To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian American actors or must have references showing they are Italian American actors and are notable. As discussed in the 2005 book Hollywood Italians by Peter E. Bondanella, as well as numerous other sources, Italian-American actors have made a significant impact. The Guild of Italian American Actors was founded in 1937. Background Some Italian-American film directors of the silent film era included Robert Vignola, Gregory LaCava, Frank Borzage (Borzaga) and Frank Capra. Italian-American actors included Enrico Caruso in the cultural legitimation of American silent cinema, to Rudolph (Rodolfo) Valentino. The of American film Renaissance (New Hollywood) in the 1970s coincided with Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973) and Coppola’s The Godfather (1972), Giuliana Muscio attributes this to Italian Americans becoming better educated and more affluent after World War II. Muscio connects the prominence of Italian-American director-actors to the of traditional Italian theatre. Such director-actors include: Danny DeVito, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Vincent Gallo, Al Pacino, Stanley Tucci, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Gary Sinise, Anne Bancroft, and Madonna. List The list is organized chronologically, listing Italian American actors by birth date periods. 1870s Agostino Borgato (1871–1939) actor and director 1880s Henry Armetta (1888–1945) movie character actor – of Italian heritage William Edmunds (Michele Giuseppe Pellegrino) (1886-1981) stage and screen character actor (Double Dynamite) Giuseppina Morlacchi (1846–1886) ballerina and dancer, performing in western drama including Scouts of the Prairie and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Rafaela Ottiano (1888–1942) stage and film actress Robert G. Vignola (1882–1953) actor, screenwriter and film director 1890s Frank Capra (1897–1991) a Sicilian born actor and director (It's a Wonderful Life) Gino Corrado (1893–1982) actor Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) actor and singer Frank Puglia (Francesco Giuseppe Puglia) (1892-1975) actor (Casablanca) Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926) born Rodolfo Alfonso Rafaello Piero Filiberto Gugliemi di Valentina, Hollywood's first sex symbol and the first "Latin lover" (Italian father, Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Fedele Guglielmi di Valentina D'Antonguolla, and French mother, Marie Berta Gabrielle Barbin; Valentino was born in Italy) Tito Vuolo (1893-1962) actor (Cry of the City) 1900s Don Ameche (Amici) (1908–1993) 50% Italian, actor and director Argentina Brunetti (1907–2005) actress (It's a Wonderful Life) Iron Eyes Cody (Espera Decorti) (1907–1999) son of Sicilian parents – actor, frequently played Native Americans Jerry Colonna (1904–1986) actor, entertainer, musician Russ Columbo (1908–1934) singer, violinist and actor, perhaps most famous for his signature tune,