Paolo Bonacelli

Paolo Bonacelli
Bonacelli in 2017
Born(1937-02-28)28 February 1937
Rome, Italy
Died8 October 2025(2025-10-08) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2025
Known forSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Midnight Express
Mission: Impossible III
The American
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Paolo Bonacelli (28 February 1937 – 8 October 2025) was an Italian actor.[1][2] He had roles in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final movie, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975),[3] as Rifki in Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978),[4] as Don Luigi Magalone in Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979), and as Cassius Chaerea in Tinto Brass' Caligula (1979).

Bonacelli died on 8 October 2025 in Rome, Italy at the age of 88.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lancia, Enrico (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano : testi e strumenti per la scuola e l'università. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri : T. 1. A - L (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
  2. ↑ "Paolo Bonacelli". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Canby, Vincent (1 October 1977). "Film Festival: 'Salo' Is Disturbing..." The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Fox, Audrey (June 29, 2024). "The Only Main Actors Still Alive From Midnight Express". Looper.
  5. ↑ Addio a Paolo Bonacelli, maestro del cinema e del teatro italiano (in Italian)

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