Mario Riva Explained
Mario Riva |
Birth Name: | Mario Bonavolontà |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1913 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Death Place: | Verona, Italy |
Occupation: | Actor, television presenter |
Yearsactive: | 1941–1960 |
Mario "Mariuccio" Bonavolontà (26 January 1913 - 1 September 1960), professionally known as Mario Riva, was an Italian television presenter and actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1941 and 1960.[1]
Life and career
Born in Rome as Mario Bonavolontà, the son of composer (1886–1957) and his wife Teresa Chinzari. His father composed over 500 popular tunes including "Italian: Fiocca la neve|i=no". Mario attended the Italian: [[Collegio San Giuseppe - Istituto De Merode|Collegio San Giuseppe]]|i=no in Italian: [[Piazza di Spagna]]|i =no in Rome.[2]
Riva debuted at young age as a dubber and a radio actor.[3] His film debut was in 1941 in Italian: {{ill|Due cuori sotto sequestro|it (Two Hearts Seized). He became first known as presenter of the stage show Clan (1942).[3]
After a long season of successes on stage (often in couple with Riccardo Billi) Riva reached the peak of his career with the RAI variety television Italian: [[Il Musichiere]] (1957–1960), the Italian version of Name That Tune.[3] He also appeared on several films, usually in supporting roles. While he was presenting from the Verona Arena the Italian: Secondo Festival del Musichiere|i=no (a special event linked to the TV program), he inadvertently fell into a hole in the stage covered with a tarpaulin and died from his injuries a few days later.[3]
Selected filmography
- Italian: Due cuori sotto sequestro (1941) – singer
- Toto Tours Italy (1948) – Giovanni
- Baron Carlo Mazza (1948) – announcer
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
- Yvonne of the Night (1949) – the cigarette boy
- Adam and Eve (1949) – the Russian castaway
- Toto Looks For a House (1949) – the owner of the agency
- Italian: Se fossi deputato (1949) – Giuseppino
- Italian: Ho sognato il paradiso (1950)
- The Cadets of Gascony (1950) – Mario Fantoni
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) – Pasquale
- Italian: [[Arrivano i nostri]] (1951) – Mario
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) – Mario
- The Steamship Owner (1951) – Mario
- My Heart Sings (1951) – Mario
- Italian: [[Porca miseria]] (1951) – Count Cerri
- Italian: [[Ha fatto tredici]] (1951) – himself
- Sardinian Vendetta (1952) – Mario
- Abracadabra (1952) – Amleto
- In Olden Days (1952) – picky customer (segment "Italian: Il carrettino dei libri vecchi|i=no")
- Italian: [[Giovinezza (film)|Giovinezza]] (1952) – peddler
- Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952)
- Easy Years (1953) – Mario Paolella
- Italian: Siamo tutti milanesi (1953)
- The Country of the Campanelli (1954) – magician Tarquinio
- It Happened at the Police Station (1954) – the second tram driver
- Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) – Giulio Cesare
- Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! (1954) – Otello Spinotti
- Italian: Scuola elementare (1955) – Pilade Mucci, the school caretaker
- It Happened at the Police Station (1955) – inmate No. 77
- Italian: La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) – Mario Rivetti
- Italian: [[Bravissimo (film)|Bravissimo]] (1955) – the dance teacher
- Roman Tales (1955) – the waiter at the restaurant
- Italian: Motivo in maschera (1955)
- Italian: Il campanile d'oro (1955)
- Italian: [[I giorni più belli]] (1956) – Nicola, the delicatessen seller
- Italian: [[Arrivano i dollari!]] (1957) – Cesaretto Pasti
- Italian: [[Serenate per 16 bionde]] (1957) – Pippo
- Italian: Gente felice (1957) – Francesco
- Italian: A sud niente di nuovo (1957)
- Italian: [[Ladro lui, ladra lei]] (1958) – commendatore Stefano Maghetti
- Italian: È arrivata la parigina (1958) – Strettani
- Italian: [[I prepotenti]] (1958) – Domenico Esposito
- Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) – Caprioli's boss
- Italian: Gli zitelloni (1958) – the judge
- Italian: Sergente d'ispezione (1958) – Turconi
- Italian: [[Mia nonna poliziotto]] (1958) – Mario Secchioni
- Italian: Il terribile Teodoro (1958)
- Italian: Domenica è sempre domenica (1958) – himself
- Italian: Fantasmi e ladri (1959) – Edmondo Natale
- Italian: [[Prepotenti più di prima]] (1959) – the traffic warden
- Policarpo (1959) – the fireman at the theatre (uncredited)
- Italian: Perfide.... ma belle (1959) – Romolo Proietti
- Italian: [[Il raccomandato di ferro]] (1959) – Augusto Zinconi
- The Traffic Policeman (1960) – himself
Notes and References
- Web site: Mario Riva . MyMovies . 10 November 2019.
- Web site: Mario Riva . 17 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160422172956/http://www.storiaradiotv.it/MARIO%20RIVA.htm . 22 April 2016 . dead .
- Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.