[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Cesare Canevari was an Italian director and actor. He was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy on October 13, 1927. He began his career shortly after World War II as a stage actor, occasionally also appearing in films in minor roles. Variously referred to as "a genius ahead of his time", "a master of genre cinema" and "one of the less labelable directors of Italian genre cinema", he directed nine films between 1964 and 1983. Often characterized by an unusual style, his films ranged through different genres, including noir, Nazisploitation, Spaghetti western, giallo and melodrama.
Canevari is one of those few directors who did not want to move to Rome because, as he declared in an interview with Christian Arioli: “I never wanted to go to Rome to shoot my films because I didn't feel comfortable there.” Instead, his films generally were produced and shot in Milan.
His directorial debut came in 1964 from the fact that the director Oscar De Fina had decided not to shoot the western “Die for a Dollar in Tucson” and so Canevari, who was producing the film, decided to get behind the camera himself so as not to lose all the money. This film was also his only appearance as an actor in a Spaghetti western. He was billed as C. Iravenac in the actor credits.
Cesare would later in his career direct the 1970 Spaghetti western “Matalo!”.
Canevari died in Milan, Italy on October 25, 2012, at the age of 85.
CANEVARI, Cesare (aka D. Brownson, C. Iravenac)
[10/13/1927, Milan, Lombardy, Italy - 10/25/2012, Milan, Lombardy, Italy] -
producer, director, screenwriter, film editor, film actor.
Die for a Dollar in Tucson – 1964 [as C. Iravenac]
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