{{Short description|Italian actor (1926–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Elio Crovetto | image = La vita agra 02.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Italian actor, comedian and television personality | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Milan | death_date = {{death date and age |2000|11|8|1926|12|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Genoa | years_active = | spouse = }}
'''Elio Crovetto''' (6 December 1926 – 8 November 2000) was an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
== Life and career == Born in Milan, Crovetto graduated at the istituto tecnico in Genoa, then he started an intense acting career on stage, in avanspettacolo and revues.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref><ref name=Jacobbi>{{cite book|last1=Ruggero Jacobbi|title=Maschere alla ribalta: cinque anni di cronache teatrali, 1961-1965|year=2002|publisher=Bulzoni, 2002|isbn=888319702X}}</ref> He worked in the stage companies of Josephine Baker (in 1957) and Giorgio Strehler (for ''Baruffe Chiozzotte'', 1970).<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref><ref name=Jacobbi>{{cite book|last1=Ruggero Jacobbi|title=Maschere alla ribalta: cinque anni di cronache teatrali, 1961-1965|year=2002|publisher=Bulzoni, 2002|isbn=888319702X}}</ref> From the late fifties Crovetto focused his career on cinema, being cast in a large number of comedy films, usually in character roles.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> He was also active in television, as an actor in a number of RAI TV-series, a comedian in several shows, and occasionally a presenter.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == * ''Briscola'' (1951) * ''La sceriffa'' (1959) * ''Terror of the Red Mask'' (1960) * ''Revenge of the Conquered'' (1961) * ''The Swindlers'' (1963) * ''La vita agra'' (1964) * ''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (1966) * ''Don Juan in Sicily'' (1967) * ''I due maghi del pallone'' (1970) * ''Ma che musica maestro'' (1971) * ''Naughty Nun'' (1972) * ''Paolo il freddo'' (1974) * ''Ecco noi per esempio'' (1977) * ''Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi'' (1978) * ''Delitto a Porta Romana'' (1980) * ''Sugar, Honey and Pepper'' (1980) * ''Days of Inspector Ambrosio'' (1988)
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0189515}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crovetto, Elio}} Category:1926 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Male actors from Milan Category:20th-century Italian male actors Category:Mass media people from Milan