Pippo Santonastaso

Italian actor

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Pippo Santonastaso
Pippo Santonastaso (right) with his brother Mario (left)
Born	(1936-05-25) 25 May 1936 (age 88) Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza
Occupation	actor

Pippo Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021^[1]), performing successfully in their region and soon also on television, in several RAI variety shows.^[2] Following his television success, in the second half of the 1970s he started a parallel career of character actor in numerous comedy films, several of them as sidekick of Adriano Celentano.^[2] He was main actor just once, in the commedia sexy all'italiana Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Tv. Addio al cabarettista Mario Santonastaso, celebre il duo con il fratello Pippo (in Italian)
^ ^a ^b ^c Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.