Enzo Garinei(1926-2022)

Vincenzo Garinei (known as Enzo) was an extremely prolific Italian character actor, brother of comic playwright Pietro Garinei. At his best as a secondary lead in both stage and screen comedies and musicals, he began his career at the now defunct Teatro Valle in Rome. By 1949, he had also debuted on screen with small roles in Adamo ed Eva (1949) and Toto le moko (1949). Enzo was also noted as dubbing artist for English-speaking stars like Stan Laurel, Michael J. Pollard, Donald Moffat and Laurence Naismith. From the early 1980s, he served as the artistic director of La Ribalta theatre school in Rome.