Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. He is often remembered in Italy for a series of TV commercials for a well-known brand of Italian artichoke-based bitter liqueur, Cynar, with the catchphrase "Contro il logorio della vita moderna" ("Assuaging the wear-and-tear of modern life") which showed him sitting at a café table surrounded by traffic drinking and reading the paper in relaxed fashion.

Selected filmography

* '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * '' It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * '' I'll Always Love You'' (1943) * '' The Children Are Watching Us'' (1944) * '' A Night of Fame'' (1949) * '' Songs in the Streets'' (1950) * '' L'ultimo amante'' (1955) * '' The Most Wonderful Moment'' (1957) * '' Policarpo'' (1959) * '' Truffa 62''(1961)

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* 1909 births 1999 deaths Italian male film actors People from Certaldo 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub