Fred Malatesta

• Born: Apr 18, 1889 in Naples, Italy
• Died: Apr 08, 1952 in Burbank, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'40s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Forbidden Paradise, Bill & Coo, The Gate Crasher
• First Major Screen Credit: The Mask (1921)

Biography

A tall, exotic-looking character actor from Naples, Fred Malatesta is today best remembered for a bit as a waiter in Charles Chaplin's Modern Times (1936), a distinctive case of typecasting. Educated in Rome, Malatesta performed a stint in the Italian army prior to embarking on a worldwide stage career that would eventually lead to Broadway. The strapping actor went on to appear in countless action-melodramas and serials throughout the silent era, more often than not playing an exotic villain or a foppish foreigner. His roles grew increasingly smaller after the changeover to sound and he later moonlighted as a set decorator. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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