Hailing from Novara in Italy’s Piedmont region, he first pursued a career as a notary before enrolling at Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico, graduating in the mid-1950s. His professional stage debut came as a founding member of Milan’s Compagnia dei Giovani, and he later earned critical acclaim in Luchino Visconti’s productions, notably opposite Enrico Maria Salerno in a…
