Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen

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, mostly in comedy roles.

Biography

Walter Annicchiarico was born in

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, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally from

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. During

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he joined the Decima Flottiglia MAS, and then the

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. Chiari appeared in films such as '' The Little Hut'' (1957), '' Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958), '' Chimes at Midnight'' (1966), and '' The Valachi Papers'' (1972). He appeared opposite

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in Luchino Visconti's film '' Bellissima'' (1951). In 1951 Luchino Visconti offered him the role of the young lover, in Bellissima; he continued in the theater, in the

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with

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in 1956 with Buonanotte Bettina and in 1958 with Il gufo e la gattina, and in 1960 with

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, Ave Ninchi and

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with Un mandarino per Teo, all by Garinei and Giovannini, but also in the prose theater, acting in 1961 in '' The Gay Life'', in 1965 with Gianrico Tedeschi in the comedy Luv by Murray Schisgal and, in 1966, with Renato Rascel in La strana coppia by

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During the making of '' The Little Hut'' he met

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(still married to

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but already estranged from him), and he started a relationship with the American superstar. Alida Chelli and Walter Chiari2

He starred in '' They're a Weird Mob'' (1966), the last of the

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films, based on a popular Australian novel by John O'Grady. His then girlfriend, Italian singer and actress

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, also appeared in the film; the two married in 1969, and had one son, television presenter Simone Annicchiarico, before their 1972 divorce. He also appeared in the Australian film ''

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'' in 1970. In 1970 he was arrested and jailed in Rome on suspicion of

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possession and trafficking. After his release and partial acquittal (he was deemed not guilty of the trafficking count and received a lenient sentence for the charge of drug possession for personal use) his career never recovered. The Italian state television was off-limits for him, and all he could aspire to were bit parts in low-key comedies and local television appearances, and on theatre. Chiari died of a sudden

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, at home, on 21 December 1991. His gravestone bears the line he once mentioned to director

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as his favourite choice for an epitaph: "Don't worry, I'm merely catching up with sleep". His grave is in the Civico Mausoleo Palanti in the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano.

Filmography

*''

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'' (directed by Giorgio Pàstina) (1947) *''

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'' (directed by

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) (1948) as Bruno *'' Che tempi!'' (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1948) as Eugenio Devoto *''

The Elusive Twelve ''The Elusive Twelve'' (Italian: ''L'inafferrabile 12'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini and Isa Barzizza. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's ...

'' (directed by Mario Mattoli) (1950) as Carletto Esposito / Brandoletti * ''

The Cadets of Gascony ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (Italian: ''I cadetti di Guascogna'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Campanini and Mario Riva. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome, with sets designed b ...

'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1950) as Walter Mantoni * '' That Ghost of My Husband'' (directed by

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) (1950) as Gianni Alberti *''

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'' (directed by

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) (1951) as Giorgio Silvestri *''

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'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1951) as Walter Introcci, l'autista * '' It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (directed by Mario Soldati) (1951) as Walter Palaccioni *''

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'' (directed by Mario Soldati) (1951) as Fiorello Capone *''

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'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1951) as himself *'' Era lui... sì! sì!'' (directed by

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and Marchesi) (1951) as Walter Milani *'' Bellissima'' (directed by Luchino Visconti) (1951) as Alberto Annovazzi *'' Vendetta... sarda'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1952) as Gualtiero Porchiddu *'' The Dream of Zorro'' (directed by Mario Soldati) (1952) as Don Raimundo Esteban *''

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'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1952) as Paolo *'' L'ora della verità'' (directed by

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) (1952) as Un client du cabaret *'' Noi due soli'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1952) as Walter *'' Lo sai che i papaveri'' (directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi) (1952) as Gualtiero / Walter *''

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'' (directed by Giorgio Baldaccini and Enzo Trapani) (1952) *'' Era lei che lo voleva!'' (directed by Marino Girolami and Giorgio Simonelli) (1953) as Walter Martini *'' Cinema d'altri tempi'' (directed by Steno) (1953) as Marcello Serventi *'' Viva la rivista!'' (directed by Enzo Trapani) (1953) *'' Siamo tutti Milanesi'' (directed by

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) (1953) *'' What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (directed by

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) (1953) as Bruno *''

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'' (directed by Steno) (1954) as Don Michele *'' Questa è la vita'' (directed by

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) (1954) as Il commissario (segment "Marsina stretta") *'' Gran varietà'' (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1954) *'' Avanzi di galera'' (directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) (1954) as Giuseppe Rasi *'' It Happened at the Police Station'' (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1954) as Luigi Giovetti *'' Vacanze d'amore'' (directed by

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) (1955) as Momo *'' Nanà'' (directed by

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) (1955) as Fontan *'' Je suis un sentimental'' (directed by John Berry) (1955) as Dédé la Couleuvre *'' Accadde al penitenziario'' (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1955) as Walter Polacchi *''

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'' (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1955) as Professor Roberto Maldi *'' Red and Black'' (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1955) *'' Mio zio Giacinto'' (directed by Ladislao Vajda) (1956) as Caballero elegante *'' Donatella'' (directed by

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) (1956) as Guido *''

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'' (directed by

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) (1956) as Frank Cattabriga, suo figlio *'' The Little Hut'' (directed by Mark Robson) (1957) as Mario *'' Bonjour tristesse'', directed by

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(1958) as Pablo *'' Festa di maggio'' (directed by

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) (1958) as Gilbert *'' Amore a priva vista'' (directed by Franco Rossi) (1958) as Luigi *'' I zitelloni'' (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1958) as Marcello *'' La ragazza di piazza San Pietro'' (directed by Piero Costa) (1958) as Roberto Gradi * '' The Friend of the Jaguar'' (directed by

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) (1959) as Augusto *'' Parque de Madrid'' (directed by

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) (1959) as Alberto *'' Lui, lei and il nonno'' (directed by

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) (1959) as Eugenio *''

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'' (directed by Luigi Comencini) (1960) as Ferdinando Aloisi *'' I baccanali di Tiberio'' (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1960) as Cassio, the Cicerone *''Vacanze in Argentina'' (directed by Guido Leoni) (1960) as Il barista *'' Un mandarino per Teo'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1960) as Teo Tosci *''

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'' (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1960) as Walter *'' Un dollaro di fifa'' (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1960) as Mike *''

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'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1960) as 'Harold' Pasquale Esposito *''Caccia al marito'' (directed by Marino Girolami) as Himself *'' La moglie di mio marito'' (directed by

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) (1961) as Giulio *'' Bellezze sulla spiaggia'' (directed by Romolo Girolami) (1961) as Walter Crocci *'' Walter and i suoi cugini'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1961) as Walter Colasuonno / Rosario Colasuonno / Nicola Colasuonno *'' Mariti a congresso'' (directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico) (1961) *''

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'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1961) as Bruno *''

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'' (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1961) as Pablo *'' Copacabana Palace'' (directed by Steno) (1962) as Ugo *''

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'' (directed by

) (1962) as Valentino *''

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'' (directed by Alberto De Martino and

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) (1962) as Bull Bullivan *'' Gli Italiani and le donne'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1962) as Renato Nelli (segment "L'Abito non fa il Monaco") *'' Il giorno più corto'' (directed by Sergio Corbucci) (1963) as L'avvocato difensore *'' L'attico'' (directed by Gianni Puccini) (1963) as Gabriele *'' La rimpatriata'' (directed by Damiano Damiani) (1963) as Cesarino *'' Obiettivo ragazze'' (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1963) as Antonio Zanelli *''

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'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1963) as Walter (segment "La Signora Ci Marcia") *'' Gli imbroglioni'' (directed by

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) (1963) as Dr. Corti (segment "Medico e fidanzata") *''

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'' (directed by Sergio Corbucci) (1963) as Salvatore Dagnino *'' Follie d'estate'' (directed by

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and

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) (1963) as uomo della 'Vanoni' *'' La donna degli altri è sempre più bella'' (directed by Marino Girolami) (1963) as Walter, il bagnino (segment "Bagnino lover") *'' Gli eroi del West'' (directed by Steno) (1964) as Mike *'' Il giovedì'' (directed by

) (1964) as Dino Versini *'' Se permettete, parliamo di donne'' (directed by

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) (1964) as Philanderer *'' I maniaci'' (directed by Lucio Fulci) (1964) as The Sicilian hitchhiker (segment "L'autostop") / Car driver (segment "Il sorpasso") / Pasquale Taddei (segment "La protesta") / Client of Night-clubs (segment "Lo strip") *'' I gemelli del Texas'' (directed by Steno) (1964) as Ezechiel / Joe *'' Le tardone'' (directed by Marino Girolami and

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) (1964) as Bortolo Masteghin (episode "40 ma non li dimostra") *''

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'' (directed by

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) (1965) as Pollo *''

The Sucker ''The Sucker'' (french: link=no, Le Corniaud, ) is a French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès and Bourvil. Plot Leaving Paris for his summer vacation, the naïve Antoine Maréchal has his 2CV totally wr ...

'' (directed by

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) (1965) (uncredited) *''

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'' (directed by

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) (1965) as Bertazzi (segment "Sadik") *'' Falstaff'' (directed by

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) (1965) as Mr. Silence *'' Made in Italy'' (directed by

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) (1965) as Enrico (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3") *'' Io, io, io... e gli altri'' (directed by

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) (1966) as Sandro *'' Ischia operazione amore'' (directed by

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) (1966) as Enrico Laterra - aka Trema la terra *'' They're a Weird Mob'' (aka ''Sono strana gente'') (directed by Michael Powell) (1966) as Nino Culotta *''

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'' (directed by Steno) (1966) as Il venditore di uova / Antonio / Flavio / 007 / Il viaggiatore / Roberto Matrasso * ''

The Most Beautiful Couple in the World ''The Most Beautiful Couple in the World'' (Italian: ''La più bella coppia del mondo'') is a 1968 Italian " musicarello" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Walter Chiari, Paola Quattrini and Aldo Giuffrè Aldo Giuffr� ...

'' (directed by

) (1968) as Walter *''

Capriccio all'italiana ''Caprice Italian Style'' ( it, Capriccio all'italiana) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by six different directors, including Mario Monicelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film starred both Totò and the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Pl ...

'' (directed by Mauro Bolognini) (1968) as Paolo (segment "Gelosa, La") *'' Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole'' (directed by

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) (1969) as Angelo *''

'' (directed by

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) (1970) as Brother George *'' The Valachi Papers'' (Italian title: ''Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra'') (directed by Terence Young (1972), produced by Jerry Ferraro) as Gap *'' Amore mio, non farmi male'' (directed by

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) (1974) as Paolo De Simone *'' Due prostitute a Pigalle'' (directed by László Szabó) (1975) as Walter, le clochard *'' Son tornate a fiorire le rose'' (directed by Vittorio Sindoni) (1975) as Paolo De Simone *'' La banca di Monate'' (directed by Francesco Massaro) (1975) as Ragionier Adelmo Pigorini *'' Per amore di Cesarina'' (directed by Vittorio Sindoni) (1976) as Davide Camporesi *'' Passi furtivi in una notte boia'' (directed by Vincenzo Rigo) (1976) as Pompeo Piretti *'' Come ti rapisco il pupo'' (directed by

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) (1976) as Sterzi - Jimmy's father *'' La bidonata'' (directed by

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) (1977) as Renato *'' Ride bene... chi ride ultimo'' (directed by Walter Chiari) (1977) as Loris Martegani (segment "Prete per forza") *'' Tanto va la gatta al lardo...'' (directed by Marco Aleandri) (1978) as Teodoro Casadei *'' Ridendo and scherzando'' (directed by Marco Aleandri) (1978) as Giorgio *'' Belli and brutti ridono tutti'' (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1979) as Don Enzo *'' Tre sotto il lenzuolo'' (directed by Paolo Dominici) (1979) as Giorgio Mori (segment "No, non è per gelosia") *'' Romance'' (directed by

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(1986) and produced by Jerry Ferraro) as Giulio *'' Kafka la colonia penale'' (directed by Giuliano Betti) (1988) *'' Tracce di vita amorosa'' (directed by

Peter Del Monte Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 ...

) (1990) as Giorgio (final film role)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiari, Walter 1924 births 1991 deaths Actors from Verona Italian male stage actors Italian comedians Italian television personalities Burials at the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century Italian comedians People of Apulian descent Mass media people from Verona Regia Marina personnel of World War II German military personnel of World War II