Al Vila
Al Vila | |
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Born | Alberto Vila February 1940 Barcelona, Spain |
💀Died | September 2019 Carnegie, Melbourne, AustraliaSeptember 2019 (aged 79) | (aged 79)
💼 Occupation | Actor |
Al Vila was a European/Australian actor and dance maestro.
Career[edit]
Vila started his career as a dancer, and settled in Australia as a dancing teacher/choreographer. After this, he focused on movies/TV acting.
Al Vila.[1] has appeared as a guest on television in Homicide, Cop Shop, Rose Against the Odds.[2], Carson's Law, Blue Heelers[3], Chances, Corelli, Carmel & St Jude, series one of Underbelly and City Homicide[4].
He has also choreographed for many dance exhibitions, commercials and musicals such as West Side Story, Half A Sixpence, The Boyfriend and Hello Dolly and is fluent in several languages, including Spanish, Catalan and Italian.[5]
In 2011, Vila played Griffith Godfather Carlo Ricci in the high-rating television movie Underbelly Files: Infiltration[6].
Personal life[edit]
He was born in Spain and after developing dancing skills while performing, mainly in Italy, moved to WA, Australia.
There, he ran a dance academy.
In 2019, he passed away in a tragic house fire[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "IMDB profile". IMDB. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Rose Against the Odds Cast at IMDb
- ↑ Blue Heelers Cast at IMDb
- ↑ City Homicide TV Series Cast at IMDb
- ↑ "Underbelly Files: Infiltration Meet the cast". Channel 9. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Underbelly Files: Infiltration". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Friends suspect hoarding played role in house fire death". HeraldSun. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
External links[edit]
- Al Vila on scene in Underbelly Files: Infiltration
- Photo of Al Vila (right) teaching at his Australian Dance Academy
- Al Vila on IMDb
- Alberto Vila on IMDb
- Photo of Al Vila from the National Library of Australia
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