
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo. The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson). In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90). He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cesare Danova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

El correo del rey

Night Gallery

Garrison's Gorillas

Automan

Arrest and Trial

エアーウルフ

The Fall Guy

ジェシカおばさんの事件簿

Sanford and Son

Nero Wolfe

Matt Helm

私立探偵マグナム

Breaking Point

The Green Hornet

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Hunter

The Rifleman

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クレオパトラ

A Matter of Wife... and Death

Vega$

Honey West

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Daniel Boone

McMillan & Wife

Police Story

探偵ハート&ハート

Maude

Hotel

The Name of the Game

Simon & Simon

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Mannix

チャーリーズ・エンジェル

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Cannon

La figlia del capitano

Trapper John, M.D.

The Love Boat

Matt Houston

Viva Las Vegas

The Mod Squad

Outlaws

That Girl

Medical Center

Blacke's Magic

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Chico and the Man

Adventures in Paradise

Stoney Burke

Death Cruise

Valley of the Dragons

Falcon Crest

Chamber of Horrors

Tender Is the Night

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

Non scherzare con le donne

The Manhunter

革命戦士ゲバラ!

Gidget Goes to Rome

テンタクルズ

Scorchy

The Astral Factor

Tarzan, the Ape Man

Ces sacrées vacances

Il maestro di Don Giovanni

The Man Who Understood Women

Cavallina Storna

Decisions! Decisions!

I tre corsari

Processo contro ignoti

Horowitz in Dublin

Pentimento

Incatenata dal destino

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Monaca santa

L'amante di Paride

I cavalieri dell'illusione

Don Giovanni

Balocchi e profumi

The Roaring 20's

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