Mario Merola
Mario Merola (6 April 1934 – 12 November 2006) was an Italian singer and actor, most prominently known for having rejuvenated the traditional popular Neapolitan melodrama known as the sceneggiata.
He was nicknamed the King of the sceneggiata to be able to give this kind typically a regional and a national popularity and success unknown before, to make a film genre, representing all of this even off the stage, so being able to put a face to sceneggiata.
Acted in
TV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Toto’ Sapore and the Magic Story
2003
as Vincenzone (voice)
Sud Side Stori
2000
as Re Vulcano
Hundred Years
1999
as Se stesso
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Torna
1984
as Salvatore
Guapparia
1984
as Salvatore
Tradimento
1982
as Gennaro La Monica
Giuramento
1982
as Salvatore Improta
Children are Pieces of Your Heart
1981
as Tommaso Maffettone
Inmate
1981
as Francesco Improta
Lacrime napulitane
1981
as Salvatore Rinaldi
The Mafia Triangle
1981
as Gennaro Savarese
Zappatore
1980
as Francesco, 'o zappatore
La tua vita per mio figlio
1980
as Francesco Accardo
Hunted City
1979
as Raffaele Acampora
The New Godfathers
1979
as Don Francesco Antiero
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
as Michele Barresi
Il mammasantissima
1979
as Don Vincenzo Tramontano
Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back
1979
as Francesco Gargiulo
Naples... Serenade Caliber 9
1978
as Salvatore Savastano
L'ultimo guappo
1978
as Francesco Aliprandi
Sgarro alla camorra
1973
as Andrea Stajano
Il Re di Napoli - Storia e leggenda di Mario Merola
as Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)