{{Short description|Italian stage and film actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Giulio Stival | image = Stival cappotto (cropped).jpg | caption = Stival in ''The Overcoat'' (1952) | birth_date = {{birth-date|14 March 1902}} | birth_place =Venice, Italy | birth_name = | death_date = {{death-date and age|1 April 1953|14 March 1902}} | death_place = Novara, Italy | occupation = Actor }}'''Giulio Stival''' (14 March 1902 – 1 April 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor.
== Life and career == Born in Venice, at a young age, Stival founded an amateur dramatics in which he served both as director and as actor. He made his professional debut in 1927, with the stage company led by Emma Gramatica.<ref name="bio">{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli Attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697|pages=217–8|chapter=Stival, Giulio|date=2003 }}</ref><ref name="LaStampa">{{cite news|last1=f.b.|title=L'attore Giulio Stival perito in un incidente d'auto|work=La Stampa|issue=79|date=2 April 1953|page=7}}</ref>
During his career Stival worked with some of the major stage companies of his time, including the ones led by Ruggero Ruggeri, Antonio Gandusio, Memo Benassi, Armando Migliari, Dina Galli (with whom he shared the huge success of the comedy play ''Felicita Colombo'') and the Compagnia dell'Eliseo, with whom he enjoyed significant critical acclaim for his performances in some George Bernard Shaw's adaptations.<ref name="bio">{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli Attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697|pages=217–8|chapter=Stival, Giulio|date=2003 }}</ref> He also appeared in several films, even if mainly in supporting roles.<ref name="bio">{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli Attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697|pages=217–8|chapter=Stival, Giulio|date=2003 }}</ref>
Stival died in a car accident, while he was driving from Milan (where he was performing with his stage company) to Turin (where he was shooting the Vittorio Cottafavi's musical drama ''Traviata '53'').<ref name="LaStampa">{{cite news|last1=f.b.|title=L'attore Giulio Stival perito in un incidente d'auto|work=La Stampa|issue=79|date=2 April 1953|page=7}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == *''The House of Shame'' (1938) * ''Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''Frenzy'' (1939) * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) * ''The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' (1941) * ''In High Places'' (1943) * ''Yvonne of the Night'' (1949) * ''La taverna della libertà'' (1950) * ''Toto and the King of Rome'' (1951) * ''Ha fatto tredici'' (1951) * ''The Overcoat'' (1952) * ''Three Forbidden Stories'' (1952) * ''The Temptress'' (1952)
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stival, Giulio }} Category:Male actors from Venice Category:1902 births Category:1953 deaths Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Italian male film actors Category:20th-century Italian male actors Category:Road incident deaths in Italy