Overview
- Mario Adorf’s death in his Paris apartment at age 95 was confirmed by his manager Michael Stark and reported by the German press agency DPA.
- He had recently fallen ill, according to accounts relayed by his family and representatives.
- Adorf worked across film and television in more than 200 productions, with standout turns in 1970s Italian crime films known as poliziotteschi, including Milano calibro 9.
- He was also widely known to TV audiences for roles in the Italian series La piovra and the fantasy saga Fantaghirò.
- Born in Zurich to a German mother, Alice Adorf, and an Italian father, Matteo Menniti, he trained in theater in Mainz, built his career in Munich from 1954, received Locarno’s career honor in 2016, and is survived by his wife Monique, his daughter Stella, and his grandson Julius.