rome),<ref>{{cite book \| author1 = Vittorio Gnocchini \| title = L'Italia dei Liberi Muratori \| language = it \| publisher = Erasmo Editore \| year = 2005 \| page = 124}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.grandeoriente.it/massoneria-gran-loggia-2017-gran-maestro-omaggia-arnoldo-foa-enzo-maiorca-blitz-quotidiano/ \| title = Il Gran Maestro omaggia Arnoldo Foa ed Enzo Maiorca \| language = it \| website = Grand Orient of Italy (section of Umbria)\| date = 31 March 2017 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170408195221/https://www.grandeoriente.it/massoneria-gran-loggia-2017-gran-maestro-omaggia-arnoldo-foa-enzo-maiorca-blitz-quotidiano \| archive-date = 8 April 2017 \|url-status = live}}</ref> taking later the highest degree.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.loggiagiordanobruno.com/quanti-personaggi-dello-spettacolo-fra-le-logge-italiane \| title = Quanti personaggi dello spettacolo fra le logge italiane \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170719225947/http://www.loggiagiordanobruno.com/quanti-personaggi-dello-spettacolo-fra-le-logge-italiane \|archive-date = 19 July 2017 \|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.grandeoriente.it/si-e-spento-arnoldo-foa-la-voce-di-dio/ \| title = Si è spento Arnoldo Foà, la "voce" di Dio \| website = Grand Orient of Italy (section of Umbria) \| date = 11 January 2014 \| via = loggiagiordanobruno.com \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20181006215632/https://www.grandeoriente.it/si-e-spento-arnoldo-foa-la-voce-di-dio/ \| archive-date = 6 October 2018 \|url-status = live\| access-date = 7 October 2018 }}</ref> Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday.<ref name="death">{{cite web\|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2014/01/11/cultura/morto-a-roma-arnoldo-fo-5dn44AqxSnLsxZYcLXCZAK/pagina.html\|title=È morto a Roma Arnoldo Foà\|access-date=11 January 2014\|work=lastampa\|date=11 January 2014 }}</ref> Line 58 ⟶ 69: ''Susanna e i peccatori'' directed by [[Tullio Carminati]] * ''Delitto e castigo'' by Gaston Baty ([[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]), directed by [[Luchino Visconti]] * ''La Madre degli emigranti'' by [[Turi Vasile]] and Alberto Perrini, directed by Nino Meloni, ~~{{Interlanguage link\|~~[[Basilica diof ~~Massenzio\|it\|vertical-align=sup}}~~Maxentius]], 6 luglio * ''Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray'' by [[Oscar Wilde]], directed by [[Guido Salvini (director)\|Guido Salvini]], [[Teatro Quirino]] * ''Incantesimo'' by Philip Barry, directed by [[Gerardo Guerrieri]], Teatro delle Arti, Rome, 7 febbraio Line 108 ⟶ 119: * ''La Fiaccola sotto il moggio'' by [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], directed by [[Corrado Pavolini]] * ''Capitan Carvallo'' by Denis Cannan, directed by {{Interlanguage link\|Mario Ferrero\|it\|vertical-align=sup}}, Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Carignano * ''[[Chéri (novel)\|Chéri]]'' by Léopold Marchand (of Colette), directed by [[André Barsacq]], Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, [[Teatro Duse]] * ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], directed by {{Interlanguage link\|Giorgio Strelher\|it\|vertical-align=sup}}, Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro della Città di Milano, [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)\|Piccolo Teatro]] di Milano, 1953 * ''[[Amphitryon]]'' by [[Plautus]], directed by [[Jean Giraudoux]], comp. [[Teatro Eliseo]] of Roma, [[Palazzo dei Diamanti]] a Ferrara, 1955 Line 134 ⟶ 145: * ''Rashomon'' di Fay e Kanin, (dal film di Akira Kurosawa), directed by Arnoldo Foà, 1961 * ''I Turchi se la giocano a primiera'' by Alfio Beretta, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Nuovo di Milano * ''Pene d’amor perdute'' by [[William Shakespeare]], directed by ~~{{Interlanguage link\|~~[[Franco Enriquez~~\|it\|vertical-align=sup}}~~]], Compagnia Stabile della città di Napoli, Teatro Mercadante * ''Un giorno nella vita di ... '' by Jack Popplewell, directed by Umberto Benedetto, Piccolo Teatro Stabile della città di Firenze * ''Anfitrione'' by [[Plautus]], directed by Silverio Blasi, Centro Teatrale Italiano, 1962 Line 146 ⟶ 157: * ''Canti e poesie della libertà'', directed by Raffaele Maiello, testi a cura di Arnoldo Foà e Gigi Lunari, Teatro Lirico di Milano, 1965 * ''Re Cervo'' da Carlo Gozzi, directed by Andrea Camilleri * ''Ruy Blas'' by [[Victor Hugo]], directed by Mario Ferrero, [[Teatro Duse di Bologna]], 1966 * ''Il testimone'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Duse di Bologna * ''La stanza degli Ospiti'' by Brunello Rondi, directed by A. Foà, Teatro della Cometa Line 187 ⟶ 198: * ''La Tosca'' by [[Victorien Sardou]], adattamento e directed by [[Aldo Trionfo]], {{Interlanguage link\|Teatro Cilea\|it\|vertical-align=sup}} di Napoli, 1988 * ''L’ispettore generale'' by [[Nikolai Gogol]], directed by {{Interlanguage link\|Roberto Guicciardini\|it\|vertical-align=sup}}, GITIESSE Spettacoli, 1989 * ''La palla al piede'' by [[Georges Feydeau]], directed by [[Armando Pugliese]], [[Teatro Quirino]] di Roma * ''Un pezzo di paradiso'' by Steve J. Spears, directed by A. Foà, {{Interlanguage link\|Taormina Arte\|it\|vertical-align=sup}} Line 270 ⟶ 281: * ''[[Toto and Carolina]]'' (1955) - Commissario * ''Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (1955) - Narrator (narrator, uncredited) * ''[[Chéri-Bibi (1955 film)\|Chéri-Bibi]]'' (1955) - Le Kanak * ''Non c'è amore più grande'' (1955) - Romolo Rocca * ''[[Destination Piovarolo]]'' (1955) - Il podestà Line 279 ⟶ 290: * ''[[Supreme Confession]]'' (1956) - Armando * ''Io, Caterina'' (1957) * ''[[Desert Warrior (1957 film)\|Desert Warrior]]'' (1957) - (uncredited) * ''[[Rascel-Fifì]]'' (1957) - Narratore (uncredited) * ''[[The Silent Enemy (1958 film)\|The Silent Enemy]]'' (1958) - Tomolino Line 319 ⟶ 330: * ''Ardena'' (1997) - Rosolino * ''Crimine contro crimine'' (1998) - Sua Eccellenza * ''Asini'' (1999) - The Cardinal * '' * ''[[All the Moron's Men]]'' (1999) - Presidente Leone Stella * '' * ''[[Nora (2000 film)\|Nora]]'' (2000) - Sig. Canarutto (uncredited) * '' * ''[[~~All~~Calmi ~~the~~Cuori ~~Moron's Men~~Appassionati]]'' (~~1999~~2001) - The Restorer * ''[[~~Gente~~I diLove ~~Roma~~You Eugenio]]'' (~~2003~~2002) - Prof. Bonelli * ''[[The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII]]'' (2003, TV Movie) - Cardinal Ottaviani * ''[[Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy?]]'' (2003) - Renato * ''[[Gente di Roma]]'' (2003) - Restaurant Father * ''La febbre'' (2005) - Il Presidente * ''Anthony, Warrior of God'' (2006) - Papa Gregorio IX * ''Anime veloci'' (2006) - Padre di Suzanne * ''Quale amore'' (2006) - Robert Stefelmayer * ''[[Il 7 e l'8]]'' (2007) - Padre Superiore * ''[[The Rage (2008 film)\|The Rage]]'' (2008) * ''Legami di sangue'' (2009) - Father * ''[[The Red Shadows]]'' (2009) - Massimo * ''Ce n'è per tutti'' (2009) - Grandfather * ''[[Up (2009 film)\|Up]]'' (2009) - Charles F. Muntz (Italian version) * ''Sul nome Bach'' (2011) {{div col end}} Line 345 ⟶ 367: [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Ferrara]] [[Category:~~Actors~~Male actors from ~~Florence~~Emilia-Romagna]] [[Category:Male actors from Florence]] [[Category:Italian people of Jewish descent]] [[Category:Jewish Italian writers]] Line 362 ⟶ 385: [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Burials in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome]] [[Category:Italian atheists]] [[Category:Jewish atheists]]