Eduardo Ciannelli (30 August 1888 – 8 October 1969), was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals. He was sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli.
Ciannelli was born in Lacco Ameno,[1] on the island of Ischia, where his father, a doctor, owned a health spa. He studied surgery at the University of Naples, and worked briefly as a doctor, but his love of grand opera and the dramatic stage won out and he became a successful baritone, singing at La Scala and touring Europe.
He went to the United States from the Port of Naples as a first cabin saloon passenger on board the steamship San Guglielmo, which arrived at the Port of New York on 19 March 1914. In New York, he appeared on Broadway in Oscar Hammerstein II's first musical Always You and later in Rose-Marie. He appeared in Theatre Guild productions in the late 1920s, co-starring with the Lunts (Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne), and Katharine Cornell. During that period, he appeared in Uncle Vanya, The Inspector General, and The Front Page. In 1935, he played Trock Estrella in Maxwell Anderson's Winterset on Broadway and repeated his performance in the film version (1936). He played Cauchon in Shaw's Saint Joan in 1936, after which he left Broadway permanently, except for one notable occasion when he returned to play in Dore Schary's play The Devil's Advocate in 1961 and win the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor.
His Hollywood career consists of close to 150 film and television appearances. Notable among these are Marked Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, Strange Cargo (1940) with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and perhaps his most famous role, as the fanatical Thuggee guru in Gunga Din (1939) with Cary Grant. In the 1940 serial Mysterious Doctor Satan, he played the eponymous villain, an evil scientist with an army of robots.
Ciannelli was married to Alma Wolfe from 1918 until her death (1968). They had two sons, Eduardo and Lewis E. Ciannelli, who is also an actor.[citation needed]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Eduardo Ciannelli news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Eduardo Ciannelli 30 August 1888 8 October 1969 was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films mostly playing gangsters and criminals He was sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli Eduardo CiannelliCianelli in 1954Born 1888 08 30 30 August 1888Ischia ItalyDied8 October 1969 1969 10 08 aged 81 Rome ItalyResting placeCimitero Flaminio Provincia di Roma Lazio ItalyOther namesEdward CiannelliOccupation s Singer actorYears active1917 1969SpouseAlma Wolfe m 1918 died 1968 wbr Children2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career on screen 3 Personal life and death 4 Selected filmography 5 Selected Television 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditCiannelli was born in Lacco Ameno 1 on the island of Ischia where his father a doctor owned a health spa He studied surgery at the University of Naples and worked briefly as a doctor but his love of grand opera and the dramatic stage won out and he became a successful baritone singing at La Scala and touring Europe He went to the United States from the Port of Naples as a first cabin saloon passenger on board the steamship San Guglielmo which arrived at the Port of New York on 19 March 1914 In New York he appeared on Broadway in Oscar Hammerstein II s first musical Always You and later in Rose Marie He appeared in Theatre Guild productions in the late 1920s co starring with the Lunts Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne and Katharine Cornell During that period he appeared in Uncle Vanya The Inspector General and The Front Page In 1935 he played Trock Estrella in Maxwell Anderson s Winterset on Broadway and repeated his performance in the film version 1936 He played Cauchon in Shaw s Saint Joan in 1936 after which he left Broadway permanently except for one notable occasion when he returned to play in Dore Schary s play The Devil s Advocate in 1961 and win the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor Career on screen Edit Trailer for Society Lawyer 1939 His Hollywood career consists of close to 150 film and television appearances Notable among these are Marked Woman 1937 with Bette Davis Strange Cargo 1940 with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable and perhaps his most famous role as the fanatical Thuggee guru in Gunga Din 1939 with Cary Grant In the 1940 serial Mysterious Doctor Satan he played the eponymous villain an evil scientist with an army of robots Ciannelli in Dillinger 1945 In the 1950s and throughout the 1960s he divided his time among Italian films such as The City Stands Trial directed by Luigi Zampa 2 Attila 1954 with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren Helen of Troy 1956 appearances in American TV shows such as Climax Mystery Theater The Time Tunnel Perry Mason Alfred Hitchcock Presents Johnny Staccato The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor Dr Kildare and a few films including Houseboat 1958 The Visit 1964 The Chase 1966 with Marlon Brando and The Secret of Santa Vittoria 1969 with Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani Personal life and death EditCiannelli was married to Alma Wolfe from 1918 until her death 1968 They had two sons Eduardo and Lewis E Ciannelli who is also an actor citation needed On 8 October 1969 Ciannelli died in Rome 3 and was interred in the Cimitero Flaminio citation needed Selected filmography EditYear Film Role Director Notes1917 The Food Gamblers The Italian Albert Parker1931 Cosi e la vita1933 Reunion in Vienna Pofferoff aka Poffy Sidney Franklin1935 The Scoundrel Maurice Stern Charles MacArthur1936 Winterset Trock Estrella1937 Criminal Lawyer Larkin Jimmy Anderson assistant 1937 Marked Woman Johnny Vanning Michael Curtiz1937 The League of Frightened Men Paul Chapin Alfred E Green1937 The Girl from Scotland Yard Franz Jorg Robert G Vignola1937 Super Sleuth Professor Herman Ben Stoloff1937 On Such a Night Ice Richmond Ewald Andre Dupont1937 Hitting a New High Andreas Mazzini Raoul Walsh1938 Law of the Underworld Rocky Lew Landers1938 Blind Alibi Mitch Lew Landers1939 Risky Business Philip Decarno Arthur Lubin1939 Gunga Din Guru George Stevens1939 Society Lawyer Jim Crelliman Edwin L Marin1939 Bulldog Drummond s Bride Henri Armides James P Hogan1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces Martino Ray Enright1940 Strange Cargo Telez Frank Borzage1940 Outside the Three Mile Limit Dave Reeves Lewis D Collins1940 Zanzibar Koski Harold Schuster1940 Forgotten Girls Gorno Phil Rosen1940 Foreign Correspondent Mr Krug Alfred Hitchcock1940 The Mummy s Hand The High Priest Christy Cabanne1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan Doctor Satan1940 Kitty Foyle Giono Sam Wood1941 Ellery Queen s Penthouse Mystery Count Brett James P Hogan1941 Sky Raiders Felix Lynx Ray Taylor1941 They Met in Bombay Giovanni Riccio Hotel Manager Clarence Brown1941 I Was a Prisoner on Devil s Island Dr Victor Martel Lew Landers1941 Paris Calling Mouche Edwin L Marin1942 Dr Broadway Vic Telli Anthony Mann1942 Cairo Ahmed Ben Hassan W S Van Dyke1942 You Can t Escape Forever Boss Greer Jo Graham1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Johnny Salvini uncredited Sam Wood1943 They Got Me Covered Baldanacco David Butler1943 The Constant Nymph Roberto Edmund Goulding1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets Kurt von Helger alias Corby Ray Taylor1944 Passage to Marseille Chief Engineer Michael Curtiz1944 The Mask of Dimitrios Marukakis Jean Negulesco1944 The Conspirators Police Colonel Almeida Jean Negulesco1944 Storm Over Lisbon Blanco George Sherman1945 Dillinger Marco Minelli Max Nosseck1945 A Bell for Adano Maj Nasta Henry King1945 Incendiary Blonde Nick the Greek George Marshall1945 Crime Doctor s Warning Nick Petroni uncredited William Castle1946 Gilda Cartel Member uncredited Charles Vidor1946 Perilous Holiday Senor Aguirre Edward H Griffith1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo Jacques Antoine Edgar G Ulmer1946 Heartbeat Baron Ferdinand Dvorak Sam Wood1946 Joe Palooka Champ Florini Reginald Le Borg1947 California Padre John Farrow1947 Seven Keys to Baldpate Cargan Lew Landers1947 The Lost Moment Father Rinaldo Martin Gabel1947 The Crime Doctor s Gamble Maurice Duval William Castle1947 Rose of Santa Rosa Don Jose de Garfias Ray Nazarro1948 I Love Trouble John Vega Caprillo S Sylvan Simon1948 On Our Merry Way Maxim King Vidor1948 To the Victor Firago Delmer Daves1948 The Creeper Dr Van Glock Jean Yarbrough1949 Prince of Foxes Art Dealer uncredited Henry King1950 Volcano Giulio William Dieterle1950 Fugitive Lady Ralph Clementi1950 Pact with the Devil Giacomo Mola Luigi Chiarini1950 The Fighting Men Barone Occhipinti Roberto Savarese1950 Rapture Arnaldo Goffredo Alessandrini1951 The People Against O Hara Sol Knuckles Lanzetta John Sturges1951 It s Love That s Ruining Me Capo delle spie Mario Soldati1952 Lieutenant Giorgio Barone di Polia Raffaello Matarazzo1952 The City Stands Trial Alfonso Navona Luigi Zampa1952 Prisoners of Darkness Marchese Rionero Enrico Bomba1953 Voice of Silence G W Pabst1953 Sul ponte dei sospiri Inquisitore1953 I Vinti Claudio s father Michelangelo Antonioni1953 The Ship of Condemned Women Michele Raffaello Matarazzo1954 The Stranger s Hand Dr Vivaldi Mario Soldati1954 Mambo Il padre di Giovanna Robert Rossen1954 Uomini ombra Ammiraglio Zora1954 Attila Onegesius counsellor to Attila Pietro Francisci1954 Proibito Vescovo Mario Monicelli1954 La tua donna it 1955 New Moon don Giuseppe Luigi Capuano1956 Helen of Troy Andros Robert Wise1956 I Love Lucy Mr Martinelli1957 Il ricatto di un padre Alessandro Arlandi1957 Monster from Green Hell Mahri Kenneth G Crane1958 Tumulto de Paixoes1958 Houseboat Arturo Zaccardi Melville Shavelson1959 Wagon Train Clyrio Soriano1962 The Untouchables Gregory Pindar Joe Genna1964 The Visit Innkeeper Bernhard Wicki1964 Grand Canyon Massacre Eric Dancer Stanley Corbett1966 The Chase Party Guest uncredited Arthur Penn1966 The Man from U N C L E Arturo Fingers Stilletto Carlo Farenti1967 The Time Tunnel Count Enrico Galba1967 The Spy in the Green Hat Arturo Fingers Stilletto Joseph Sargent1968 The Brotherhood Don Peppino Martin Ritt1969 Mackenna s Gold Prairie Dog J Lee Thompson1969 Stiletto Don Andrea Bernard L Kowalski1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria Luigi Stanley Kramer1969 Boot Hill Judge Boone Giuseppe Colizzi1970 The Syndicate A Death in the Family Parker final film role Piero ZuffiSelected Television EditYear Title Role Notes1960 Have Gun Will Travel Renato Donatello Episode Bitter Wine 1960 Have Gun Will Travel The Father Episode Gold and Brimstone References Edit Eduardo Ciannelli 80 Played Many Movie Gangster Roles The News New Jersey Paterson p 45 Retrieved 13 May 2020 via Newspapers com The City Stands Trial at My Movies it Mayer Geoff 2017 Encyclopedia of American Film Serials McFarland p 74 ISBN 9780786477623 Retrieved 3 September 2018 External links Edit Biography portal 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