Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor.

Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936), ''Sentinelle di bronzo'' (1937), ''Scipione l'Africano'', Edgar Neville's Italian ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939), ''L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' (1940) and ''Bengasi'' (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part ''Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!''.

''Un colpo di pistola'' (1942) by Renato Castellani and ''Fari nella nebbia'' (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films.

After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in ''Nada'' and in ''Carne de horca''. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy ''Il mattatore''. In 1964, he appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, ''The Citadel''.

In 2003, the ''Galleria Fosco Giachetti'' in Sesto Fiorentino was opened in his honor. Provided by Wikipedia