Mihai Fotino

Mihai Fotino
Fotino in 1971
Born
Mișu Matei Fotino

(1930-09-14)14 September 1930
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died13 January 2014(2014-01-13) (aged 83)
Bucharest, Romania
Resting placeBellu Cemetery, Bucharest
OccupationActor
Years active1936–2005[1]
Organization(s)Drama Theater Brașov [ro]
National Theatre Bucharest
FatherMișu Fotino
AwardsOrder of Cultural Merit [ro] (Romania)

Mihai Fotino (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj fotiˈno]; 14 September 1930 – 13 January 2014) was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.

Born in Bucharest, he spent his early years in Brașov, where his father, Mișu Fotino, was a stage actor and director, and later graduated from Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest.

Fotino made his debut at the age of 6, in 1936, in the play Colonial. From 1952, he became an actor at the Drama Theater [ro] in Brașov. He was noticed by the director Sică Alexandrescu [ro], who brought him to Bucharest. Starting in 1956, he played for over 50 years at the National Theatre Bucharest.[1][2]

Fotino was awarded the Romanian Order of Cultural Merit [ro] in 1967 and 2004.[3][4]

He died at Elias Hospital [ro] in Bucharest, at age 83, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.[1][2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1937 Doamna de la etajul II
1946 Visul unei nopți de iarnă [ro] Gogu Panait
1955 Directorul nostru [ro]
1960 Telegrame Ministrul de Interne
1961 Porto-Franco [ro] Nicu Politicu
1963 Codine Cotoiul
1963 Politică cu... delicatese [ro]
1965 Titanic Waltz Dinu
1966 Mona, l'étoile sans nom [fr] Ticket collector
1967 Balul de sâmbătă seara [ro] Gigi
1967 Amprenta [ro] Ovidiu
1975 Elixirul tinereții [ro] Ionel Romanescu
1977 Tufă de Veneția [ro]
1987 Chirița la Iași [ro]
2001 Sexy Harem Ada-Kaleh [ro] (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Actorul Mihai Fotino a murit la vârsta de 83 de ani" (in Romanian). Antena 3. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Actorul Mihai Fotino va fi înmormântat miercuri, la cimitirul Bellu din Capitală". Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). January 14, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Decree no. 1017 of November 6, 1967 the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania on awarding orders and medals of actors, directors, designers and technicians to the scene painters, published in Official Gazette no. 96 of 7 November 1967.
  4. ^ Decree no. 36 of 7 February 2004 and bestowed the Order of Cultural Merit Medal, text published in Official Gazette no. 172 of 27 February 2004.