Biography

Castellani appears mostly in historical films and always plays good characters, except in "Ben-Hur" 1925 film, which comes across in the Golthar pirate clothes. He began his career in 1911 with the short films "Santa Cecilia" and "La sposa del Nilo", playing the title role. In 1913 we see him in the Hungarian film "Quo Vadis?", which plays the role of Ursus, who will play the role again in the film of 1924. In 1919 the cast of "Il toro selvaggio", always in Ursus garments, which in this case is the protagonist of the film. Later appears in "La Sacra Bibbia" (1920), where he plays Cain, "Messalina" (1924), where he plays Tigranes, "Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei" (1926), in Eumolpus cloths, "Quello che non muore" (1926), where he is the protagonist and "La bella corsara" (1928), alongside Rina De Liguori, where he plays the lead role of the pirate. He died of diabetes January 19, 1933 at the untimely age of 52.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous