Andy Luotto

Andy Luotto
Andy Luotto
Born	(1950-07-30) July 30, 1950
Occupation	actor

Andy Luotto (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian-American actor and television personality, mainly active in Italy.

Biography

Born as André Paul Luotto in New York, Luotto graduated in cinematography at the Boston University in 1969, then started working as dubbing voice for Italian films released in United States.^[1]^[2] Later Luotto moved in Rome where in 1978 obtained a great success as "fantasista" in the Renzo Arbore's TV-show L'altra domenica.^[1]^[2]

In 1979 he made his film debut as lead actor of SuperAndy, a bizarre parody of Superman,^[3] then started a quite regular career as character actor.^[1] In 1983 he wrote, directed and starred Grunt, a film parody of Jean-Jacques Annaud's Quest for Fire.^[1]^[3]

Selected filmography

In the Pope's Eye (1980)
Ski Mistress (1981)
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
The World of Don Camillo (1983)
Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)
Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
Mortacci (1989)
The Truce (1997)
Excellent Cadavers (1997)
Canone inverso - Making Love (2000)
Household Accounts (2003)
Pontormo (2004)
Go Go Tales (2007)
Il sogno del maratoneta (2012)
Pinocchio (2012)

References

1 2 3 4 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003.
1 2 Cappelli, Valerio (1 April 1998). "La seconda vita di Andy Luotto". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
1 2 Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.

External links

Andy Luotto at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 31720346 GND: 1061883965 BNF: cb14201089w (data) ICCU: IT\ICCU\LO1V\299289

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