Gualtiero Tumiati

• Name — Gualtiero Tumiati • Born — 8 May 1876 • Birthplace — Ferrara • Died — 23 April 1971 • Place of death — Rome • Occupation — Actor

Born in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi. He later graduated in law and while working as an apprentice lawyer at his father's law firm he started performing in some local stage companies. Tumiati's breakout role was Cyrano de Bergerac in a critically acclaimed representation of the Edmond Rostand's eponymous play held in 1910. With his wife, the actress and painter Beryl Hight, in 1928 Tumiati founded the "Sala Azzurra" ("Blue Room"), one of the first Avant-garde theaters in Italy. He taught acting at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome and at the Accademia dei filodrammatici in Milan. Gone blind, his last role was in the blind Tiresias in a representation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex held in 1969 in the La Scala theatre.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1935 — Casta Diva — Nicolò Paganini • 1942 — Malombra — Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo • 1942 — Piazza San Sepolcro • 1943 — Life Is Beautiful — Il professore Luca Lecedius • 1945 — Vivere ancora — L'anarchico pazzo • 1946 — The Adulteress — Il vecchio indovino • 1946 — Eugenia Grandet — Eugenia's father • 1946 — The Lovers — Alviso Foscarini • 1946 — The Ways of Sin — Don Salvatore • 1946 — Tempesta d'anime • 1947 — The Captain's Daughter — Andrej Grinev, padre di Piotr • 1947 — Bullet for Stefano — Stefano's Father • 1947 — Daniele Cortis — Aldo • 1948 — The Man with the Grey Glove — Pittore Masero • 1949 — The Legend of Faust • 1950 — Devotion — Zio Zua • 1950 — Hearts at Sea — Ammiraglio Silvestri - nonno di Paolo • 1950 — The Thief of Venice — Il doge • 1951 — The Forbidden Christ — Bruno's Father • 1951 — Nobody's Children — Don Demetrio • 1952 — The Adventures of Mandrin — Prince Guido • 1952 — Little World of Don Camillo — Ciro della Bruciata • 1952 — The Dream of Zorro — Don Cesar Alcazan • 1952 — The City Stands Trial — The Chief Prosecutor • 1952 — Falsehood — Don Clemente • 1952 — I tre corsari — Comte di Ventimiglia • 1952 — Lieutenant Giorgio — Zio del conte • 1952 — Who is Without Sin — Il sacerdote • 1953 — The Merchant of Venice • 1953 — Noi peccatori — Don Quirino, il prete • 1953 — The Ship of Condemned Women — Pietro Silveris • 1954 — The Count of Monte Cristo — L'abbé Faria (1) • 1954 — Ulysses — Laerte • 1954 — Guai ai vinti — Don Marzi • 1956 — Rigoletto e la sua tragedia — Conte di Monterone • 1956 — War and Peace — Count Kirill Bezukhov — Uncredited, (final film role)