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Fred Malatesta is a Actor and Art Direction Italien born on 17 april 1889 at Naples (Italie)

Fred Malatesta

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Birth name Frederic Malatesta
Nationality Italie
Birth 17 april 1889 at Naples (Italie)
Death 8 april 1952 (at 62 years) at Burbank (USA)

Fred Malatesta (April 18, 1889 – April 8, 1952) was an American film actor. He appeared in 118 films between 1915 and 1941. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Burbank, California.

Biography

Immigré aux États-Unis, Fred Malatesta y fait carrière au cinéma et contribue ainsi à cent-vingt-deux films américains, le premier étant un court métrage sorti en 1915.

Durant la période du muet, il apparaît notamment dans Sherlock Holmes d'Arthur Berthelet (1916, avec William Gillette et Edward Fielding), Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy d'Alfred E. Green et Jack Pickford (1921, avec Mary Pickford et Claude Gillingwater), Paradis défendu d'Ernst Lubitsch (1924, avec Pola Negri et Rod La Rocque), ou encore Bardelys le magnifique de King Vidor (1926, avec John Gilbert et Eleanor Boardman).

Après le passage au parlant, il tient encore des seconds rôles de caractère ou des petits rôles non crédités, entre autres dans L'Adieu aux armes de Frank Borzage (1932, avec Helen Hayes et Gary Cooper), Les Croisades de Cecil B. DeMille (1935, avec Loretta Young et Henry Wilcoxon) et Les Temps modernes de Charlie Chaplin (film muet, 1936, avec le réalisateur et Paulette Goddard).

Ses trois derniers films sortent en 1941, dont Arènes sanglantes de Rouben Mamoulian (avec Tyrone Power et Linda Darnell).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fred Malatesta (57 films)

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Blood and Sand, 2h5
Directed by Budd Boetticher, Rouben Mamoulian, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova, Anthony Quinn, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Waiter (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.395033.395033.395033.395033.39503
As a child Juan Gallardo (Rex Downing – young boy) wants only to become a bullfighter like his dead father. One night he has an argument with the pompous critic Natalio Curro (Laird Cregar) about his father's lack of talent in the bullring. The argument spurs Juan to travel to Madrid and achieve his dreams of success in the bullring. Before leaving he promises his aristocratic sweetheart Carmen Espinosa (Linda Darnell) he will return when he is a success and marry her.
Arise, My Love, 1h50
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel, Frank Puglia, Dick Purcell
Roles Spanish Mechanic (Uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3910653.3910653.3910653.3910653.391065
American pilot Tom Martin (Ray Milland) is a soldier of fortune who went to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. During the summer of 1939, he is languishing in a prison cell while awaiting execution. Unexpectedly granted a pardon on the morning that he is to face a firing squad, Tom's release has been managed by reporter Augusta "Gusto" Nash (Claudette Colbert), who posed as his wife. When the prison governor learns of the deception, the pair has to run for their lives.
Road to Singapore, 1h25
Directed by Frank Butler, Victor Schertzinger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn, Anthony Quinn, Judith Barrett
Roles Native Policeman (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.298483.298483.298483.298483.29848
Josh Mallon (Bing Crosby) and Ace Lannigan (Bob Hope) are best friends and work aboard the same ship. As their ship returns to the US after a long voyage, they see all the other sailors being mistreated by their wives and girlfriends, and the two friends pledge never to get involved with women again. Unfortunately, this vow is tested almost immediately. First, Ace is confronted by the family of a former lover, Cherry, who insist he marry her. Then Josh, who is the son of rich shipping magnate (Charles Coburn), has to fend off his fiancee, Gloria (Judith Barrett), and his father's wishes that he settle down and take over the family business.
The Mark of Zorro, 1h34
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg
Roles Sentry (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.744713.744713.744713.744713.74471
Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) is urgently called home by his father. To all outward appearances, he is the foppish son of wealthy ranchero and former Alcade Don Alejandro Vega (Montagu Love), having returned to California after his military education in Spain. Don Diego is horrified at the way the common people are mistreated by the corrupt Alcalde, Luis Quintero (J. Edward Bromberg), who had forced his father from the position. Don Diego then adopts the guise of El Zorro ("The Fox"), a masked outlaw, who becomes the defender of the common people and a champion for justice. Meanwhile, he romances the Alcalde's beautiful and innocent niece, Lolita (Linda Darnell), whom he grows to love. As part of his plan, Don Diego simultaneously flirts with the Alcalde's wife Inez (Gale Sondergaard), filling her head with tales of Madrid fashion and culture and raising her desire to move there with her corrupt husband. In both his guises, Don Diego must contend with the governor's ablest henchman, the malevolent Captain Esteban Pasquale (Basil Rathbone). He eventually dispatches the Captain in a fast-moving rapier duel-to-the-death, forcing a regime change, Don Diego's plan all along.
North West Mounted Police, 2h6
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Madeleine Carroll, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, George Bancroft
Roles Half-breed Archer
Rating63% 3.197743.197743.197743.197743.19774
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is sent to Canada during the 1880s in pursuit of outlaw Jacques Corbeau (George Bancroft), arriving in the midst of the Riel Rebellion. Dusty meets nurse April Logan (Madeleine Carroll) and quickly falls in love with her. However, she is already involved with Canadian Mountie Sergeant Jim Britt (Preston Foster). Dusty and April have become involved with one another, which becomes evident to Jim, to whom April wishes to remain loyal.
Down Argentine Way, 1h29
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, J. Carrol Naish, Charlotte Greenwood, Henry Stephenson
Roles Horserace Loser at Fiesta (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.195653.195653.195653.195653.19565
En Argentine vit Diego Quintana (Henry Stephenson), un éleveur de chevaux qui se met en colère quand il apprend que Binnie Crawford (Charlotte Greenwood) veut acheter leurs chevaux. Dernière Diego avait un combat sérieux avec le frère de Binnie, ce qui rend Ricardo (Don Ameche), son fils, dire qu'il n'y a pas de problème dans l'intérêt parce que ne pas vendre à ne importe qui cette famille. Il se avère que Ricardo est attiré par Glenda Crawford (Betty Grable), une belle jeune femme, et avait promis de vendre un animal sans savoir que ce était la nièce de l'ennemi de son père. En apprenant la parenté, il invente une excuse et annuler la vente, déclenchant une série de confusions.
Juarez
Juarez (1939)
, 2h12
Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard
Roles Señor Salas (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.446263.446263.446263.446263.44626
The film focuses on the conflict between Maximilian I, a European political dupe who is installed as the puppet ruler of Mexico by the French, and Benito Juárez, the country's president.
Love Affair, 1h28
Directed by Leo McCarey, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaïa, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Scotty Beckett
Roles Shipboard Photographer (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6468853.6468853.6468853.6468853.646885
French painter Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) meets American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They are both already engaged, he to heiress Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn), she to Kenneth Bradley (Lee Bowman). They begin to flirt and to eat dinner together on the ship, but his notoriety and popularity on the ship make them conscious that others are watching. Eventually, they decide that they should eat separately and not associate with each other. At a stop at Madeira, they visit Michel's grandmother Janou (Maria Ouspenskaya), who approves of Terry and wants Michel to settle down.
Bridal Suite, 1h10
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Annabella, Robert Blake, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart
Roles Cassini - in Shipboard Brawl
Rating56% 2.8105752.8105752.8105752.8105752.810575
Blackwell's Island, 1h11
Directed by Michael Curtiz, William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields, Morgan Conway
Roles Third Dockworker (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0461653.0461653.0461653.0461653.046165
Suez
Suez (1938)
, 1h44
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, Leon Ames, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut
Roles Jewel Merchant (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.290673.290673.290673.290673.29067
During a tennis match in Paris between Ferdinand de Lesseps (Tyrone Power) and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour (Joseph Schildkraut), the enthusiastic admiration of Countess Eugenie de Montijo (Loretta Young) for de Lesseps attracts the attention of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Leon Ames). Bonaparte sees to it that both she and de Lesseps are invited to his reception. At the party, a fortuneteller predicts that Eugenie will have a troubled life, but also wear a crown, and that de Lesseps will dig a ditch. Entranced by Eugenie's beauty, Bonaparte arranges for his romantic rival to be assigned to a diplomatic post in Egypt, joining his father, Count Mathieu de Lesseps (Henry Stephenson), the Consul-General. De Lesseps impulsively asks Eugenie to marry him immediately, but she turns him down.
International Settlement, 1h15
Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Dolores del Río, George Sanders, June Lang, Ruth Terry, Dick Baldwin, John Carradine
Roles Italian Officer
Rating64% 3.2211653.2211653.2211653.2211653.221165
1938's "International Settlement" refers to the heart of Shanghai China (the shooting title was "Shanghai Deadline"), where Western foreign powers had long controlled a protected enclave divided among 13 nations. The film opens as Japanese forces have successfully overrun Peiping (modern day Beijing) in the north and are now heading for Shanghai. Somewhat like Casablanca's famous opening, this conflict is introduced with a twirling globe leading us to China, interspersed with geniune newsreel footage of Japanese bombers attacking Peiping and Chinese refugees fleeing south, while a solemn voice intones the threat of oncoming war.
Port of Seven Seas, 1h21
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Wallace Beery, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Beal, Jessie Ralph, Etienne Girardot
Roles Bird Seller
Rating59% 2.9555852.9555852.9555852.9555852.955585
In the French port of Marseille, a lovely young woman named Madelon (Maureen O'Sullivan) is in love with a young sailor, Marius (John Beal). Madelon in turn is loved by Honore Panisse (Frank Morgan), a well-to-do middle-aged sailmaker. When Marius finds out he must go to sea for three years, he leaves without saying goodbye to Madelon; in a note he tells her that it would break his heart to tell her in person. She rushes to the dock, but sees his ship sailing away and faints. Marius's father Cesar, (Wallace Beery) who already thinks of Madelon as one of the family, carries her to her home.