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Roberto De Simone(1933-2025)

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  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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Roberto De Simone was born on 25 August 1933 in Naples, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for A Night Full of Rain (1978), Great Performances (1971) and Fontamara (1980). He died on 6 April 2025 in Naples, Campania, Italy.
BornAugust 25, 1933
DiedApril 6, 2025(91)
BornAugust 25, 1933
DiedApril 6, 2025(91)
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Known for

A Night Full of Rain (1978)
A Night Full of Rain
5.8
  • Composer
  • 1978
Great Performances (1971)
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Fontamara (1980)
Fontamara
6.9
  • Composer
  • 1980
Burt Lancaster and Marcello Mastroianni in The Skin (1981)
The Skin
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1981

Credits

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Composer

  • All Is Fake
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2002
  • Tammurriata
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • È una domenica sera di novembre (1981)
    È una domenica sera di novembre
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • Valerio Colombaioni and Dario Fo in Sempre più difficile (1981)
    Sempre più difficile
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • Fontamara (1980)
    Fontamara
    6.9
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • A Night Full of Rain (1978)
    A Night Full of Rain
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 1978
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Exams Never End (1976)
    Exams Never End
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • L'arte della commedia (1976)
    L'arte della commedia
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • De Pretore Vincenzo (1976)
    De Pretore Vincenzo
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Uomo e galantuomo (1975)
    Uomo e galantuomo
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975)
    Quanto è bello lu murire acciso
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • Signora Ava (1975)
    Signora Ava
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • La fucilazione di Pulcinella
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973)
    Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1973

Actor

  • Valeria Golino in Respiro (2002)
    Respiro
    7.0
    • 2002
  • Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
    Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
    6.9
    • Padre Cerioni
    • 1968
  • Raquel Welch in The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
    The Biggest Bundle of Them All
    5.3
    • Uncle Carlo (as Roberto de Simone)
    • 1968
  • Don Juan in Sicily (1967)
    Don Juan in Sicily
    5.8
    • Prof. Rosari
    • 1967
  • The Devil in Love (1966)
    The Devil in Love
    6.2
    • 1966
  • Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Tino Buazzelli, Maria Grazia Buccella, Lando Buzzanca, and Paolo Stoppa in After the Fox (1966)
    After the Fox
    6.4
    • Marcel Vignon (as Roberto De Simoni)
    • 1966
  • Nicoletta Machiavelli and Ugo Tognazzi in Una questione d'onore (1966)
    Una questione d'onore
    6.4
    • The bandit
    • 1966
  • La ragazzola (1965)
    La ragazzola
    8.2
    • The Wizard
    • 1965
  • The Dolls (1965)
    The Dolls
    6.1
    • Peppe (segment "La minestra", uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Giovanna Ralli and Totò in I ladri (1959)
    I ladri
    5.6
    • Agente americano (as Renato De Simone)
    • 1959
  • Sophia Loren and Totò in The Gold of Naples (1954)
    The Gold of Naples
    7.3
    • Umberto Scognamiglio (segment "Pizze a credito", uncredited)
    • 1954

Additional Crew

  • Don Giovanni (1999)
    Don Giovanni
    TV Movie
    • staged by
    • 1999
  • Eleonora
    9.6
    TV Movie
    • stage director
    • 1999
  • Così fan tutte (1996)
    Così fan tutte
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • director: opera production
    • 1996
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • stage director: original opera production
    • 1996
  • Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995)
    Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti
    8.4
    TV Movie
    • stage director
    • 1995
  • Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990)
    Lo frate 'nnamorato
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • directed for stage
    • 1990
  • Nabucco (1987)
    Nabucco
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • produced by: stage
    • 1987

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Renato De Simone
  • Born
    • August 25, 1933
    • Naples, Italy
  • Died
    • April 6, 2025
    • Naples, Campania, Italy(undisclosed)

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  • Trivia
    Italian composer, musicologist and artistic director. After starting a career as a pianist, he began writing music for films, ballet and TV serials. An expert on 18th-century Neapolitan opera. Artistic director of the Teatro S Carlo in Naples from 1981 to 1987, in 1995 he was appointed director of the Naples Conservatory.

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