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| '''Walter Chiari''', stage name of '''Gualtiero Annichiarico''', (] ] - ] ]) was an ] stage and screen ], mostly in comedy roles. | '''Walter Chiari''', stage name of '''Gualtiero Annichiarico''', (] ] - ] ]) was an ] stage and screen ], mostly in comedy roles. | ||
| Born in ], Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. He also appeared in '']'', based on a popular ]n ] by ]. His most memorable performance was opposite ] in ]'s 1951 film '']''. He also appeared on ] in the 1961 ] '']''. | Born in ], Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. He also appeared in '']'', based on a popular ]n ] by ]. He plays an italian immigrant to Australia 'Nino Culotta' who is deserted by his cousing owing debts to 'Kay' the landlady. Nino gets into trouble at work and at Bondi Beach because of language and cultural ignorance. He wins the respect and love of Kay. His most memorable performance was opposite ] in ]'s 1951 film '']''. He also appeared on ] in the 1961 ] '']''. | ||
| Chiari died in ] in 1991. | Chiari died in ] in 1991. | ||
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Walter Chiari, stage name of Gualtiero Annichiarico, (2 March 1924 - 20 December 1991) was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Born in Verona, Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as The Little Hut, Bonjour Tristesse, Chimes at Midnight and The Valachi Papers. He also appeared in They're a Weird Mob, based on a popular Australian novel by John O'Grady. He plays an italian immigrant to Australia 'Nino Culotta' who is deserted by his cousing owing debts to 'Kay' the landlady. Nino gets into trouble at work and at Bondi Beach because of language and cultural ignorance. He wins the respect and love of Kay. His most memorable performance was opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's 1951 film Bellissima. He also appeared on Broadway in the 1961 musical The Gay Life.
Chiari died in Milan in 1991.
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