{{Short description|Italian actor and producer (1939–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Fabrizio Capucci | image = Fabrizio Capucci in Rita, la figlia americana 21 (cropped).png | image_size = | caption = Capucci in ''Rita the American Girl'' (1965) | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|8|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|19|1939|8|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor }} [[File:Catherine Spaak and Fabrizio Capucci.jpg|thumb|Capucci and Catherine Spaak in 1963]]
'''Fabrizio Capucci''' (4 August 1939 – 19 December 2024) was an Italian actor and producer.
== Life and career == Born in Rome, the brother of the fashion designer Roberto, Capucci studied acting at the drama school held by Pietro Sharoff in his hometown.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> After appearing in several supporting roles, he had his breakout with the role of Max in Florestano Vancini's ''The Warm Life''.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> He was also active in a number of television miniseries and recorded some singles.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref>
After retiring from acting, Capucci started a career as a producer of commercials.<ref name=corrie>{{cite news|last1=Fabrizio Caccia|title=Capucci e il crac: ho perso tutto per il calcio|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/luglio/16/Capucci_crac_perso_tutto_per_co_8_050716029.shtml|access-date=11 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=16 July 2005|page=18}}</ref> In 2004 he ran in the Lazio regional election for the Union of Democrats for Europe party, without being elected.<ref name=corrie>{{cite news|last1=Fabrizio Caccia|title=Capucci e il crac: ho perso tutto per il calcio|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/luglio/16/Capucci_crac_perso_tutto_per_co_8_050716029.shtml|access-date=11 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=16 July 2005|page=18}}</ref> He was also president of the football team Viterbese for two years.<ref name=corrie>{{cite news|last1=Fabrizio Caccia|title=Capucci e il crac: ho perso tutto per il calcio|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/luglio/16/Capucci_crac_perso_tutto_per_co_8_050716029.shtml|access-date=11 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=16 July 2005|page=18}}</ref>
Capucci was married to actress Catherine Spaak.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref><ref name=corrie>{{cite news|last1=Fabrizio Caccia|title=Capucci e il crac: ho perso tutto per il calcio|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/luglio/16/Capucci_crac_perso_tutto_per_co_8_050716029.shtml|access-date=11 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=16 July 2005|page=18}}</ref> They had a daughter, Sabrina. Capucci died in Rome on 19 December 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roma – E’ morto il produttore cinematografico Fabrizio Capucci, talento multiforme e visionario |url=https://etrurianews.it/2024/12/19/roma-e-morto-il-produttore-cinematografico-fabrizio-capucci-talento-multiforme/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=Etruria News |date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == * ''First Love'' (1959) * ''Crazy Desire'' (1962) * ''Eighteen in the Sun'' (1962) * ''The Warm Life'' (1963) * ''In ginocchio da te'' (1964) * ''Highest Pressure'' (1965) * ''Non son degno di te'' (1965) * ''Rita the American Girl'' (1965) * ''To Commit a Murder'' (1967) * ''They Came to Rob Las Vegas'' (1968) * ''Colt 38 Special Squad'' (1976)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0135742}} * {{discogs artist|Fabrizio Capucci}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capucci, Fabrizio}} Category:1939 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Male actors from Rome Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors