Cesare Gravina

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1858-01-23 (96 years old)

Deathday

1954-09-16

Place of Birth

Naples, Italy

Cesare Gravina

Biography

From Wikipedia Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1929. He was born in Naples, Italy. Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, among the noted vocalists he worked with were Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point he left music to become a character actor, sharing his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theatres in South America, Gravina was financially secure enough to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting.

Acting

1925

Fifth Avenue Models

as Ludani's Tenement Neighbor

1924

1929

Burning the Wind

as Don Ramón Valdez

1928

1927

Cheating Cheaters

as Tony Verdi

1920

Mothers of Men

as Mr. Schultz - Gaston Glass

1918

Let's Get a Divorce

as Head Waiter

1922

Foolish Wives

as Cesare Ventucci

1923

1917

The Siren

as Her Father

1923

Merry-Go-Round

as Sylvester Urban

1927

1928

1916

1924

The Family Secret

as Tomaso Silvano

1920

The Penalty

as Art Teacher (uncredited)

1928

The Wedding March

as Martin Schrammell

1926

Monte Carlo

as Count Davigny

1924

1928

The Trail of '98

as Henry Kelland - Berna's Grandfather

1925

The Charmer

as Señor Sprott

1925

Flower of Night

as Servant

1924

Greed

as Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)

1929

The Honeymoon

as Martin Schrammell, Mitzi's father

1916

1927

1915

1916

Hulda from Holland

as Apartment Neighbor (uncredited)

1924

1915

Madame Butterfly

as The Soothsayer

1923

Circus Days

as Luigi, the Clown

1923

Daddy

as Cesare Gallo

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Manager (uncredited)

1912

1926

1924

Butterfly

as Von Mandescheid

1926

The Midnight Sun

as Opera Director

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