Cobelli, Giancarlo

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 21/12/2023, 16:59

: Giancarlo Cobelli in Barbarella (1968)

Giancarlo Cobelli was active as an actor in Italian films and television from the mid-1950's to the mid-1970's and as a director and writer in television, radio and theatre from the early 1970's until as late as 2008.

He was born in Milan on December 12th 1929.[1]

He trained as a mime artist at the Piccolo Theatre in Milan. He started out appearing in the theatre, then made his first appearances in films, television and radio in the mid-1950's. He continued to work as an actor throughout the 60's, probably better known for his appearances on television and radio than for his film appearances, which tended to be smaller supporting roles. Unfortunately most of his TV appearances are currently impossible to find.

Giancarlo began directing, and writing for, films and television in the late 1960's, while his acting career slowly ground to a halt, with his last known screen appearance coming in 1972. At the start of the 70's he began working predominantly as a theatre director, working all over Italy and becoming particularly renowned for staging operas and classics, with his last-known credit coming in 2008 - Wikipedia names him as being one of the most important directors of Italian theatre.

Giancarlo died in Rome on March 16th 2012, aged 82.

Filmography

1955

La bella mugnaia .... Don Luca (uncredited)

1956
Anche a Chicago nascon le violette (TV movie) .... Bill (credited)
Il marziano Filippo (TV movie) .... Maf (credited)
Lo svitato .... Secretary (credited)

1957
Cosa sognano le fanciulle (TV movie) .... Iro (credited)
Guendalina .... Memo (credited)
Le fatiche di Arlecchino (TV movie) .... Arlecchino (credited)
Souvenir d'Italie .... Mime artist (credited)

1958
Anche a Chicago nascono le violette (TV movie) .... Bill (credited)
Corri, Jimmy, corri (TV mini-series) Eps. 1-3 .... Blackie (credited)
La farsa dell'avvocato Pathelin (TV movie) .... Pathelin (credited)

1959
Il teatro di Arlecchino (TV series?) .... role unknown (credited)

1960
Il malato immaginario (TV movie) .... Second surgeon (credited)

1961
Il candeliere (TV movie) .... Landry (credited)

1962
I giacobini (TV mini-series) Eps. 1-3 .... The Hairdresser (credited)
Studio uno (TV series) .... Various roles (credited)

1963
Il boia di Siviglia (TV movie) .... Ismaele (credited)
Il cappello di Paglia di Firenze (TV movie) .... Minardi (credited)
L'uomo del destino (TV movie) .... Giuseppe (credited)
Raccomandato di ferro (TV movie) .... Dov (credited)

1964
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa .... Nero (credited)
Gli eroi di ieri... oggi... domani …. role unknown (poster credit)
La serva padrona .... Vespone (credit unknown)

1965
Cab Cobelli (TV series) .... Various roles (credited)

1967
Io non protesto, io amo .... Filippo (credited)
L'amore attraverso i secoli .... Menippo (uncredited)
The Taming of the Shrew .... The Priest (credited)

1968
Barbarella .... The Revolutionary (credited)

1969
H2S .... Boss (credited)

1970
Calcoli frettolosi (TV movie) .... Leandro (credited)

1971
Il prato magico (TV movie) .... role unknown (credited)

1972
Jus primae noctis .... Curial (credited)

Titles to check

Il visitatore (1971 TV movie) IMDb
Pianeta Venere (1972) IMDb

Production Filmography

1970

Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! .... Poster credit as director and for screenplay

1973
Woyzeck (TV movie) .... Credited as director and for screenplay

1977
Pericle principe di Tiro (TV movie) .... Credited as director

1978
Il candeliere (TV movie) .... Credited as director and for screenplay

1980
L'Orfeo (TV movie) .... Credited as director

1985
Teresa Raquin (TV mini-series) .... Credited as director

1986
La locandiera (TV movie) .... Credited as director and screenwriter

Production titles to check

L'uomo difficile (1978) IMDb as director

Notes and sources

1. Giancarlo's biographical details are compiled from various sources including theatre websites and his obituary in L'Unione Sarda

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 21/12/2023, 17:00

La bella mugnaia (1955) as Don Luca

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:33

Anche a Chicago nascon le violette (1956 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Bill

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:35

Il marziano Filippo (1956 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Maf

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:36

Lo svitato (1956) credited, as Secretary

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:38

Cosa sognano le fanciulle (1957 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Iro

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:40

Guendalina (1957) credited, as Memo, the barber

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:42

Le fatiche di Arlecchino (1957 TV movie) credited and pictured in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Arlecchino

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 22/12/2023, 17:45

Souvenir d'Italie (1957) credited as one of the "Mummers", as Mime artist.

I think he should be the one in yellow, but since they remain masked it's hard to be certain