Raoul Grassilli

{{Short description|Italian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Raoul Grassilli | image = Raoul Grassilli e Ileana Ghione.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Grassilli with actress Ileana Ghione in ''Madame Curie'' (1965) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|10|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bologna, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|7|24|1924|10|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Bologna, Italy | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = | relatives = | website = | years_active = }}

'''Raoul Grassilli''' (25 October 1924 – 24 July 2010) was an Italian actor.

Born in Bologna, Grassilli graduated from the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1948, and started his career on stage with Ruggero Ruggeri.<ref name=jdd>{{cite news|last1=Alessandra Comazzi|title=Raoul Grassilli, grande attore|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2010/07/27/blogs/cose-di-tele/raoul-grassilli-grande-attore-JXlXnBXlHx9xQD8zBGDUPO/pagina.html|accessdate=25 December 2014|newspaper=La Stampa|date=27 July 2010}}</ref><ref name=rad>{{cite book|last=Peppino Ortoleva, Barbara Scaramucci|title=Enciclopedia della Radio|publisher=Garzanti Libri, 2003}}</ref> Active among others in the theatrical companies of Alida Valli, Tino Buazzelli, Gino Cervi and Giorgio Strehler, he is best known for his roles in several RAI TV-series, starting from Anton Giulio Majano's ''Il Caso Maurizius'' (1961).<ref name=jdd/><ref name=rad/><ref>{{cite news|title=Addio a Raoul Grassilli volto della tv in bianco e nero|url=http://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/07/26/news/addio_a_roul_grassilli_l_attore_scomparso_sabato-5846980/|accessdate=25 December 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=26 July 2010}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1961) * ''Pelle viva'' (1962) * ''Invasion 1700'' (1962) * ''Desert War'' (1962) * ''Catherine of Russia'' (1963) * ''The Head of the Family'' (1967) * ''Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence'' (1969) * ''Povero Cristo'' (1975)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0335930}}

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