Gualtiero Tumiati

Gualtiero Tumiati ( 8 May 1876 – 23 April 1971) was an Italian actor and stage director.

Gualtiero Tumiati
Born(1876-05-08)8 May 1876
Ferrara
Died23 April 1971(1971-04-23) (aged 94)
Rome
OccupationActor

Life and career

Born in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi.[1] He later graduated in law and while working as an apprentice lawyer at his father's law firm he started performing in some local stage companies.[1] Tumiati's breakout role was Cyrano de Bergerac in a critically acclaimed representation of the Edmond Rostand's eponymous play held in 1910.[1] With his wife, the actress and painter Beryl Hight, in 1928 Tumiati founded the "Sala Azzurra" ("Blue Room"), one of the first Avant-garde theaters in Italy.[2][3] He taught acting at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome and at the Accademia dei filodrammatici in Milan. Gone blind, his last role was in the blind Tiresias in a representation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex held in 1969 in the La Scala theatre.[1][4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1935Casta DivaNicolò Paganini
1942MalombraIl conte Cesare d'Ormengo
1942Piazza San Sepolcro
1943La vita è bellaIl professore Luca Lecedius
1945Vivere ancoraL'anarchico pazzo
1946The AdulteressIl vecchio indovino
1946Eugenia GrandetEugenia's father
1946The LoversAlviso Foscarini
1946The Ways of SinDon Salvatore
1946Tempesta d'anime
1947The Captain's DaughterAndrej Grinev, padre di Piotr
1947Bullet for StefanoStefano's Father
1947Daniele CortisAldo
1948L'uomo dal guanto grigioPittore Masero
1949The Legend of Faust
1950DevotionZio Zua
1950Hearts at SeaAmmiraglio Silvestri - nonno di Paolo
1950The Thief of VeniceIl doge
1951The Forbidden ChristBruno's Father
1951Nobody's ChildrenDon Demetrio
1952Don Juan's Night of LovePrince Guido
1952Little World of Don CamilloCiro della Bruciata
1952The Dream of ZorroDon Cesar Alcazan
1952The City Stands TrialThe Chief Prosecutor
1952FalsehoodDon Clemente
1952I tre corsariComte di Ventimiglia
1952Il Tenente GiorgioZio del conte
1952Who is Without SinIl sacerdote
1953The Merchant of Venice
1953Noi peccatoriDon Quirino, il prete
1953The Ship of Condemned WomenPietro Silveris
1954The Count of Monte CristoL'abbé Faria (1)
1954UlyssesLaerte
1954Guai ai vintiDon Marzi
1956Rigoletto e la sua tragediaConte di Monterone
1956War and PeaceCount Kirill BezukhovUncredited, (final film role)

References
  1. Alfredo Testoni, Paola Daniela Giovanelli. La Società teatrale in Italia fra Otto e Novecento. Bulzoni, 1984.
  2. Danilo Ruocco. Tatiana Pavlova, diva intelligente. Bulzoni, 2000.
  3. Anna Maria Fioravanti Baraldi, Francesca Mellone. 4a Biennale Donna--1990: presenze femminili nella vita artistica a Ferrara tra Ottocento e Novecento. Liberty House, 1990.
  4. Leonardo Bragaglia. Ritratti d'attore. P.E. Persiani, 2007.
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