Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020)
was an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in
Jesi,
Ancona
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, Olmi at very young age attended local amateur dramatic companies in his hometown.
He later moved to Rome, where he graduated in law and during his studies attended the Peter Sharoff Theatre Academy.
He was a very prolific stage actor, with hundreds of credits in works of prose,
avanspettacolo
Avanspettacolo (literally: "before the show") is an Italian theatrical genre that developed between the 1930s and 1950s. Closely related to revue and variety show, avanspettacolo features a diverse mixture of music, ballet, sketch comedy, and ot ...
, cabaret,
operetta.
He was also very active in television (in television movies, TV-series and variety shows) and in films, where he was one of the most requested character actors.
Olmi is also the author of two autobiographical books, ''Oltre la scena'' and ''Oltre lo schermo''.
He died from
COVID-19
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during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
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The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when ...
.
Selected filmography
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Peccato di castità'' (1956)
*''Chiamate 22-22 tenente Sheridan'' (1960) – Pat – journalist
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Un mandarino per Teo'' (1960) – Il signore in bianco
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A Girl... and a Million'' (1962) – Visonà's Friend
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L'amore difficile'' (1962) – Carabiniere (segment "Il serpente")
*''Adultero lui, adultera lei'' (1963) – L'avvocato dell'accusa
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Shivers in Summer
''Shivers in Summer'' ( it, Frenesia dell'estate) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring among others Vittorio Gassman.
Cast
* Vittorio Gassman - Captain Nardoni
* Sandra Milo - Yvonne
* Michèle Mercier - Gigi
* P ...
'' (1964) – Furricchio
*''I maniaci'' (1964) – The husband (segment "Il week-end")
*''Clémentine chérie'' (1964)
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I due pericoli pubblici'' (1964) – Vigile (segment "Una domenica d'agosto")
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Slalom'' (1965) – Italian Embassy Official
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Wake Up and Die'' (1966) – Bobino, riccetatore
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I nostri mariti
''I nostri mariti'' is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi and Luigi Zampa.
Cast
* Alberto Sordi - Giovanni Lo Verso (segment "Il marito di Roberta")
* Ugo Tognazzi - Carabiniere (segment "Il Marito di Attili ...
'' (1966) – Monsignor Petrarca (segment "Il marito di Olga")
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Sex Quartet'' (1966) – Aldini's Friend (segment "Fata Armenia")
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The Devil in Love'' (1966) – Innkeeper
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A Stranger in Paso Bravo'' (1968) – Jonathan
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The Vatican Affair'' (1968) – Lentini
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Ace High'' (1968)
*''Bandits in Rome'' (1968)
*''Colpo di sole'' (1968)
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Satyricon
The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petr ...
'' (1969) – Seleuco
*''12 + 1'' (1969) – Waiter (uncredited)
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The Archangel'' (1969) – Commissario Monteforte
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The Cat o' Nine Tails'' (1971) – Morsella
*''Joe Dakota'' (1957)
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Armiamoci e partite!'' (1971) – German soldier
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Il merlo maschio'' (1971) – Violin teacher
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971) – Porter
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A Girl in Australia'' (1971) – Don Anselmo
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Il provinciale'' (1971)
*''Decameroticus'' (1972) – Ciacco
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My Darling Slave'' (1973) – A passenger
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Anno uno
''Anno uno'' (internationally released as ''Year One'' and ''Italy: Year One'') is a 1974 Italian biographical film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film tells the story of the political reconstruction of post-fascist Italy between 1944 and 19 ...
'' (1974) – Di Vittorio
*''Professore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitori'' (1974) – Mr. Novelli
*''L'uomo della strada fa giustizia'' (1975) – (uncredited)
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Scandal in the Family'' (1975) – don Erminio
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Apache Woman'' (1976) – Jeremy
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The Cricket'' (1980)
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Madly in Love'' (1981) – Sindaco
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Bollenti spiriti'' (1981) – Doctor
* (1981) – Agente di viaggi
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Porca vacca'' (1982)
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Rich and Poor'' (1983) – S.O.F.R.A.M. Manager
*''Il petomane'' (1983)
*''Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone'' (1983) – Commissario
*''Due strani papà'' (1984)
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Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style'' (1984) – Bonetti – negoziante di giocattoli
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Il ragazzo del Pony Express'' (1986) – Father of Agostino
*''Missione eroica – I pompieri 2'' (1987)
*''Il coraggio di parlare'' (1987) – Milan worker
*''Rimini Rimini – Un anno dopo'' (1988) – Flaminia's Husband ("La scelta")
*''Don Bosco'' (1988)
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Italian Restaurant'' (1994, TV Mini-Series)
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The Dinner'' (1998) – Arturo
*''Si fa presto a dire amore'' (2000) – Padre Enrico
References
External links
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1926 births
2020 deaths
People from Iesi
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male stage actors
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian male film actors
Italian comedians
Italian male television actors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Lazio