Annibale Ninchi

Biography

Annibale Ninchi was an Italian actor, playwright, and drama teacher born in Bologna on November 20, 1887. He made his stage debut with Ermete Zacconi and became a prominent figure in the Italian theatre of the time, forming his own company in 1919. Ninchi also had notable film roles, including playing Scipio Africanus in Carmine Gallone's 1937 epic "Scipione l'Africano" and Marcello in Federico Fellini's classic films "La Dolce Vita" (1960) and "8½".