Capozzi, Nino

[Johan Melle]

Nino Capozzi in the fotoromanzo "Amore bugiardo" (1952)

Tall, dark-haired and exceptionally handsome and well-dressed, Nino Capozzi is a textbook example of the Italian "bel tenebroso" whose good looks helped him became one of the most prominent leading men in fotoromanzi of the 1950s.

Nino's first fotoromanzo was "Destino di sangue", published in the famed milanese fotoromanzo magazine Bolero Film, but he then switched to starring for the Rome-based magazine Tipo, who used him in countless fotoromanzi. His success was instant and he become a beloved idol for the many impressionable female readers of fotoromanzo magazines.

In fact, it is thanks primarily to Nino's communication with his horde of female admirers that it has been possible to discover a few scarce biographical details for him, for when responding to his fans in Tipo's letter column, he revealed that he was born in Rome in 1926.

Although his success in fotoromanzi never extended to films, he did appear as an extra in numerous films since at least the end of the 1940s and until the first half of the 1960s, sometimes in speaking parts. In Tipo's letter column he revealed that he loved to dance and in films he is in fact quite frequently seen in scenes featuring dancing, for example in Moglie e buoi... (1956) where he dances with Sandra Milo.

Filmography

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1948

1. Fifa e arena .... Matador (uncredited)
   
   1949
2. Catene .... Railway worker in the barracks (uncredited)
3. L'imperatore di Capri .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
4. Monastero di Santa Chiara .... Officer dancing in nightclub (uncredited)
   
   1950
5. 47 morto che parla .... Officer at the party (uncredited)
6. Alina .... Casino gambler (uncredited)
7. È arrivato il cavaliere .... Young man on the beach (uncredited)
8. Margherita da Cortona .... Jealous man who interrupts the dance (uncredited)
9. Quel fantasma di mio marito .... Gianni's colleague (uncredited)
10. Totò cerca moglie .... Guest at the embassy party (uncredited)
    
    1951
11. Bellezze a Capri .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
12. È l'amor che mi rovina .... Man in cable car (uncredited)
13. Era lui, sì, sì! .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
14. Incantesimo tragico .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
15. Otello .... Venetian senator (uncredited)
    
    1952
16. L'eroe sono io .... Henchman (uncredited)
17. Menzogna .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1953
18. L'amore in città - segment "Paradiso per 3 ore" .... Man at the dance hall (uncredited)
19. The Man From Cairo / Dramma nella Kasbah .... Informant (uncredited)
    
    1954
20. Amori di mezzo secolo - segment "Dopoguerra 1920" .... Pierrot, dancer at the 'Tabarin de la lune' (uncredited)
21. I tre ladri .... Store customer (uncredited)
22. The Barefoot Contessa .... Roulette player (uncredited)
23. Tradita .... Officer at the ball (uncredited)
    
    1956
24. Amaramente .... Audience member in the recording studio (uncredited)
25. Moglie e buoi... .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1957
26. Belle ma povere .... Friend of Salvatore and Romolo (uncredited)
27. El Alamein .... Man at the party (uncredited)
28. Il ricatto di un padre .... Party guest (uncredited)
29. La Venere di Cheronea .... Greek soldier (uncredited)
30. Malafemmena .... Man at the celebration (uncredited)
31. Serenate per 16 bionde .... Audience member at music show (uncredited)
32. Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
    
    1958
33. Carosello di canzoni .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
34. Napoli, sole mio! .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1960
35. Le signore .... One of Filippo's friends (uncredited)
    
    1964
36. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... One of Totò Baby's victims (uncredited)

[Johan Melle]

A little selection of beautiful 1950s fotoromanzo covers featuring Nino:

[Johan Melle]

A little selection of fotoromanzo roles from Nino's extensive career:

"Tu, mia rivale" (Tipo, 1952)

"La peccatrice" (Tipo, 1952-53), an adaptation of the novel "Manon Lescaut" by Prévost

"Lettere nascoste" (Tipo, 1953)

"Il bacio di una morta" (Tipo, 1955)

"L'ombra del dubbio" (Tipo, 1956)

"Questo nostro difficile amore" (Tipo, 1956)

"...ed ella non rispose!" (Tipo, 1957)

"Carmen" (Tipo, 1958), an adaptation of the famous opera by Bizet

[Johan Melle]

And now the movie roles:

The earliest role I've found for Nino is in the Totò comedy L'imperatore di Capri (1949) as a hotel guest, shown dancing or in the background in numerous shots

He can also be glimpsed dancing in another Totò comedy: Totò cerca moglie (1950) as Guest at the embassy party

[Johan Melle]

Incantesimo tragico (1951) as Wedding guest

This is yet another film where he dances - here with fellow generica Terry Dalton

And with Totò again in I tre ladri (1954) as Store customer

[Johan Melle]

Nino in the Hollywood production The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Roulette player

Moglie e buoi... (1956) as a party guest who dances with Sandra Milo!

And here a surprisingly late role in Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (1964) where he speaks a brief line as one of Totò Baby's victims

[Johan Melle]

Serenate per 16 bionde (1957) as Audience member at music show

[van den bremt rudy]

Carosello di canzoni (1958) as nightclub client
here he is sitting on the table with umberto alivernini

new role again for nino

[van den bremt rudy]

Tradita (1954) as officer at the ball
uncredited passage in this world war one drama movie

new role found again for Nino

[PeplumParadise]

Margherita da Cortona (1950) as Jealous man who interrupts the dance. Identification by Johan