Silvio Noto

Silvio Noto
Born(1925-06-13)13 June 1925
Bari, Italy
Died24 October 2000(2000-10-24) (aged 75)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Silvio Noto (25 December 1926 – 24 October 2000) was an Italian TV and radio presenter, actor and voice actor.

Born in Bari, graduated in law, Noto became first known as radio-host after the first World War.[1][2] He became popular as the host of several successful RAI television programs, starting from Casa serena (1950).[1][2] He touched the peak of his fame in the second half of the 1950s, when he hosted together with Enzo Tortora the shows Primo applauso, Telematch and Voci e volti della fortuna.[1][2]

Noto also appeared in a dozen films, mostly in supporting roles.[1] On the small screen he was among the interpreters of the series E le stelle stanno a guardare.[1]

Biography

He was born in Bari on June 12, 1925.[3] He lived for several years in Castrofilippo (AG), where his father worked as a pharmacist until 1938, when the whole family returned to Bari. A law student and pupil of Aldo Moro at the University of Bari, he began working as a radio actor after the war. He died in Rome on October 23, 2000, at the age of 75.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ a b c Aldo Grasso (25 October 2000). "Addio a Silvio Noto". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Silvio Noto". MYmovies.it.
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