Alberto
Lupo was born Alberto Zoboli on December 19, 1924 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Alberto was born into a middle-class family (his father ran The Gaslini
Institute Bolzaneto) and he demonstrated from early youth a keen interest in
acting, attending at least twenty courses given by Andrew Miano he then took
lessons from Lea Zanzi . He studied to be a lawyer to accommodate his father,
but continued to nurture his passion for the theater. With his fellow
adventurers staged “Small Town” of Thornton Wilder, which proved a great success.
In
1946 Lupo made his stage debut at the Centro Sperimentale University of Genoa
Luigi Pirandello, later known as Art Theatre City of Genoa, working there until
1952, where he would recite at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and the New
Theatre, where he played in the 1953-54 season alongside Gino Cervi in “Cyrano
de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand.
He
proved to be a charming actor, with a significant presence on stage, and an
especially sensual voice that stirs the affection of women, he made his
cinematic debut in 1954 with a role in the film “Ulysses” by Mario Camerini. He
would continue in mostly secondary roles in genre films typical of the era. Perhaps
his best interpretation of this period is in the movie “The Hit”, directed in
1960 by Damiano Damiani.
In
1955 he made his first appearance on the small screen, in ‘Little Women’, directed
by Anton Giulio Majano. Lupo would appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Zorro in the
Court of Spain” (1962), as Miguel “Django Shoots First” (1966) as the town
doctor.
His
career continued on stage, film and TV until in 1977, at the height of his
career he agreed to play in the theater drama “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”.
During a practice presentation he was hit by a thrombosis of the brain. Rushed
to a hospital, he remained in a coma for a long time and when he woke up he
found himself voiceless and paralyzed on one side of his body. He had to
subsequently undergo a long and complex rehabilitation to recover his voice and
motor faculties helped by his wife Lila Rocco.
He
returned to television in 1978 reciting the poem If by Rudyard Kipling in a rather weak voice. Then in 1979 he
returned fully recovered in ‘An Evening with Alberto Lupo’ and appeared in the
film “Action” directed by Tinto Brass.
He
died at the age of 59 on August 13, 1984 in the seaside town of San Felice
Circeo.
Today
we remember Alberto Lupo on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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