Antonio Centa
Birthday
1907/08/10
Day of death
1979/04/19 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Maniago, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Also know as
Tony Centa, Tony Cento, Антонио Чента
Biography
Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 – 19 April 1979) was an Italian film actor. Born in Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war). He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in Renato Castellani's films A Pistol Shot and Zazà. After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in suppo...Read more
Acting
(1953) The Wages of Fear
as Camp Chief
(1942) Headlights in the Fog
as Carlo
(1951) Ombre sul Canal Grande
as Stefano
(1939) Battles in the Shadow
as Mario
(1948) L'uomo dal guanto grigio
as ---
(1950) Fugitive Lady
as Jeff
(1961) A Difficult Life
as Carlo, l'ami d'Elena
(1936) The Two Sergeants
as Luogotenente Carlo Duval / Colonnello Georges Masson
(1968) The Black Sheep
as commendator Mannocchi
(1944) Zazà
as Dufresne
(1936) But It's Nothing Serious
as Grizzoffi (uncredited)
(1937) Marcella
as Oliviero
(1935) La luce del mondo
as ---
(1942) A Pistol Shot
as Sergio Drutzky
(1940) Manovre d'amore
as Il sottotenente Zilihay
(1938) Princess Tarakanova
as Capitano Sleptozow
(1949) The Glass Mountain
as Gino, Alida's boyfriend
(1940) The Knight of Kruja
as Stefano Andriani
(1946) Pian delle stelle
as John
(1943) I'll Love You Forever
as Diego
(1936) White Squadron
as Il tenente Mario Ludovici
(1939) Ballo al castello
as Tenente Paolo Karinsky
(1939) Una moglie in pericolo
as Giorgio De Martius
(1961) Laura nuda
as Sandro
(1937) The Duchess of Parma
as Gino Vanni
(1954) The Woman Who Came from the Sea
as Dottor Vargas
(1937) Ballerine
as Mario Verandi
(1940) Anything for the Woman
as Gianni
(1943) Gente dell’aria
as Raimondo Sandri
(1940) Validità giorni dieci
as Paolo Rubini
(1948) The Mysterious Rider
as Antonio, fratello di Casanova
(1938) Under the Southern Cross
as Paolo
(1969) Besieged
as Lorenzo's father
(1936) Arma bianca
as servitore di Casanova
(1952) The Secret Conclave
as The Pope's Secretary
(1942) La principessa del sogno
as Il principe Goffredo Ardesiani