Actor and director Roberto Posse, the architect who had chosen the stage, has died at the age of 77
He had worked between theater, cinema and TV. The funeral in Rome
La Republica
August 30, 2025
Roberto Posse, an intense and versatile Turin actor of Italian theater and cinema, was 77 years old, passed away on the night between 27 and 28 August in Rome, at midnight sharp. The disappearance is due to a sudden illness.
Born in Turin and graduated in Architecture, Posse had completed his training at the Accademia del Teatro Stabile. In over forty years of career he has worked with directors such as Aldo Trionfo, Renato Giordano, Barbara Nativi, Jean Baptiste Sastre, Carlo Alighiero in the theater, and in the cinema, among others, with Mauro Bolognini, Alberto Bevilacqua. Vincenzo Salemme, Maurizio Ponzi.
In 2012 he made his successful debut as a director with "Dreams... On a summer night" - Part One and Two. He was also an architect, interior designer, for over 40 years with his fraternal lifelong friend, Giovanni Minardi in the "De Studio Atelier" frequented internationally.
In the theater he has starred in plays such as The Steppenwolf, Venice California, up to Blasted, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Odd Couple. On television he has participated in successful series such as Il bello delle donne, Incantesimo, Regina, Mamma per caso, A child named Jesus, directed among others by Maurizio Ponzi, Carlo Lizzani, Nanni Loy, Giorgio Capitani. In the cinema he has worked with John Frankenheimer (The Year of Terror), Luigi Faccini (Shadow Woman), Vincenzo Salemme (I Saw the Stars), (At the Right Time), Mauro Bolognini (Albergo Roma), Alberto Bevilacqua (The Roses of Gdansk). The funeral will be held on Tuesday, September 2, at 3 p.m., in the Church of Santa Lucia in Circonvallazione Clodia in Rome.
POSSE, Roberto
Born: 10/31/1950, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died: 8/28/1950, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Roberto Posse’s western – actor:
Django Strikes Again – 1987 (Orlowsky/‘El Diablo’
henchman)
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