Mario Lanza

4 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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The Great Caruso Enrico Caruso

(1951)

Serenade Damon Vincenti

(1956)

For the First Time Tonio Costa

(1959)

Heavenly Creatures Soundtrack

(1994)

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Actor (10 credits)

1959 For the First Time
Tonio Costa

1957 Arrivederci Roma
Marc Revere

1956 Serenade
Damon Vincenti

1954 Shower of Stars (TV Series)

- Lend an Ear (1954)

1954 The Student Prince
Prince Karl (singing voice)

1952 Because You're Mine
Renaldo Rossano

1951 The Great Caruso
Enrico Caruso

1950 The Toast of New Orleans
Pepe Abellard Duvalle

1949 That Midnight Kiss
Johnny Donnetti

1944 Winged Victory
Chorus Member (uncredited)

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Music department (1 credit)

X14 (performer) (pre-production)

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Soundtrack (35 credits)

2022 Big Gold Brick (performer: "Vaghissima Sembianza")

2018 A Star Is Born (performer: "Lasciatemi Morire (Live)")

2017 The Glass Castle (performer: "My Wild Irish Rose", "O Christmas Tree")

2016 Olga (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.5 (2016) ... (performer: "Santa Lucia")

2015 The Simpsons (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Waiting for Duffman (2015) ... (performer: "Drink Drink Drink (The Drinking Song)" - uncredited)

2014 Walk On (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "You'll Never Walk Alone")

2014 Mike and Mike in the Morning (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 18 February 2014 (2014) ... (performer: "Vesti la Giubba")

2012 Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "The Loveliest Night of the Year")

2012 Banda sonora (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #8.7 (2012) ... (performer: "The Donkey Serenade")

2012 The Darkness II (Video Game) (performer: "Vesti La Giubba")

2011 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The European Grand Prix: Qualifying (2011) ... (performer: "Valencia" - uncredited)

2011 Miss Bala (performer: "Ave Maria")

Fringe (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)

- Earthling (2009) ... (performer: "Una Furtiva Lagrima" - uncredited) / (writer: "Una Furtiva Lagrima" - uncredited)

2009/I Tapped (Documentary) (performer: "Drink, Drink, Drink (From "The Student Prince")")

2007 Zodiac (performer: "Arrivederci, Roma")

2004 The Polar Express (performer: "Deck the Halls")

1999 Soft Toilet Seats (performer: "Be My Love")

1997 That Old Feeling (performer: "O Sole Mio")

1996 Tierische Liebe (Documentary) (performer: "La donna è mobile")

1996 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Truth or Dick (1996) ... (performer: "Be My Love")

1994 Heavenly Creatures (performer: "Be My Love", "The Donkey Serenade", "Funiculi, Funicula", "The Loveliest Night of the Year", "You'll Never Walk Alone")

1991 Only the Lonely (performer: "Sorrento")

1989 Next of Kin (performer: "Serenade")

1988 Bird (performer: "Be My Love")

1985 Rosso ("Fenesta ca lucive")

1976 Sanford and Son (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Sanford and Gong (1976) ... (performer: ""Be My Love"")

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary) (performer: "Be My Love" (1950) - uncredited)

1959 For the First Time (performer: "Come Prima (For the First Time)", "Pineapple Picker", "Ave Maria" (uncredited), "O Sole Mio" (uncredited), "La donna e mobile" (uncredited), "Bella Figlia del'Amore" (uncredited), "Death Scene" (uncredited), "Celeste Aida" (uncredited), "Vesti la giubba" (uncredited), "Ich Liebe Dich" (uncredited))

1957 Arrivederci Roma (performer: "Arrividerci Roma", "Vogliamoci tanto bene" (uncredited))

1956 Serenade (performer: "Nessun dorma" (uncredited), "Dio Ti Giocondi" (uncredited), "Serenade", "My Destiny", "Il Mio Tesoro" (uncredited), "Ave Maria" (uncredited), "Lamento di Federico" (uncredited), "Di Quella Pira" (uncredited), "Italian Tenor Aria"(uncredited), "Torna a Surriento" (uncredited), "O Paradiso" (uncredited), "O Soave Fanciulla" (uncredited))

1954 The Student Prince (performer: "Deep In My Heart, Dear", "Serenade", "I'll Walk with God", "Beloved", "Summertime in Heidelberg", "Golden Days", "Just We Two")

1952 Because You're Mine (performer: "Because You're Mine (Main Title)", "The Song the Angels Sing", "Lee-Ah-Loo", "Questa o quella", "Granada", "O Paradiso", "Addio alla Mama", "Mamma mia che vo sapè", "Casta Diva", "The Lord's Prayer", "Because You're Mine", "Because You're Mine (End Title)", "Fluffy Foam")

1951 The Great Caruso (performer: "Magnificat", "'A Vucchella", "La Danza", "The Consecration Scene", "Trio Finale", "Celeste Aida", "In Questa Tomba", "The Torture Scene", "E Lucevan le Stelle", "The Villification Scene", "Brindisi", "Cielo e Mar", "La Donna e Mobile", "Torna a Surriento", "Che Celida Manina", "Mattinata", "Miserere", "Quartet", "Sweethearts", "Recitativo", "Vesti la Giubba", "Ave Maria", "Sextette", "Because", "M'Appari", "Finale", "Under the Bamboo Tree" - uncredited)

1950 The Toast of New Orleans (performer: "Be My Love" - uncredited)

1949 That Midnight Kiss (performer: "Una furtiva lagrima", "Celeste Aida" - uncredited)

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Self (6 credits)

2017 Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Documentary)
Self

1958 Toast of the Town (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #11.17 (1958) ... Self (uncredited)

1957 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV Series)
Self - Top Of The Bill

- Episode #3.10 (1957) ... Self - Top Of The Bill

1957 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 26 April 1957 (1957) ... Self

1954 Shower of Stars (TV Series)
Self

- Premiere Show (1954) ... Self

1952 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
Self - Film Clip

- Nat King Cole, Doretta Morrow, Maria Neglia; The Honeymooners - Lost Baby (1952) ... Self - Film Clip

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Archive footage (19 credits)

2021 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2018 Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Documentary)
Self

2015 Pappano's Classical Voices (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Tenor (2015) ... Self

2010 100 Years of the London Palladium (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2007 Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2007 Legends (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods (2007) ... Self

2004 Arena (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (2004) ... Self

2000 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mario Lanza (2000) ... Self

1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Act Two: The Television Years (1994) ... Self

1992 Without Walls (TV Series documentary)

- And God Created Tenors (1992)

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Clip from 'Toast of New Orleans'

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self - film clips (uncredited)

1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (Documentary short)
Renaldo Rossano

1954-1959 Toast of the Town (TV Series)
Self / Renaldo Rossano in 'Because You're Mine'

- Episode #13.4 (1959) ... Self

- MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954) ... Renaldo Rossano in 'Because You're Mine'

1959 Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (TV Series)
Excerpt from The Seven Hills of Rome

- L (1959) ... Excerpt from The Seven Hills of Rome

1958 Six-Five Special (TV Series)
Excerpt from The Seven Hills of Rome

- Episode #1.67 (1958) ... Excerpt from The Seven Hills of Rome

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

1950 Moments in Music (Documentary short)
Self - film clip (uncredited)

1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Be My Love" (RCA) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies | 8 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 9 Articles | See more »

Height:

5' 7¾" (1.72 m)

Spouse:

Elizabeth Jeannette (Betty) Hicks (his death) (4 children)

Relatives:

Dolores Hart (niece or nephew)

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Personal Quote:

I sing from the heart... I sing the words of a song and really feel them, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes... I sing as though my life depends on it, and if I ever stop doing that then I'll stop living See more »

Trivia:

A rarity in that he was a best-selling classical artist, Lanza's many recordings on RCA Victor Red Seal--most notably "Be My Love", The Great Caruso (1951) soundtrack album and "Christmas Hymns and Carols"--were top-sellers at the time and have continued to enjoy consistent sales, more than four decades after his premature death. See more »

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