Trivia

Brother of actor Carlo Taranto.

In the sixties he was several times sidekick of Totò in a number of successful comedies and starred in numerous musicarelli films.

Invited on tour in the United States, he returned with "a pianola tape and a thousand dollars", used to finance his first company of variety, which lasted only fifteen days and ended in total disaster.

In 1933 he debuted on dramatic theater and in revue, a genre he focused until the 1950s.

In 1955 he took part in the Naples Festival with the song 'O ritratto 'e Nanninella . He will return to the event in the 1958 edition , and the 1967 Naples Festival , alternating between the role of singer, author and presenter. At the 1967 edition he will win the first and second prize with the songs 'O matusa and 'A prutesta .

After studying mime and dance he joined the company of Salvatore Cafiero.

He debuted in cinema in 1938, but achieved some success just in the 1950s.

The municipality of Rome has named a street after Nino Taranto, while the city of Naples has given its name to the gardens in via Aniello Falcone, which overlook his house in the underlying Parco Grifeo. Furthermore, in Naples, a Foundation operates in his name, created by family members to keep his memory alive.

Antonio Eduardo Taranto, known as "Nino", was born in 1907, in Forcella, in the heart of Naples, the son of a tailor, Raimondo (1880-1953), and his wife, Maria Salomone (1890-1982).

Taranto achieved large notoriety thanks to two macchiette (i.e. comic musical monologues caricaturing stock characters), Ciccio Formaggio and Baron Carlo Mazza, two caricatural characters of proven success that he reprised several times during his career.

Taranto started his career as a child actor in 1918 starring in some local stage companies.

Taranto also starred in a number of TV films, took part in several television and radio variety shows and recorded several songs.

In 1985 RAI honored the artist with a monographic documentary series in four parts, Taranto Story.

In 1953 he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for his performance in Luigi Zampa's Anni facili.

In 1928 he successfully entered into the sceneggiata genre.