Enzo Fiermonte
| Enzo Fiermonte | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vincenzo Fiermonte 17 July 1908 Casamassima, Italy |
| Died | 22 March 1993 (aged 84) Mentana, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | William Bird |
| Occupation | Actor, Boxer |
| Spouse(s) | Tosca Manetti (div. 1933) Madeleine Astor (m. 1933; div. 1938) |
| Children | John Fiermonte |
| Parent(s) | Donato and Lucrezia Fiermonte |
Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to Donato and Lucrezia Fiermonte.
From 1925 to 1934, he was a professional boxer, with a lifetime record of 47 wins (11 by knockout), 17 losses (10 by knockout), and 2 draws. On June 22, 1943, he announced his permanent retirement from boxing.
In 1937, he entered his Maserati in the Vanderbilt Cup auto race in Westbury, New York, but was not allowed to participate because he had no formal auto racing experience.
In 1940, he starred as a boxer in Dino De Laurentiis' first film, L'ultimo Combattimento (The Last Fight), directed by Pietro Ballerini. Between the 1940s and the 1980s, he had acting roles in at least 116 films.
Fiermonte was married to Tosca Manetti. In June 1933, Fiermonte's wife announced that he was seeking a divorce so he could wed Madeleine Talmage Force (1893–1940), the former wife of John Jacob Astor IV, who died aboard the RMS Titanic.
Fiermonte married Madeleine on 27 November 1933 in New York City, shortly after her July 21, 1933 divorce from her second husband, William Dick. In 1935, they bought the former Dixie Plantation, a 600 acre estate in Charleston, South Carolina overlooking the Stono River.
They were divorced on 11 June 1938. He was only four years older than his stepson during the marriage, John Jacob Astor VI. In 1944, he allegedly got engaged in Italy to Princess Giulia von Rio, but they never married.
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