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 lAfricano Edgar Nevilles Italian Carmen fra i rossi 1939 Lassedio dellAlcazar 1940 and Bengasi 1942 In 1942 he also costarred in Goffredo Alessandrinis 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 Risis successful comedy Il mattatore In 1964 he appeared in an adaptation of A J Cronins novel The Citadel In 2003 the Galleria Fosco Giachetti in Sesto Fiorentino was opened in his honor