Aldo Nadi

Aldo Nadi was born on Apr 23, 1899 in Italy. Aldo Nadi's big-screen debut came with Le tournoi directed by Jean Renoir in 1928, strarring François de Baynes. Aldo Nadi is known for To Have and Have Not directed by Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart stars as Harry 'Steve' Morgan and Walter Brennan as Eddie. The upcoming new movie Aldo Nadi plays is The Mississippi Gambler which will be released on Mar 05, 1953.

Aldo Nadi, one of the menancing bodyguards, was in real life an accomplished fencer master, described by many as the "world's greatest fencer". with an equally famous fencing father and brother. Maestro Aldo Nadi had the rare distinction of having been a professional world champion fencer, and as an Olympic fencer, Maestro Nadi had the disntction of winning gold medals in the 1920 Olympic team foil, epee, and sabre events, and took a silver in individual sabre. An aristocratic and elegant bon vivant, Nadi had been a cavalary officer in WWI. His screen role was the antithesis to what he had been in life. Nadi had immigrated to the US in the 30s, and had fought a series of spectacular matches against Maestro Giorgio Santelli. Lured by the glitter of Hollywood, Aldo Nadi relocated to Los Angeles in the early 40s.