Gustavo D'Arpe was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy in 1918, from a family of the good bourgeoisie, the pope of Lecce origin, the general of the bersaglieri Achille ‘D’Arpe the mother of Lady Maria Teresa Genova. Gustavo graduated with a law degree but his passion was journalism and he worked with several Palermo publishers achieving a certain level of success he moved to Bari, Italy where he worked for the Gazzetta del Mezzoggiorni. Do to his sometimes-uncontrollable temper he lost his position of it’s director and moved to Rome where he started his acting career with director Pietro Germi. He appeared in 21 films and television series from 1963-1972. Gustavo died from an uncurable disease at the young age of 53 in Rome in 1971.
D’ARPE,
Gustavo (aka Gus Harper) [1918, Palermo, Sicily, Italy – 1972, Rome,
Lazio, Italy] – journalist, film, TV actor.
Johnny Yuma – 1966 (Harvey Pitt) [as Gus Harper]
Zorro the Fox – 1968 (Alcalde Don Jaimez)
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