Marco Guglielmi (6 October 1926 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and author.

Life and career

Born Augusto Guglielmi in

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, he graduated from ragioneria, then he enrolled at the university in the faculty of economics and business, though without finishing his studies. Guglielmi later attended the

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in Rome, graduating in 1953, despite having participated in 1951–52 in a few films in minor roles. He then started a busy acting career on stage, television and cinema, even if often cast in supporting and

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s. Guglielmi also worked in

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for the magazine ''Sogno''. He was also active as screenwriter and novelist; his novel, "Er più de Roma", co-written by Lucio Mandarà, was adapted into the film ''Il principe fusto'', directed by

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and released in 1960.

Selected filmography

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They Were Three Hundred ''They Were Three Hundred'' () is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and starring Rossano Brazzi, Franca Marzi and Myriam Bru.Di Fiore p. 369 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome with location shooting on ...

'' (1952) - L'alfiere * ''Nessuno ha tradito'' (1952) * '' Er fattaccio'' (1952) - Tarmato * ''

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'' (1954) - Kadis * ''

The Art of Getting Along ''The Art of Getting Along'' () is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following '' Difficult Years'' and ''Easy Years'', it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian politics under the continui ...

'' (1955) - L'avvocato Giardini * '' The Abandoned'' (1955) - Scattered soldiers' officer * ''

Folgore Division ''Folgore Division'' () is a 1955 Italian war film directed by Duilio Coletti. It is based on actual events and depicts the 185th Infantry Division "Folgore" during the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. The screenwriter and military advisor was ...

'' (1955) - 1st Lieutenant Corsini * ''

Destinazione Piovarolo ''Destination Piovarolo'' () is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot summary In 1922, during Fascism, Antonio La Quaglia accepts the assignment to the station master in a remote town called Piovarolo, because that's wh ...

'' (1955) * ''Andrea Chenier'' (1955) * ''Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna'' (1956) - Don Pietro * ''Dimentica il mio passato'' (1957) * ''

Engaged to Death ''Engaged to Death'' () is a 1957 Italian sports drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina and Margit Nünke.Rondolino p.183 The veteran German star Hans Albers appears in a supporting role. The film portray ...

'' (1957) * ''El Alamein'' (1957) - Tenente Santi * ''La canzone del destino'' (1957) - Cesare Marini * ''La canzone più bella'' (1957) * ''Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano'' (1958) - Alberto * ''

Adorabili e bugiarde ''Adorabili e bugiarde'' (also known as ''Adorable and a Liar'') is a 1958 Italian crime comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma. Plot Three beautiful girls, a model, a journalist and a painter, eager for celebrity at all costs, decide to stag ...

'' (1958) - Nando * ''

Maid, Thief and Guard ''Maid, Thief and Guard'' (/ Cop, Thief and Maid) is a 1958 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Steno. Plot A poor man attempts to break in and steal on the night of New Year's Eve, putting a guard and a maid into trouble. In the end, everyt ...

'' (1958) - Franco * ''Vite perdute'' (1959) - Toni * ''Pensione Edelweiss'' (1959) - Le peintre * ''

The Black Chapel ''The Black Chapel'' (German: ''Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle'') is a 1959 political fiction, political thriller film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck and Ernst Schröder (actor), Ernst Schröder. It is based on the ...

'' (1959) - Pater Orlando * ''

Terror of the Red Mask ''Terror of the Red Mask'' () is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lex Barker and Chelo Alonso. It was shot at the De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1960) - Ivano * ''

The Savage Innocents ''The Savage Innocents'' is a 1960 adventure film directed and co-written by Nicholas Ray. Anthony Quinn and Yoko Tani star, with Lee Montague, Marco Guglielmi, Carlo Giustini, Anthony Chinn, and Michael Chow in supporting roles, alongsid ...

'' (1960) - Missionary * ''Il principe fusto'' (1960) * ''Gli avventurieri dei tropici'' (1960) * ''

The Night They Killed Rasputin ''The Night They Killed Rasputin'' (, ), also known as ''Nights of Rasputin'', is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Purdom and Gianna Maria Canale. Plot Cast * Edmund ...

'' (1960) * ''

Mill of the Stone Women ''Mill of the Stone Women'' () is a 1960 Italian Gothic horror film directed by Giorgio Ferroni, starring Pierre Brice and Scilla Gabel. It follows a journalist writing a story on a sculptor in 19th-century Holland who falls in love with the ar ...

'' (1960) - Ralf * ''Cavalcata selvaggia'' (1960) * ''

The Story of Joseph and His Brethren ''The Story of Joseph and His Brethren'' (Italian: ''Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli'') is a 1961 Yugoslavian/Italian film directed by Irving Rapper and Luciano Ricci. The film is also known as ''Joseph Sold by His Brothers'', ''Joseph and His Bre ...

'' (1961) - Judah, Joseph's Brother * ''

Planets Against Us ''Planets Against Us'' (original titles: , ) is a 1962 Italian-French science fiction horror film directed by Romano Ferrara, based on a story by Massimo Rendina. It is also known by the names ''Planets Around Us'', ''Hands of a Killer'', ''Th ...

'' (1962) - Capt. Carboni * ' (1962) - Inspector Webster * ''

Family Diary ''Family Diary'' () is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and is based on the novel of the same name by Vasco Pratolini. Enrico, played by Marcello Mastroianni, is a struggling artist in 1945 Rome who recently lost his brother, Lorenz ...

'' (1962) * ''

Seven Seas to Calais ''Seven Seas to Calais'' () is a 1962 Italian adventure film in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, produced by Paolo Moffa, directed by Rudolph Maté (his final film) and Primo Zeglio, that stars Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, and Edy Vessel. The film depi ...

'' (1962) - Fletcher * '' Imperial Venus'' (1962) - Junot * ''Tempo di credere'' (1962) * ''Luciano, una vita bruciata'' (1962) * ''Noche de verano'' (1963) - Enrique * '' The Visit'' (1964) - Police Officer Chesco (uncredited) * ''Una sporca guerra'' (1965) * ''Berlino appuntamento per le spie (Operazione Polifemo)'' (1965) - Kurt * ''

Secret Agent Super Dragon ''Secret Agent Super Dragon'' () is a 1966 internationally co-produced Eurospy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni, and starring Ray Danton as the titular secret agent. Plot The plot centers on a secret agent and an evil organization that is dr ...

'' (1966) - Professor Kurge * ''Si muore solo una volta'' (1967) - John Malsky * ''

The Looters ''The Looters'' is a 1967 Italian-French adventure film directed by Jacques Besnard and starring Frederick Stafford and Jean Seberg. The film was shot in France, Italy and allmost northern Colombia It was also known as ''Estouffade à la Caraïbe ...

'' (1967) - Dietrich * '' The Stranger Returns'' (1967) - The Preacher * ''

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'' (1967) - Kramer * ''

Anyone Can Play ''Anyone Can Play'' () is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring two Bond girls Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger. Cast * Ursula Andress as Norma * Virna Lisi as Luisa * Claudine Auger as Esmerelda * Marisa Mell as ...

'' (1968) - Berto, Esmerelda's husband * ''

Run, Man, Run ''Run, Man, Run'' (, also known as ''Big Gundown 2'') is an Italian- French Zapata Western film. It is the second film of Sergio Sollima centred on the character of Cuchillo, again played by Tomas Milian, after the two-years earlier successful ...

'' (1968) - Colonel Michel Sévigny * '' The Battle of El Alamein'' (1969) - Capt. Hubert * ''Plagio'' (1969) * ''Probabilità zero'' (1969) - Captain Kreuz * ''Revenge'' (1969) - Philip * ''

Un gioco per Eveline ''Un gioco per Eveline'' () is a 1971 Italian film directed by Marcello Avallone. Production Director Marcello Avallone described his original desire for the film to make a film related to "the Fantastic, I wrote a 'noir', a genre we rarely did in ...

'' (1971) - Phillipe Giraud * ''Our Lady of Lust'' (1972) - Prof. Paolo * ''The Godfather's Advisor'' (1973) - Don Calogero Micheli * ''Società a responsabilità molto limitata'' (1973) - Commissario di polizia * ''24 ore... non un minuto di più'' (1973) - General Perez * ''

Last Days of Mussolini ''Last Days of Mussolini'' (Italian: ''Mussolini: Ultimo atto'') is a 1974 Italian historical drama film co-written and directed by Carlo Lizzani and starring Rod Steiger, Franco Nero and Lisa Gastoni. The film depicts the days leading up to ...

'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) - Massimo Sanna * ''

How to Kill a Judge ''How to Kill a Judge'' (), also known as ''The Murder of a Magistrate'' and ''Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?'', is a 1974 Cinema of Italy, Italian Crime film, crime-thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is the final chapter in the Damian ...

'' (1975) - State Prosecutor Alberto Traini-Luiz * ''

Nick the Sting ''Nick the Sting'' () is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard * Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark *Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice * Luciana Paluzzi as Anna * Dagmar Lassander ...

'' (1976) - Will Leffern (uncredited) * ''

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' () is an Italian '' poliziotteschi'' film directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi and third entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe as well as serving as a direct sequel to '' The Tough Ones''. The film ...

'' (1977) - Marchetti * ''

The Greatest Battle ''The Greatest Battle'' (, also released as ''The Biggest Battle'' and ''Battle Force'') is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an all-star ensemble cast, including Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach ...

'' (1978) - Capt. Fitzpatrick * ''

Candido Erotico ''Candido Erotico'' (also known as ''Copenhagen Nights'', ''The Exhibitionist'', ''A Man for Sale'' and ''Look at Me'') is a 1978 Italian erotic romance-drama film written and directed by Claudio Giorgi (here credited as Claudio De Molinis). Lui ...

'' (1978) - Paul / Husband * ''La guerra sul fronte Est'' (1981) * ''Canto d'amore'' (1982) * ''Un uomo di razza'' (1989) - Tommasi * ''Blu notte'' (1992) - (final film role)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guglielmi, Marco 1926 births 2005 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors People from Sanremo Male actors from Liguria 20th-century Italian male actors Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni