Marino Masè

Marino Masè (21 March 1939 – 28 May 2022) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than 70 films.

Marino Masè
Masè in Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Born(1939-03-21)21 March 1939
Trieste, Italy
Died28 May 2022(2022-05-28) (aged 83)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1961–2022

Life

Masè was born in Trieste on 21 March 1939. While still a teenager, he joined the laboratory for young actors of the production company Vides by Franco Cristaldi and studied acting under Alessandro Fersen.[1] He made his stage debut in 1960 in L'arialda, directed by Luchino Visconti, and his film debut in the 1961 adventure Romulus and the Sabines by Richard Pottier.[1] He had several leading roles in the first half of the 1960s, including Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket and Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers, then he was mainly cast in supporting roles.[1] Masè was also active in the adaptation of the dialogues for dubbing.[1]

Masè died in Rome on 28 May 2022, at the age of 83.[2]

Selected filmography
  • Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Leno
  • The Leopard (1963) as Tutor
  • The Carabineers (1963) as Ulysses
  • A Sentimental Attempt (1963) as Piero, Dino's Brother-in-law
  • I mostri (1963) as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
  • Love and Marriage (1964) (segment "Basta un attimo")
  • Hard Time for Princes (1965) as Angelo
  • Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) as Phir
  • Fists in the Pocket (1965) as Augusto
  • Nightmare Castle (1965) as Dr. Derek Joyce
  • Gendarme in New York (1965) as Aldo
  • The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) as Dick
  • Jericho_(1966_TV_series) (1966) as Jean-Gaston Andre
  • The Vatican Affair (1968) as Richard
  • Commandos (1968) as Italian Lt. Tomassini
  • Detective Belli (1969) as Romanis (uncredited)
  • The Five Man Army (1969) as Railroad Man
  • Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) as Franco
  • The Cannibals (1970) as Ismene's Fiancé
  • N.P. - Il segreto (1970)
  • Lady Frankenstein (1971) as Thomas Stack, the mildly retarded servant of Baron Frankenstein
  • The Policeman (1971)
  • The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) as Police Inspector
  • Il Boss (1973) as Pignataro
  • I Kiss the Hand (1973) as Luciano Ferrante
  • Massacre in Rome (1973) as Third partisan in Via rasella's window
  • The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Giuseppe di Leo
  • The Night Porter (1974) as Atherton
  • The Driver's Seat (1974) as Traffic Policeman
  • Donna è bello (1974) as Mario
  • Zorro (1975) as Miguel de la Serna
  • Kidnap Syndicate (1975) as Pardi
  • ...a tutte le auto della polizia (1975) as Franz Hekker - Francesco Pagano
  • Vergine e di nome Maria (1975)
  • Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) as Rick
  • A Sold Life (1976) as Professor Marcelli
  • A Matter of Time (1976) as Hotel Forum Porter
  • Emanuelle Around the World (1977) as Cassei
  • L'uomo di Corleone (1977)
  • Standard (1978)
  • Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) as Enzo Nardelli
  • Play Motel (1979) as Massimo "Max" Liguori
  • Contamination (1980) as NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
  • The Salamander (1981) as Captain Rigoli
  • Il carabiniere (1981) as Gianni
  • Cercasi Gesù (1982)
  • The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) as The Duke
  • Tenebrae (1982) as John
  • King David (1985) as Agag
  • The Repenter (1985)
  • Voglia di guardare (1986) as Diego
  • Il camorrista (1986) as Il faccendiere Sapienza
  • The Belly of an Architect (1987) as Trettorio
  • L'attrazione (1987) as Victor
  • Phantom of Death (1988) as Expert on aging
  • Provocazione (1988) as Professor
  • The Palermo Connection (1990)
  • Senza scrupoli 2 (1990) as Maestro
  • The Godfather Part III (1990) as Lupo
  • La riffa (1991)
  • Venti dal Sud (1993) as Paul Legrand
  • Il cielo è sempre più blu (1996)
  • The Eighteenth Angel (1997) as Local Doctor
  • Il decisionista (1997)
  • Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997) as Paolo Bigetti
  • Autunno (1999) as Matteo's Father
  • Ginostra (2002) as Night Watchman
  • Nel mio amore (2004) as Prete anziano
  • Quale amore (2006) as Bank director

References
  1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. "Addio all'attore triestino Marino Masè, il bello del cinema dai "Pugni in tasca" a "Portiere di notte"". Il Piccolo. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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