[1][2] Febo Mari was born Alfredo Giovanni Leopoldo Rodriguez in Messina, Sicily.

He graduated from Peloritana University, having studied literature and philosophy, and soon began acting in theatre.

His first feature length film was La ribalta (1912), directed by prolific Mario Caserini.

[1] Il fauno (1917), one of Mari's best known films, it was restored in 1994 by Cinematek from original nitrate prints, obtained from the Cineteca Friuli and the National Museum of Cinema.

As divorce was not yet legal in Italy, Mari and Mordeglia married on 8 October 1938, after Vestri's death.