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Marino Masé (21 March 1939 – 28 May 2022) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1961 and 2006.

Life

Masé was born in Trieste on 21 March 1939. While still a teenager, he joined the laboratory for young actors of the production company Vides by Franco Cristaldi and studied acting under Alessandro Fersen. He made his stage debut in 1960 in L'arialda, directed by Luchino Visconti, and his film debut in the 1961 adventure Romulus and the Sabines by Richard Pottier. He had several leading roles in the first half of the 1960s, including Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket and Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers, then he was mainly cast in supporting roles. Masé was also active in the adaptation of the dialogues for dubbing.

He died in Rome on 28 May 2022, at the age of 83.

Selected filmography

• Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Leno
• The Leopard (1963) as Tutor
• The Carabineers (1963) as Ulysses
• A Sentimental Attempt (1963) as Piero, Dino's Brother-in-law
• I mostri (1963) as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
• Love and Marriage (1964) (segment "Basta un attimo")
• Hard Time for Princes (1965) as Angelo
• Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) as Phir
• Fists in the Pocket (1965) as Augusto
• Nightmare Castle (1965) as Dr. Derek Joyce
• Gendarme in New York (1965) as Aldo
• The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) as Dick
• The Vatican Affair (1968) as Richard
• Commandos (1968) as Italian Lt. Tomassini
• Detective Belli (1969) as Romanis (uncredited)
• The Five Man Army (1969) as Railroad Man
• Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) as Franco
• The Cannibals (1970) as Ismene's Fiancé
• N.P. - Il segreto (1970)
• Lady Frankenstein (1971) as Thomas Stack (uncredited), the mildly retarded servant of Baron Frankenstein
• The Policeman (1971)
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) as Police Inspector
• Il Boss (1973) as Pignataro
• I Kiss the Hand (1973) as Luciano Ferrante
• Massacre in Rome (1973) as Third partisan in Via rasella's window
• The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Giuseppe di Leo
• The Night Porter (1974) as Atherton
• The Driver's Seat (1974) as Traffic Policeman
• Donna è bello (1974) as Mario
• Zorro (1975) as Miguel de la Serna
• Kidnap Syndicate (1975) as Pardi
• ...a tutte le auto della polizia (1975) as Franz Hekker - Francesco Pagano
• Vergine e di nome Maria (1975)
• Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) as Rick
• A Sold Life (1976) as Professor Marcelli
• A Matter of Time (1976) as Hotel Forum Porter
• Emanuelle Around the World (1977) as Cassei
• L'uomo di Corleone (1977)
• Standard (1978)
• Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) as Enzo Nardelli
• Play Motel (1979) as Massimo "Max" Liguori
• Contamination (1980) as NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
• The Salamander (1981) as Captain Rigoli
• Il carabiniere (1981) as Gianni
• Cercasi Gesù (1982)
• The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) as The Duke
• Tenebrae (1982) as John
• King David (1985) as Agag
• The Repenter (1985)
• Voglia di guardare (1986) as Diego
• Il camorrista (1986) as Il faccendiere Sapienza
• The Belly of an Architect (1987) as Trettorio
• L'attrazione (1987) as Victor
• Phantom of Death (1988) as Expert on aging
• Provocazione (1988) as Professor
• The Palermo Connection (1990)
• Senza scrupoli 2 (1990) as Maestro
• The Godfather Part III (1990) as Lupo
• La riffa (1991)
• Venti dal Sud (1993) as Paul Legrand
• Il cielo è sempre più blu (1996)
• The Eighteenth Angel (1997) as Local Doctor
• Il decisionista (1997)
• Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997) as Paolo Bigetti
• Autunno (1999) as Matteo's Father
• Ginostra (2002) as Night Watchman
• Nel mio amore (2004) as Prete anziano
• Quale amore (2006) as Bank director