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==Career==
==Career==
On [[w:ITV Network|ITV]], Fabrizi was well known for his role in [[w:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s popular series ''[[The Army Game]]'', as Corporal "Moosh" Merryweather,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/thearmygame|title=ITV's First Sitcom - The Army Game|date=31 March 2020}}</ref> while on [[w:BBC television|BBC television]], he was a regular member of the ensemble cast of the [[Tony Hancock]] sitcom ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&q=mario+fabrizi&pg=PA46|title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013|first=Chris|last=Perry|date=3 February 2016|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781900203609|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/hancockshalfhour/|title=Hancock's Half-Hour|last=BBC|publisher=}}</ref> His most notable film role was as Neville Shanks, the photographer, in Hancock's [[1963 in film|1963]] film, ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/813053/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Punch and Judy Man, The (1962) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He also worked frequently with [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Spike Milligan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PO-5-ttYn3UC&q=mario+fabrizi+peter+sellers+spike+milligan&pg=PT495|title=Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers|first=Ed|last=Sikov|date=19 August 2011|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=9781447207146|via=Google Books}}</ref>
On [[w:ITV Network|ITV]], Fabrizi was well known for his role in [[w:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s popular series ''[[The Army Game]]'', as Corporal "Moosh" Merryweather,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/thearmygame|title=ITV's First Sitcom - The Army Game|date=31 March 2020}}</ref> while on [[w:BBC television|BBC television]], he was a regular member of the ensemble cast of the [[Tony Hancock]] sitcom ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&q=mario+fabrizi&pg=PA46|title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013|first=Chris|last=Perry|date=3 February 2016|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781900203609|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/hancockshalfhour/|title=Hancock's Half-Hour|last=BBC|publisher=}}</ref> His most notable film role was as Neville Shanks, the photographer, in Hancock's [[w:1963 in film|1963]] film, ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/813053/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Punch and Judy Man, The (1962) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He also worked frequently with [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Spike Milligan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PO-5-ttYn3UC&q=mario+fabrizi+peter+sellers+spike+milligan&pg=PT495|title=Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers|first=Ed|last=Sikov|date=19 August 2011|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=9781447207146|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==

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Mario Fabrizi
Mario Fabrizi.jpeg
Born
Mario Edgio Pantaleone Fabrizi

1924 (1924)
w:Holborn, w:London, England
Died5 April 1963(1963-04-05) (aged 38–39)
Neasden, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1956–1963
Spouse
Katherine Boyne
​
(m. 1960)​
Children1

Mario Edgio Pantaleone Fabrizi (1924 – 5 April 1963) was an English comedian and actor of Italian descent, noted for his luxuriant moustache. He was active in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s.[1][2]

Life

Fabrizi was born to Italian parents in Holborn, London, England, in 1924, his mother's maiden name being Pisani.[3] His father was a Vicomte (Italian: visconte), a title that Mario inherited on his father's death in 1959.[4] He married Katherine Boyne of Leeds on 28 May 1960.[4] They had a son, Anthony, in 1961.[5][6]

On 5 April 1963 Fabrizi died of a stress-related illness at his home in Neasden, London; his wife and son survived him. A week before his death, he had announced that he was leaving show business.[7]

His son Anthony is now a businessman based in the City of London.[8]

Career

On ITV, Fabrizi was well known for his role in Granada Television's popular series The Army Game, as Corporal "Moosh" Merryweather,[9] while on BBC television, he was a regular member of the ensemble cast of the Tony Hancock sitcom Hancock's Half Hour.[10][11] His most notable film role was as Neville Shanks, the photographer, in Hancock's 1963 film, The Punch and Judy Man.[12] He also worked frequently with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.[13]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Mario Fabrizi". www.aveleyman.com.
  2. ^ "Mario Fabrizi".
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS.
  4. ^ a b Daily Mirror 27 May 1960 p26 "Mush Takes a (Real-Life) plunge!"
  5. ^ Pellegrineti claim to fame[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ LucyWho Mario Fabrizi and 5 month old son
  7. ^ Mario Fabrizi at IMDb
  8. ^ "Market profile".
  9. ^ "ITV's First Sitcom - The Army Game". 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ Perry, Chris (3 February 2016). The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781900203609 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ BBC. "Hancock's Half-Hour".
  12. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Punch and Judy Man, The (1962) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  13. ^ Sikov, Ed (19 August 2011). Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781447207146 – via Google Books.

External links

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