Italian actor Cesare Danova came to prominence in such post-war European films as La Figlia del Capitano (1947) and Don Giovanni (1955), playing the title role in the latter film. In the American-made Man Who Understood Women (1959), Danova managed to be both funny and menacing as a murderous cuckolded husband. Few of his American films took full advantage of Danova's talents, tending to cast him as a "typical" hot-blooded Mediterranean, but there have been a few rewarding assignments along the way. As Appolodorus in the budget-busting Cleopatra (1963), Danova was one of the few actors whose part wasn't cut to nothing in order to favor the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton combo. Danova was one of the stars of the TV pilot-cum-theatrical movie Chamber of Horrors (1966), and he enjoyed a season's worth of regular TV work as Actor (that was the character's name, not the designation) on the weekly Dirty Dozen rip-off Garrison's Gorillas (1967). In the '70s and '80s, Danova seemed to take turns with Anthony Quinn in portraying Onassis-like Greek tycoons and Mafia bosses; in the latter capacity Danova was hilarious as Carmine DePasto in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). In the early years of the '80s, Danova could be seen as a regular on the ABC television daytime drama Ryan's Hope. Cesare Danova died suddenly during a 1992 meeting of the Motion Picture Academy's Foreign Film Committee.
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Dublin Murders
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1985 | |||
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St. Helens
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1981 | |||
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I Tentacoli
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1977 | |||
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Invisible Strangler
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1976 | |||
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Scorchy
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1976 | |||
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Death Cruise
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1974 | |||
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Mean Streets
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1973 | |||
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Che!
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1969 | |||
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Chamber of Horrors
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1966 | |||
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Bonanza: Woman of Fire
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1965 | |||
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Viva Las Vegas
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1964 | |||
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Cleopatra
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1963 | |||
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Gidget Goes to Rome
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1963 | |||
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Tender Is the Night
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1961 | |||
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Valley of the Dragons
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1961 | |||
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Catch Me if You Can
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1959 | |||
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Don Juan
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1956 | |||
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Crossed Swords
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1954 | |||
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L'Amante di Paride
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1954 | |||
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Monaca Santa
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1949 |

