Mario Scaccia

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Italian stage, screen and radio actor and writer. Born the son of a painter, during the Second World War Scaccia was conscripted into the army as an officer in Sicily; made prisoner by the American army, he was taken to Morocco, where he remained for three years. In 1945, Scaccia returned to Rome, where he abandoned his studies in pedagogy and enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, attending only the first year. In 1946, he started appearing on stage, usually as a character actor. In 1961 Scaccia was co-founder, together with Valeria Moriconi, Franco Enriquez and Glauco Mauri, of the Compagnia dei Quattro ("Company of the Four") that gained critical and commercial success. At the same time Scaccia was a prolific character actor in films, TV series and radio-dramas. Scaccia was also a poet, and he wrote several autobiographies. He died in Rome on 26 January 2011 at 91, as a result of complications from surgery. Link to Wikipedia biography