Giorgio Ariani (26 May 1941 – 5 March 2016) was an Italian stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in
Ferrara, Ariani grew up in
Florence and started his career as a comedian in regional cabaret clubs.
[Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998. pp. 26-27.] He became first known thanks to the participation to several
RAI variety shows such as
Supersera and
Ci pensiamo lunedì.
He was also active in films, particularly in the early 1980s.
In March 2019, L'affarista was released in which Ariani played the character named Ugo Ferretti.
In his late years Ariani directed a drama school in Campi Bisenzio.
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