Gene Rizzi

Gene Rizzi was born on Apr 01, 1913 in Italy]. Gene Rizzi's big-screen debut came with The Green Hornet directed by Ford Beebe in 1940, strarring Corey. Gene Rizzi is known for To Be or Not to Be directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Carole Lombard stars as Maria Tura and Jack Benny as Joseph Tura. The upcoming new movie Gene Rizzi plays is The Outlaw which will be released on Nov 07, 1946.

Gene Rizzi was born Eugenio Valentino Rizzi on April 1, 1913, in the tiny village of Tret, Austria (now Italy), near the Italian Alps. His father died seven months earlier after returning to Austria from the United States. Gene's mother, Anna Maria Flor, raised him and his three siblings by herself and eventually moved the family back to Rock Springs, Wyoming, where the Rizzi family had originally had sheep ranching interests. Traveling to and from Europe many times as a youth, Gene settled in Vienna, Austria, to attend the Music Conservatory of Vienna as a violin student. After graduating from that prestigious institution, he began a career as a professional concert violinist. After playing violin in Europe, he moved back to the US to help support his mother and eventually left professional music in favor of an acting career. The Great Depression had just passed its peak and there was a brighter future ahead in Hollywood, and Gene headed there. He began his film career playing tough guys and thugs because of his rugged good looks, and appeared in many features, serials and shorts. These parts included the stranger in