- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAntonio Taranto
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Nino Taranto was born on August 28, 1907 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Anni facili (1953), Il monaco di Monza (1963) and Teatro Umberto (1958). He died on February 23, 1986 in Naples, Italy.
- In the sixties he was several times sidekick of Totò in a number of successful comedies and starred in numerous musicarelli films.
- Brother of actor Carlo Taranto.
- Invited on tour in the United States, he returned with "a pianola tape and a thousand dollars", used to finance his first company of variety, which lasted only fifteen days and ended in total disaster.
- In 1933 he debuted on dramatic theater and in revue, a genre he focused until the 1950s.
- In 1955 he took part in the Naples Festival with the song 'O ritratto 'e Nanninella . He will return to the event in the 1958 edition , and the 1967 Naples Festival , alternating between the role of singer, author and presenter. At the 1967 edition he will win the first and second prize with the songs 'O matusa and 'A prutesta .
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