Guglielmo Barnabò (11 May 1888 – 31 May 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1926 and 1954.
Life and career
Born in
Ancona
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, Barnabò made his stage debut in 1921 at the
Greek Theatre of Syracuse
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, with the
Annibale Ninchi's company.
Since then he was enrolled by some of the most important stage companies of his time, working among others with
Marta Abba,
Alda Borelli,
Maria Melato,
Gino Cervi,
Paolo Stoppa.
In 1927 Barnabò made his screen debut in the silent film ''
Beauty of the World'', but his film career took off with the
sound cinema, when he became one of the most active character actors of the 1930s and the 1940s.
Specialized in good-natured and bourgeois character roles, he is best known as the villain capitalist in
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
's ''
Miracle in Milan''.
Barnabò was married to actress , with whom he often worked in films and on stage.
Selected filmography
* ''
Beauty of the World'' (1927)
* ''
The Last Adventure'' (1932) - Don Luigi - il prete
* ''
Bad Subject'' (1933) - Father of Willy and Susanna
* ''
Red Passport'' (1935) - Mr. Johnson
* ''
The Ancestor'' (1936)
* ''
To Live'' (1936) - Il presidente del consorzio
* ''
Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - A patient
* ''Un bacio a fior d'acqua'' (1936) - Il commendatore
* ''
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) - Furius, fat Roman
* ''
Marcella'' (1937)
* ''Gli uomini non sono ingrati'' (1937) - Istvan Vojda
* ''I due barbieri'' (1937)
* ''
I Want to Live with Letizia
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The film was shot at Cinecittà St ...
'' (1938) - Il signor Barozzi
* ''
Giuseppe Verdi
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'' (1938) - Il gondoliere
* ''
The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938) - Il sergente MacNeill
* ''Inventiamo l'amore'' (1938) - Tonino Biancardi
* ''
Heartbeat'' (1939) - Un detectivo dell'albergo 'Majestic'
* ''
Marionette
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'' (1939) - Un contadino
* ''
We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) - Il barone Franzetti
* ''Fascino'' (1939)
* ''Le sorprese del divorzio'' (1939) - Alberto, il cameriere di Champeaux
* ''
A Wife in Danger'' (1939) - Luigi Arnold
* ''
Guest for One Night'' (1939) - Alberto de Meral
* ''
The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939)
* ''
Unjustified Absence'' (1939) - Il signor Fabbri
* ''Cose dell'altro mondo'' (1939) - Dick, il capo carceriere
* ''
Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) - Zio Sofia (uncredited)
* ''
Manon Lescaut'' (1940) - Il governatore di New Orleans
* ''Validità giorni dieci'' (1940) - Il signore Goven
* ''
The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) - Il console d'Auvray
* ''
Non me lo dire!'' (1940) - L'organizzatore dei giocchi di società
* ''
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct'' (1940) - Signor Emilio Lenci
* ''
Marco Visconti'' (1941) - Oldrado Del Balzo
* ''Il pozzo dei miracoli'' (1941) - Filippo Farkas
* ''
Scampolo
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Plot
Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls ...
'' (1941) - Fallotti
* ''
The Man on the Street'' (1941) - L'industriale Sebastiano Corsi
* ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) - Il marchese Serra, padre di Isabella
* ''
Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) - Agostino Passalacqua
* ''Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura'' (1941) - Il re
he King
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Language
* He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads
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* ''Non mi sposo più'' (1942) - Il maggiordomo
* ''Se io fossi onesto'' (1942) - Il barone Demetrio Vareghi
* ''C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) - Il barone Sanguignoni
* ''
Document Z-3'' (1942) - Kavelic, capo del servizio segreto jugoslavo
* ''Soltanto un bacio'' (1942) - Il commendator d'Anzi
* ''I sette peccati'' (1942) - L'editore Sturmer, padre di Isa
* ''La morte civile'' (1942) - Il profesore Rinaldi
* ''Don Giovanni'' (1942) - Don Pablo
* ''
Wedding Day'' (1942) - (deleted scenes)
* ''L'affare si complica'' (1942)
* ''La fanciulla dell'altra riva'' (1942) - Il banchiere Ritter
* ''
Charley's Aunt'' (1943) - Il colonnello
* ''
Music on the Run'' (1943) - L'industriale Santelli - suo padre
* ''
Redemption'' (1943)
* ''
Short Circuit
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'' (1943) - Il gionalista Saverio Funk
* ''La danza del fuoco'' (1943) - Il barone d'Avita
* ''
The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) - Il signore grasso sul treno (uncredited)
* ''Non sono superstizioso... ma!'' (1943) - Il padre di Rosetta
* ''Senza una donna'' (1943) - Adalgiso Barni Vagnoli
* ''I nostri sogni'' (1943) - Posci - Il direttore dei 'Magazini Tuns'
* ''Il fidanzato di mia moglie'' (1943) - Guglielmo Sarti
* ''In cerca di felicità'' (1944) - Giacomo Libretti
* ''Il fiore sotto gli occhi'' (1944) - Il preside
* ''
The Devil Goes to Boarding School'' (1944) - Il giudice Testones
* ''Quartetto pazzo'' (1945) - Alberto, il maggiordomo
* ''
What a Distinguished Family'' (1945) - Boris Montischi
* ''
Come Back to Sorrento'' (1945) - Avvocato Vannini
* ''Pronto chi parla?'' (1946) - Zio Ottavio
* ''Canto, ma sottovoce...'' (1946) - Annibale Lantieri
* ''
Biraghin'' (1946)
* ''L'apocalisse'' (1947)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1947) - Il giudice
* ''L'isola del sogno'' (1947) - Industriale Orazio Fuller
* ''
Cab Number 13'' (1948)
* ''Veglia nella notte'' (1948)
* ''
Mad About Opera'' (1948) - Il direttore del Covent Garden
* ''
Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) - Generale Beauville
* ''Guarany'' (1948)
* ''
Fabiola'' (1949) - Antoniano Leto
* ''
Adam and Eve
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'' (1949) - Joe
* ''Ricchi e povere'' (1949)
* ''
The Last Days of Pompeii
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'' (1950) - Panza
* ''
Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) - Don Bartolo, il governatore
* ''
Totò Tarzan
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'' (1950) - Geronimo
* ''
Atoll K'' (1950) - Le propriétaire de la palissade
* ''
Miracle in Milan'' (1951) - Mobbi
* ''
Arrivano i nostri'' (1951) - Pallatino, l'agente teatrale
* ''
Briscola'' (1951)
* ''
Verginità'' (1951) - Impresario
* ''
Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951) - Il gran khan
* ''
The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) - Impresario teatrale
* ''
Amor non ho... però... però'' (1951) - Signore con la bombetta
* ''
The Two Sergeants'' (1951)
* ''
Ha fatto tredici'' (1951) - Comm. Mario Rossi
* ''
Ergastolo'' (1952) - The Manager of the hotel
* ''
Mademoiselle Gobete
''Mademoiselle Gobete'' () is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi.
Cast
* Silvana Pampanini: Gobette
* Aroldo Tieri: Judge Luciano Pinglet
* Carlo Dapporto: Cipriano Gaudet
* Ave Ninchi: Aglae Tricoin
* Luigi Pavese
Lu ...
'' (1952) - Il direttore dell'albergo
* ''
Don Lorenzo'' (1952)
* ''
Sunday Heroes'' (1952) - The President of the football club
* ''
I, Hamlet'' (1952)
* ''
Poppy
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'' (1952) - Medico
* ''
It's Never Too Late'' (1953)
* ''
The Most Wanted Man'' (1953) - M Click
* ''
Pane, Amore e Fantasia'' (1953) - Il sindaco
* ''Tudo Acaba em Casamento'' (1954) - Il dottor Stefan Stefanovich Chubukov
* ''Gran Varietà'' (1954) - l'avvocato (episodio 'Fregoli')
* ''
Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) - German tourist
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnabo, Guglielmo
1888 births
1954 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male silent film actors
People from Ancona
Male actors from le Marche
20th-century Italian male actors