Cesare Gravina

Italian actor (1858–1954)

Cesare Gravina
Gravina in 1924
Born	(1858-01-23)23 January 1858 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	16 September 1954(1954-09-16) (aged 96) New York City, U.S.
Years active	1911–1929

Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films from 1911 to 1929.

Born in Naples, Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, he worked with performers such as Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point, he left music to become a character actor, not explaining his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theaters in South America, Gravina became financially secure to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting.^[1]

Partial filmography

The White Pearl (1915) - Setsu
Madame Butterfly (1915) - The Soothsayer
Poor Little Peppina (1916) - Villato
Hulda from Holland (1916) - Apartment Neighbor (uncredited)
Less Than the Dust (1916) - Jawan
The Price She Paid (1917) - Moldini
The Siren (1917) - Her Father
The Fatal Ring (1917)
Miss Nobody (1917) - 'Daddy' Crespi
Let's Get a Divorce (1918) - Head Waiter
The Mysterious Client (1918) - Ton Cavallo
The Street of Seven Stars (1918) - Minor Role
Marriage For Convenience (1919) - Lazzare
Mothers of Men (1920) - Mr. Schultz - Gaston Glass
Scratch My Back (1920) - Johoda
The Penalty (1920) - Art Teacher (uncredited)
Madame X (1920) - Victor
From Now On (1920) - Tony Lomazzi
The Leopard Woman (1920) - Arab (uncredited)
Beach of Dreams (1921) - Prof. Epnard
God's Country and the Law (1921) - 'Poleon
Foolish Wives (1922) - Cesare Ventucci
Daddy (1923) - Cesare Gallo
Merry-Go-Round (1923) - Sylvester Urban
Circus Days (1923) - Luigi, the Clown
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - (uncredited)
The Humming Bird (1924) - Charlot
The Virgin (1924) - The Money Lender
The Family Secret (1924) - Tomaso Silvano
Butterfly (1924) - Von Mandescheid
The Rose of Paris (1924) - George
Those Who Dare (1924) - Panka
Greed (1924) - Zwerkow - Junkman (uncredited)
The Charmer (1925) - Señor Sprott
Contraband (1925) - Pee Wee Bangs
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Manager (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Models (1925) - Ludani's Tenement Neighbor
An Enemy Of Men (1925) - Tony Caruso
The Man in Blue (1925) - Tony Sartori
Don Dare Devil (1925) - Esteban Salazar
A Woman's Faith (1925) - Odillon Turcott
The Circus Cyclone (1925) - Pepe
Flower of Night (1925) - Servant
Monte Carlo (1926) - Count Davigny
The Midnight Sun (1926) - Opera Director
The Blonde Saint (1926) - Ilario
The Magic Garden (1927) - Maestro
The Road to Romance (1927) - Castro
Cheating Cheaters (1927) - Tony Verdi
The Divine Woman (1928) - Gigi
The Trail of '98 (1928) - Henry Kelland - Berna's Grandfather
The Man Who Laughs (1928) - Ursus
How to Handle Women (1928) - Tony
The Wedding March (1928) - Martin Schrammell - Mitzi's father
Burning the Wind (1929) - Don Ramón Valdez

References

^ A Successful Portrayer of Failures. Picture Play magazine. August 1924. p. 65. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

External links

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