Originating from Rome under the birth name Maurizio Di Lorenzo, he entered cinema at nineteen with a minor part in Bellezze in moto-scooter and quickly progressed to become a prolific Italian actor, appearing in more than seventy films between 1952 and 1978. A decisive breakthrough arrived in 1956 when he portrayed Romolo in Dino Risi’s popular romance-comedy Poor, But Handsome, a role that propel…
