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Romolo Costa(1897-1965)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
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Romolo Costa
Romolo Costa was born on 26 February 1897 in Asti, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Frankenstein (1931), Cavalleria (1936) and The Ship of Damned Women (1953). He died on 1 January 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornFebruary 26, 1897
DiedJanuary 1, 1965(67)
BornFebruary 26, 1897
DiedJanuary 1, 1965(67)
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Known for

Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, and Colin Clive in Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein
7.7
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(Italian, 1935 theatrical)
  • 1931
Cavalleria (1936)
Cavalleria
5.7
  • Actor
  • 1936
The Ship of Damned Women (1953)
The Ship of Damned Women
7.1
  • Don Manuel de Haviland
  • 1953
I Have Lost My Husband
  • Ing. Zanni
  • 1937

Credits

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Actor

  • Les Misérables (1964)
    Les Misérables
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Il vecchio maestro
    • 1964
  • Mastro Don Gesualdo (1964)
    Mastro Don Gesualdo
    5.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Don Ferdinando Trao
    • 1964
  • Demetrio Pianelli (1963)
    Demetrio Pianelli
    4.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Giovanni de l'Orghen
    • 1963
  • Il piccolo caffè
    TV Movie
    • Cocchiere
    • 1963
  • Il mondo è una prigione
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • 1962
  • Le notti bianche
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Il lampista
    • 1962
  • Veder grande
    TV Movie
    • Vincenzo Annese
    • 1959
  • L'idiota (1959)
    L'idiota
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Generale Ivan Petrovic
    • 1959
  • La foresta pietrificata
    TV Movie
    • Comandante della Legione
    • 1959
  • Passo falso
    TV Movie
    • Professor Prothers
    • 1959
  • Le sorelle omicidi
    TV Movie
    • Sacrestano
    • 1958
  • Umiliati e offesi (1958)
    Umiliati e offesi
    6.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Geremia Smith
    • 1958
  • I giocatori
    TV Movie
    • Michail Glov
    • 1958
  • Capitan Fracassa (1958)
    Capitan Fracassa
    TV Mini Series
    • Blasio
    • 1958
  • Il club dei suicidi (1957)
    Il club dei suicidi
    TV Movie
    • Malthis
    • 1957

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Hedy Lamarr in Dishonored Lady (1947)
    Dishonored Lady
    6.5
    • John Loder (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Bette Davis and Gig Young in Old Acquaintance (1943)
    Old Acquaintance
    7.4
    • John Loder (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    6.8
    • Gary Cooper (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941)
    Ball of Fire
    7.7
    • Gary Cooper (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Le père Lebonnard (1939)
    Le père Lebonnard
    5.5
    • Jean Murat (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Myrna Loy in Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
    Wife vs. Secretary
    7.0
    • Clark Gable (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Chained (1934)
    Chained
    6.3
    • Clark Gable (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Jean Alden, Gail Arnold, Lee Bailey, Lynn Bari, Bonita Barker, Kathryn Barnes, Esther Brodelet, Edna Callahan, Lorena Carr, Shirley Chambers, Dalie Dean, Shirley Deane, Dorothy Dearing, Dale Dee, Florine Baile, Elizabeth Cooke, Alan DeAstray, Francis Belmont, and Louis Delgardo in Dancing Lady (1933)
    Dancing Lady
    6.8
    • Clark Gable (Italian, uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, and Colin Clive in Frankenstein (1931)
    Frankenstein
    7.7
    • Victor Moritz (Italian, 1935 theatrical)
    • 1931

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Salvatore Costa
  • Born
    • February 26, 1897
    • Asti, Piedmont, Italy
  • Died
    • January 1, 1965
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Other works
    Dubbing voice of Fred MacMurray in the Italian post-synchronized version of The Texas Rangers (1936) (I cavalieri del Texas).

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