Gianfranco D'Angelo
Gianfranco D'Angelo (19 August 1936 – 15 August 2021) was an Italian actor and comedian.

Biography
Born in Rome, D'Angelo started his career as a comedian in the mid-1960s, achieving his first successes with the theatrical company "Il Bagaglino".   His career was launched in the mid-1970s, with a series of successful variety shows such as Mazzabubù, C'era una volta Roma, La Sberla, and reached its peak in the following decade, with Drive In, Odiens and Striscia la notizia. D'Angelo was also very active in cinema between 1974 and 1982, but his film activity was limited to "sexy comedies" and B-movies.

D'Angelo died after a short illness on 15 August 2021 at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, a few days before he turned 85. The funeral was celebrated on 17 August in the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Filmography 

 Zum zum zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa (1969) - Party presentator
 Io non scappo... fuggo (1970)
 Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra! (1970) - don Gelindo
 Lady Barbara (1970) - Fogarone
 Nel giorno del signore (1970) - Discepolo di Raffaello
 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre (1974) - Serafino
 Mondo candido (1975) - Barone
 Lover Boy (1975) - Fra Domenico
 The School Teacher (1975) - Professor Puntiglio
 La liceale (1975) - Gianni Guidi / Professor
 Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa) (1976) - Tito Tazio
 Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976) - Onorevole Mannello
 Ecco lingua d'argento (1976) - Bobby
 Classe mista (1976) - Ciccio
 La professoressa di scienze naturali (1976) - Genesio
 La dottoressa del distretto militare (1976) - Dottor Frustalupi
 Nerone (1977) - Tigellino
 Maschio latino cercasi (1977) - Il turista (segment "Accadde a Napoli")
 Kakkientruppen (1977) - Soldato Fritz
 Taxi Girl (1977) - Isidoro
 La compagna di banco (1977) - Professor Ilario Cacioppo
 Per amore di Poppea (1977) - Tizio
 Grazie tante - Arrivederci (1977) - Faustino
 The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1978) - Prof. Strumolo
 Scherzi da prete (1978) - Il Cardinale
 Una bella governante di colore (1978) - Professor Klipper
 La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti (1978) - Professor Pinzarrone
 La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (1978) - Capitano medico
 Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) - Buonanima
 Tutti a squola (1979) - Il preside
 La settimana bianca (1980) - Piergallini
 Biancaneve & Co... (1982) - Lo specchio parlante
 Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche (1982) - Filippo
 La gorilla (1982) - Ruby's Father
 Rimini Rimini – Un anno dopo (1988) - Alì ("Vuò cumprà")
 Se lo fai sono guai (2001) - Chirurgo
 Il crimine non va in pensione (2017) - Cesare
 W gli sposi (2019) - Sacrestano (final film role)

References

Further reading

External links 
 

1936 births
2021 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Rome
Italian television personalities
Italian male stage actors
Italian male comedians
Comedians from Rome