Enzo Robutti

Enzo Robutti (24 October 1933 – 13 February 2022)[1] was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, playwright, and writer.

Enzo Robutti
Robutti in Rugantino (1973)
Born(1933-10-24)24 October 1933
Died13 February 2022(2022-02-13) (aged 88)
Viterbo, Italy
OccupationActor
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Life and career

Born in Bologna, Robutti attended the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and debuted on stage in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman in Irma la dolce.[2] He got his early successes as a stand-up comedian and a cabaret author at the Derby Club in Milan.[2][3] Robutti was also very active as a character film actor, often cast in comedies in roles of hysterical, chorelical characters.[4] He often worked with Pasquale Festa Campanile.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. "Addio a Enzo Robutti, caratterista dal Derby a Pierino al Padrino III". Zazoom. 5 May 2022.
  2. Umberto Simonetta. La Patria che ci è data: i testi comici del cabaret Italiano. Bompiani, 1974. p. 258.
  3. Ilaria Urbani (23 February 2010). "Incontro con Enzo Robutti una leggenda del cabaret". La Repubblica. p. 13.
  4. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 33–34. ISBN 8884402131.


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