Cesare Danova
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Birthplace:
Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Italian actor Cesare Danova came to prominence in such post-war European films as La Figlia del Capitano (1947) and Don Giovanni (1955), playing the title role in the latter film. In the American-made Man Who Understood Women (1959), Danova managed to be both funny and menacing as a murderous cuckolded husband. Few of his American films took full advantage of Danova's talents, tending to cast him as a "typical" hot-blooded Mediterranean, but there have been a few rewarding assignments along the way. As Appolodorus in the budget-busting Cleopatra (1963), Danova was one of the few actors whose part wasn't cut to nothing in order to favor the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton combo. Danova was one of the stars of the TV pilot-cum-theatrical movie Chamber of Horrors (1966), and he enjoyed a season's worth of regular TV work as Actor (that was the character's name, not the designation) on the weekly Dirty Dozen rip-off Garrison's Gorillas (1967). In the '70s and '80s, Danova seemed to take turns with Anthony Quinn in portraying Onassis-like Greek tycoons and Mafia bosses; in the latter capacity Danova was hilarious as Carmine DePasto in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). In the early years of the '80s, Danova could be seen as a regular on the ABC television daytime drama Ryan's Hope. Cesare Danova died suddenly during a 1992 meeting of the Motion Picture Academy's Foreign Film Committee.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Invisible Strangler |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | St. Helens |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Invisible Strangler |
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— | 1981 |
90% | National Lampoon's Animal House |
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— | 1978 |
0% | Tentacles |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Scorchy |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Death Cruise |
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— | 1974 |
95% | Mean Streets |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | Che! |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Chamber of Horrors |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! |
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— | 1966 |
86% | Viva Las Vegas |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | Gidget Goes to Rome |
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— | 1963 |
62% | Cleopatra |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Tender Is the Night |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Valley of the Dragons |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Understood Women |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | Tarzan, the Ape Man |
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— | 1959 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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In the Heat of the Night
1988-1995
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No Score Yet |
Hunter
1984-1991
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No Score Yet |
Magnum, P.I.
1980-1988
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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No Score Yet |
Airwolf
1984-1987
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No Score Yet |
Too Close for Comfort
1980-1987
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No Score Yet |
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-1986
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No Score Yet |
Charlie's Angels
1976-1981
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No Score Yet |
Sanford and Son
1972-1977
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100% |
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
1964-1968
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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Quotes from Cesare Danova's Characters
Giovanni: | Honorable men go with honorable men. |