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Inigo Gallo
Inigo Gallo in November 2000
Born(1932-11-02)2 November 1932
Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Died15 December 2000(2000-12-15) (aged 68)
Oberweningen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationsComedian, radio personality, stage, television and film actor
Years active1951–2000
AwardsInigo Gallo#Awards

Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Life and work

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Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Inigo Gallo had as a child actor appearances on Schauspielhaus Zürich, among other things as Walterli in Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. From 1948 to 1951, he was educated at the Bühnenstudio Zürich, and in 1951/52 Gallo got guest engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and from 1952 to 1958 engagements at the Stadttheater St. Gallen. In 1958, Gallo worked as a freelance director, actor and author, among others, at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, Stadttheater Basel and Schauspielhaus: in 1959 as Bunker Willy in Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper and in the musical "Eusi chliini Stadt" at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich. Since then,[1][2] Gallo worked together with Ruedi Walter in a variety of dialect plays and musicals,[3] and with his later second wife and long-year stage partner Margrit Rainer.[4] He directed, among other things his own Swiss German versions of farces like "Hurra, en Bueb!" "D'Mutter wott nur s'Bescht" and "Potz Millione", which became in 1980 a great success, touring with Margrit Rainer, Ruedi Walter, Gallo and Ines Torelli. After the death of Margrit Rainer, Gallo went further on tour with Walter,[1] among others as Chauffeur Johann 'in Charles Lewinsky's production of "Drei Männer im Schnee",[5] and Prof Dr Emil Burgholz in Mary Chase's adaptation "My Fründ Hanspi" ("Harvey"). From 1972 Gallo also worked with the Bernhard-Theater Zürich in numerous Christmas musicals for children,[1][6] usually under the direction of Jörg Schneider.[7] In 1987 Gallo played Edouard Dindon in the successful Swiss premiere of Jerry Herman's musical "La Cage aux Folles", and has also appeared on Schauspielhaus in the world premiere of Urs Widmer's "Dr neu Noah ", followed by appearances on Atelier-Theater Bern, Sommertheater Winterthur, Bernhard Theater, Städtebundtheater Biel-Solothurn and Theater Fauteuil in Basel. In 2000, he participated in the production of Charles Lewinsky's "Ganz e Feini family" with, next to it in free productions. Since 1954, he carried out numerous works for radio, film and television, including the recording of several Dialektschwänke with Gallo himself, Margrit Rainer and Ruedi Walter.[1]

grave of Margrit Rainer, Inigo Gallo and his wife from second marriage, Enzenbühl cemetery, Zürich-Weinegg

Awards

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Death

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Gallo died on 15 December 2000, due to liver cancer.[8]

Inigo Gallo was buried at Enzenbühl cemetery in Zürich-Weinegg alongside his life companion and stage partner Margrit Rainer, and his wife from his second marriage.[9]

Filmography

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Inigo Gallo" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Tanja Stenzl (5 December 2013). "Theater am Hechtplatz, Zürich ZH" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Mats Staub (5 December 2013). "Ruedi Walter" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Mats Staub (5 December 2013). "Margrit Rainer" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Dietrich Seybold (5 December 2013). "Charles Lewinsky" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bernhard-Theater, Zürich ZH" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jörg Schneider" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "When did Inigo Gallo die?". Answers.com.
  9. ↑ "Friedhof Enzenbühl - Gräber von prominenten Verstorbenen" (PDF) (in German). stadt-zuerich.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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