Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945 – 18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.[1]

Carlo De Mejo
Born(1945-01-17)17 January 1945
Rome, Italy
Died18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 70)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1968–2013
Parent(s)Oscar De Mejo, Alida Valli

Life and career

Born in Rome, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress Alida Valli.[2] After a few minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema.[2] In 1970 he played Claude in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical Hair.[2] In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.[2][3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. "Carlo De Mejo – Rest in Peace -". kitleyskrypt.
  2. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti. Volume 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  3. Arnold Blumberg. Zombiemania. Telos Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1845838173.

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