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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo. The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson). In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90). He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cesare Danova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-03-01
- event Death Date 1992-03-19
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.4
- info Birth Place Bergamo, Italy
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7.1
Mean Streets
1973-10-14
6.2
Viva Las Vegas
1964-02-08
0
Dappled Mare
1953-10-23
7
Animal House
1978-07-28
5.1
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966-06-08
0
Decisions! Decisions!
1971-09-11
5.5
Chamber of Horrors
1966-10-19
0
I tre corsari
1952-10-16
5.5
Valley of the Dragons
1961-10-31
4.6
Scorchy
1976-10-08
8
El correo del rey
1951-02-19
3.9
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959-10-01
6.5
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969-12-23
3.4
The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
0
Processo contro ignoti
1952-10-01
0
Horowitz in Dublin
1973-12-12
4.8
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963-08-07
7
The Captain's Daughter
1947-10-08
4.7
Tentacles
1977-02-25
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Pentimento
1952-04-09
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Incatenata dal destino
1956-02-24
4
Crossed Swords
1954-05-20
3.5
These Sacred Holidays
1956-05-30
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El final de una leyenda
1951-02-04
5
Che!
1969-06-27
4
The Astral Factor
1978-02-01
7
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
0
Monaca santa
1949-07-01
0
Loves of Three Queens
1954-12-24
0
The Fate of Two Queens
1954-12-24
0
Don Giovanni
1955-07-28
0
Toys and perfumes
1953-01-01
5.2
Tender Is the Night
1962-01-19
5.8
Death Cruise
1974-10-30
0
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975-05-03
5
Non scherzare con le donne
1955-01-01
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981-12-04
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11
7.8
Garrison's Gorillas
1967-09-06
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23
6.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966-09-13
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981-11-24
7
The Lucy Show
1962-10-01
6.2
That Girl
1966-09-08
5.8
Chico and the Man
1974-09-13
6.9
Maude
1972-09-12
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972-01-14
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
6.8
Hotel
1982-08-21
7
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-01-30
6.3
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
6.1
Medical Center
1969-09-24
6.8
Hart to Hart
1979-09-22
7
Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15
7.8
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
6.5
Cannon
1971-09-14
7.2
Hunter
1984-09-18
7.5
The Fall Guy
1981-11-04
6.2
Outlaws
1960-09-26
7.2
McMillan & Wife
1971-09-29
0
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972-09-17
7
Vega$
1978-09-20
5.1
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979-09-25
6.9
Police Story
1973-03-20
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
7.8
Automan
1983-12-15
7
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
5
The Manhunter
1974-09-11
5.5
Blacke's Magic
1986-01-05
7
Honey West
1965-09-17
6
Eischied
1979-09-21
5.7
Stoney Burke
1962-10-01
7.4
Nero Wolfe
1981-01-16
7.3
Breaking Point
1963-09-16
0
Vacation Playhouse
1963-07-22
0
The Roaring 20's
1960-10-15
0
13 Queens Blvd.
1979-03-20
7.2
The Green Hornet
1966-09-09
7.4
Matt Helm
1975-09-20
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.8
The Name of the Game
1968-09-20
7.6
Airwolf
1984-01-22
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24