Orazio Orlando


Orazio Orlando was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953-54 and in 1954-55, without graduating. He made his debut at 18, with the stage company of Renzo Ricci, along with Giorgio Albertazzi and Anna Proclemer. His first important participation was in Shakespeare's King Lear, in 1955.
In 1958 he began his television career in the role of Tybalt in a successful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; he took part in a great number of films, TV-series and television movies, but became popular in 1973 thanks to the interpretation of the Commissioner Solmi, in the television series Qui squadra mobile.
He is best remembered for his film roles in Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and Property Is No Longer a Theft, Pupi Avati's Help Me Dream and Alberto Bevilacqua's Woman of Wonders, or La donna delle meraviglie .
At 57 years old, he died of a heart attack on the Teatro Flaiano stage in Rome during the rehearsal of the play Ad Eva aggiungi Eva.

Selected filmography