Walter Chiari, stage name of Walter Annichiarico (2 March 1924 - 20 December 1991), was a hugely succesful Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Born in Verona, Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as The Little Hut (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1966), and The Valachi Papers (1972). He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's film Bellissima (1951). He also a...
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Walter Chiari, stage name of Walter Annichiarico (2 March 1924 - 20 December 1991), was a hugely succesful Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Born in Verona, Chiari achieved a certain degree of international success in films such as The Little Hut (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1966), and The Valachi Papers (1972). He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's film Bellissima (1951). He also appeared on Broadway in the musical The Gay Life (1961).
In the late 50s and 60s he was one of the main protagonists of the "Dolce Vita", the glitzy and glamourous Italian jet-set scene, centered in Rome and especially focused on the booming cinema industry he was so at ease with.
During the making of The Little Hut he met Ava Gardner (still formally married with Frank Sinatra but already estranged from him), and he started a passionate and tumultuous relationship with the u.s. superstar.
Unlike many Italian actors of the time he had a full and...
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