Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian

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and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970.

Life and career

Born in

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, the son of the baritone Gino Lulli and the elder brother of actor

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, in 1936 Lulli took part in the

Second Italo-Ethiopian War The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Fascist Italy, Italy against Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is oft ...

as the commander of a group of Ethiopian troops. In 1943, he entered the

Italian resistance movement The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy ...

and became a partisan; Captured by the Nazis, he was deported to Germany but managed to escape and move to the Soviet Union. After the war, Lulli worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative before being noted by

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, who gave him a major role in '' The Bandit''. The critical and commercial success of the film secured Lulli a long career as a character actor, equally split between villain and working-class roles. In 1964, he was awarded the

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for best supporting actor for his performance in

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's ''

The Organizer ''The Organizer'' ("''I compagni''" literally translates into "''The Comrades''.") is a 1963 Italian-French-Yugoslavian-produced drama film written by Mario Monicelli and Age & Scarpelli, and directed by Mario Monicelli. Set in Turin at the end ...

''. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with ''Gente d'onore''. He was also active on stage and television. Lulli died on 23 May 1970 from

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while hospitalized to treat

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Selected filmography

* '' The Bandit'' (1946) - Andrea * '' The White Primrose'' (1947) * '' Flesh Will Surrender'' (1947) - Carlini * '' Tragic Hunt'' (1947) - Un fattore * '' The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) - Zulai (uncredited) * '' Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) - Il monco * '' How I Lost the War'' (1947) - Ufficiale americano sul ponte * '' The White Devil'' (1947) * '' Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) - Viù * '' Without Pity'' (1948) - Giacomo * '' Escape to France'' (1948) - Riccardo Torre * '' L'eroe della strada'' (1948) - Operaio turbulento * '' Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) - Luca / France: Romain Toucas * '' A Night of Fame'' (1949) - Ramirez * '' Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) - Turco * '' How I Discovered America'' (1949) - Il signorotto * '' Hawk of the Nile'' (1950) - Ibrahim * '' No Peace Under the Olive Tree'' (1950) - Agostino Bonfiglio * ''

Variety Lights ''Variety Lights'' () is a 1951 Cinema of Italy, Italian romance film, romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film ...

'' (1950) - Adelmo Conti * '' Brief Rapture'' (1951) - Meccanico caposquadra della stazione * '' Love and Blood'' (1951) - Pietro * '' Shadows Over Naples'' (1951) - Pietro * '' Tragic Serenade'' (1951) - Don Vincenzo Matturini * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) - Anselmo Vannini * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French Play (theatre), play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, ...

'' (1951) - Scoronconcalo * '' In Olden Days'' (1952) - Secondo contadino toscano (segment "Questione d'interesse") * '' Falsehood'' (1952) - Rocco * '' La colpa di una madre'' (1952) - Enrico * '' Prisoners of Darkness'' (1952) - Amedeo Pisani * '' Infame accusa'' (1953) - Giovannino * ''

The Wages of Fear ''The Wages of Fear'' () is a 1953 thriller film directed and co-written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot. The film centres on a group of four down-on-their-luck European men w ...

'' (1953) - Luigi * ''Jeunes mariés'' (1953) - L'aubergiste * ''Riscatto'' (1953) - Il Maremmano * ''Noi cannibali'' (1953) - Tongo * ''Island Sinner'' (1954) - Don Pietro Ingarsia * ''Non vogliamo morire' (1954) - Carter * '' Maddalena'' (1954) - Domenico, il bovaro * '' Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) - Don Raffaele * ''

Submarine Attack ''La Grande Speranza'' (''The Big Hope''), retitled ''Submarine Attack'' and ''Torpedo Zone'' in English, is a 1954 Italian anti-war film starring Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini and Earl Cameron (actor), Earl Cameron. It won the Special Prize of the ...

'' (1954) - Nostromo, First Mate * '' The Air of Paris'' (1954) - Angelo Posi * ''Acque amare'' (1954) - Nightclub Owner (uncredited) * ''

Orient Express The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe, w ...

'' (1954) - Filippo dal Pozzo * ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' (1954, part 1, 2) - Jacopo * ' (1955) - Hussein * '' The Star of Rio'' (1955) - Mario * '' Rice Girl'' (1956) - Pietro Guerrini * '' We're All Necessary'' (1956) - Iniesta, un ladrón * ' (1956) - Carlo Ferrelli * '' The House of Intrigue'' (1956) - King Kong Kaarden * ''Io, Caterina'' (1957) - Nobile Tolomei * '' An Eye for an Eye'' (1957) - Bortak * ''

The Italians They Are Crazy ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this g ...

'' (1958) - Don Bernardo * ''El hereje'' (1958) * '' The Sky Burns'' (1958) - Tazzoli * ' (1958) - Sciacciabratta * ''Polikuschka'' (1958) - Polikuschka * '' Sheba and the Gladiator'' (1959) - Zemanzius - Zenobia's Prime Minister * ''Délit de fuite'' (1959) - Franco * '' Wolves of the Deep'' (1959) - Nostromo * '' The Great War'' (1959) - Bordin * '' Marie of the Isles'' (1959) - Le capitaine Le Fort * ''La nuit des traqués'' (1959) - Lino * '' The Regattas of San Francisco'' (1960) - Luigi, le père de Lidia * ''

Under Ten Flags ''Under Ten Flags'' () is a 1960 Italian-American war film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, and Mylène Demongeot. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Loosely based on act ...

'' (1960) - Paco * '' Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960) - Pachiderma * '' The Huns'' (1960) - Igor * ''

Esther and the King ''Esther and the King'' () is a 1960 religious epic film produced and directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joan Collins as Esther, Richard Egan as Ahasuerus, and Denis O'Dea as Mordecai. Walsh and Michael Elkins wrote the screenplay, which was ...

'' (1960) - Tobiah * ''Vacanze in Argentina'' (1960) - Giovannino Fioravanti * ''Spade senza bandiera'' (1961) - Diego Benvenuti di Pianora * '' The Tartars'' (1961) - Togrul * '' Rome 1585'' (1961) - Fra Silenzio * '' Oh Islam'' (1961) - Prince Aktai * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1961) - King Titus Tazio * '' Erik the Conqueror'' (1961) - Viking King Harald * '' La Fayette'' (1962) - Le Boursier * ''

Venus Against the Son of Hercules ''Venus Against the Son of Hercules'' (, also known as ''Mars, God of War'' and ''The Son of Hercules vs. Venus'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film written and directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Roger Browne and Jocelyn Lane, Jackie Lane.Marco ...

'' (1962) * '' Warriors Five'' (1962) - Marzi * '' Dulcinea'' (1962) - Sancho Panza * ''Un alibi per morire'' (1962) * ''

The Shortest Day ''The Shortest Day'' () is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both European and American cinem ...

'' (1963) - Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) * '' Duel at the Rio Grande'' (1963) - José * ''

'' (1963) - Pautasso * '' Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1963) - Cardinal Mazarini * '' Les Parias de la gloire'' (1964) - Blosky * '' Last Plane to Baalbek'' (1964) - John Volpi * ''Oltraggio al pudore'' (1964) - Gabriele's Father * ''

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'' (1965) - Count Ripoli (segment 3 'La cornacchia') * '' Marco the Magnificent'' (1965) - Spinello, Venetian Merchant * '' L'armata Brancaleone'' (1966) - Pecoro * '' Lightning Bolt'' (1966) - Mr. Rehte * '' The Murderer with the Silk Scarf'' (1966) - Polizeirat Erwin Moll * '' Le Grand Restaurant'' (1966) - Le président Novalès * '' Blockhead'' (1966) - Testa Di Rapa * '' The Viscount'' (1967) - Rico Barone * ''Gente d'onore'' (1967) - Turi * ''

The Longest Hunt ''Spara, Gringo, spara'' (internationally released as ''The Longest Hunt'' and ''Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the first western directed by Bruno Corbucci (brother of western ...

'' (1968) - Don Hernando Gutierrez * '' Between God, the Devil and a Winchester'' (1968) - Colonel Bob Ford * ''Mercanti di vergini'' (1969) * ''Baltagul'' (1969) - oierul Bogza * '' A Golden Widow'' (1969) - Le Sicilien - un tueur * ''Trois hommes sur un cheval'' (1969) - Le patron d'Eric * ''Raptus'' (1969) - Avv. Montani * ''L'âne de Zigliara'' (1970) * ''Tre nel mille'' (1971) - (final film role)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lulli, Folco 1912 births 1970 deaths Italian male film actors Male actors from Florence Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors Italian resistance movement members Deaths from embolism