Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo
De Mejo in February 1992
Born	(1945-01-17)17 January 1945 Rome, Italy
Died	18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 70) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2013
Parent(s)	Oscar De Mejo Alida Valli

Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945 – 18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.[1]

Life and career

Born in Rome, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress Alida Valli.[2] After a few minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a male prostitute in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema (1968).[2] In 1970, he played Claude in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical Hair.[2] In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.[2][3]

Selected filmography

• The Battle of Sinai (1968) - Ylan
• L'oro di Londra (1968) - Frankie
• Summit (1968)
• Teorema (1968) - Boy
• La colomba non deve volare (1970)
• Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion (1970) - Billy
• Equinozio (1971)
• The Dead Are Alive (1972) - Igor Samarakis
• When Women Were Called Virgins (1972) - Gisippo
• The Outside Man (1972) - Karl
• Défense de savoir (1973)
• Stateline Motel (1973) - Albert
• The Net (1975) - Francesco Vanetti
• La sposina (1976) - Massimo Raimondi
• The Cassandra Crossing (1976) - Faux Patient (uncredited)
• Un cuore semplice (1977)
• Porco mondo (1978) - Massimo
• Cindy's Love Games (1979) - Valerio
• Eros Perversion (1979) - Orsino
• Terror Express (1980) - Ernie
• Contamination (1980) - Agent Young
• City of the Living Dead (1980) - Gerry
• La locanda della maladolescenza (1980) - Andrea Poggi
• The Other Hell (1981) - Father Valerio
• The House by the Cemetery (1981) - Mr. Wheatley
• Manhattan Baby (1982) - Luke
• Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1983)
• Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico (1984)
• À notre regrettable époux (1988) - Mercanton
• I fobici (1999) - A Party Guest (segment "Frutto Proibito")
• H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms (2013) - Antonio Mezzanotte (final film role)

References

1. "Carlo De Mejo – Rest in Peace". kitleyskrypt.
2. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti. Volume 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
3. Arnold Blumberg (31 January 2013). Zombiemania. Telos Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1845838171.

External links

Media related to Carlo De Mejo at Wikimedia Commons

• Carlo De Mejo at IMDb