1. Amedeo Nazzari was born as Amedeo Carlo Leone Buffa in Cagliari, Sardinia, Kingdom of Italy, in 1907 and he later adopted as his professional name the name of his maternal grandfather, Amedeo Nazzari, a magistrate who had been the president of the Court of Appeal of Vicenza in Veneto and later took the same position in Cagliari.
Amedeo Nazzari entered a contest organised by Twentieth Century Fox to find an Italian actor to fill the boots of the recently deceased screen star Rudolph Valentino, but lost out to Alberto Rabagliati.
Amedeo Nazzari was rejected after screen tests by Italian professionals, who found him too tall, thin and thought he had a too gloomy expression.
Amedeo Nazzari made his debut in Ginevra degli Almieri, following a recommendation from Elsa Merlini.
Amedeo Nazzari's first read role came with the 1936 film Cavalry, and he followed it up with The Castiglioni Brothers.
Amedeo Nazzari's breakthrough came with the 1938 film Luciano Serra, Pilot where he played a First World War veteran who returns to fight for Italy during the Abyssinian War.
Amedeo Nazzari was transformed into a matinee idol, the most bankable star of Italian cinema.
Amedeo Nazzari was almost always cast as a straightforward hero, and he closely protected his public persona to avoid any negative roles.
Amedeo Nazzari made four films with Alida Valli, including Unjustified Absence.
Amedeo Nazzari portrays an Italian patriot who masquerades as a collaborator with the British occupiers of Bengazi in order to steal their battle plans.
Amedeo Nazzari made several melodramas with Raffaello Matarazzo, such as Catene in 1949.
Amedeo Nazzari played Alberto Lazzari in Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria.