Cesare Gravina

From Wikipedia Cesare Gravina 23 January 1858 16 September 1954 was an Italian actor of the silent era He appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1929 He was born in Naples Italy Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy As the conductor at La Scala among the noted vocalists he worked with were Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso At some point he left music to become a character actor sharing his reasons for the career change with no one As the owner of many theatres in South America Gravina was financially secure enough to retire from motion pictures by 1924 but he preferred to remain in acting