13 Facts About Victor Rietti

Victor Rietti was an Italian-born actor and director who emigrated to the United Kingdom.

Victor Rietti became known through his work in television, especially through the many live television productions of the Italian play To Live in Peace during the 1950s.

Victor Rietti made his stage debut playing in Shakespeare at Bologna.

Victor Rietti formed his own band, the Rietti String Players, with considerable success.

Victor Rietti served in the Italian Army during the First World War.

Victor Rietti often cast his young son, Bobby Rietti, in these plays.

Victor Rietti would appear in around thirty-six motion pictures, including a role as Beppo in Sinfonia Fatale, the first American motion picture to be shot entirely in Italy.

Victor Rietti made a cameo appearance in Come Fly with Me which would be his last film.

Victor Rietti had personally translated the Italian play by Giovacchino Forzano and adapted it for television.

Victor Rietti himself was given the critics' Oscar for best television actor of 1951 for his performance.

Victor Rietti had the title role in The Wanderer and as Professor Toti in Against the Stream, both lead roles of Italian plays he had translated and adapted for television.

Victor Rietti guest starred on The Bob Hope Show in 1954.

When Victor Rietti was thirty-five years old, he was given six months to live by his doctors due to a heart condition.