Arnoldo Foà

Arnoldo Foà Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Arnoldo Foà in May 2008
Born	Arnoldo Eugenio Foà (1916-01-24)24 January 1916 Ferrara, Italy
Died	11 January 2014(2014-01-11) (aged 97) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, film director, voice acting
Years active	1935–2014

Arnoldo Foà (Italian pronunciation: [arˈnoldo foˈa]; 24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014.

Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an atheist in his adult life. Foà completed high school in Florence, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to Rome, where he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday.