Originating from San Pietro a Maida in Calabria, he entered the world of acting after being discovered by poet-filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who mentored the teenage Davoli and cast him in his early works. His screen debut came with a silent part in Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), followed by a comedic role alongside Totò in The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966). Over the next…
