Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two
spaghetti Westerns: ''
Cold Killer'' and ''
Gun Shy Piluk''.
Selected filmography
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Rotaie'' (1929, directed by
Mario Camerini)
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The Charmer'' (1931, directed by
Guido Brignone) - Un cliente del night club
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The Devil's Lantern'' (1931)
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La scala'' (1931, directed by
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and acting, actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound fil ...
) – Il pianisto
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Palio'' (1932, directed by
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Four Steps in the Clouds''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the ...
) – Zarre
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The Blue Fleet'' (1932, directed by
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and acting, actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound fil ...
) – Castelli
*''Acqua cheta'' (1933) – Cecco
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My Little One'' (1933) – Paolo Vallini – il corridore automobilista
*''La serva padrona'' (1934)
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Music in the Square'' (1936, directed by
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comed ...
)
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Squadrone bianco'' (1936, directed by
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Biography
Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo ...
) – Il tenente Fabrizi
*''Amore'' (1936) – Marco Albert
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Doctor Antonio'' (1937) – Domenico Morelli
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Pietro Micca'' (1938) – Pietro Micca
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The Black Corsair'' (1938, directed by
Amleto Palermi) - Morgan - Korsar
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma ...
'' (1938) - Francesco Maria Piave
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Jeanne Doré'' (1938, directed by
Mario Bonnard) - Avvocato Charles
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Le sorprese del divorzio'' (1939, directed by
Guido Brignone) - Giovanni, il cameriere di Duval
*''Ultima giovinezza'' (1939) - Reynaud
*''Follie del secolo'' (1939) - Il delegato di Pubblica Sicurezza
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The Silent Partner'' (1939)
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Arditi civili'' (1940, directed by
Domenico Gammino) - Il giovane vigile
*''Fanfulla da Lodi'' (1940) - Il duca di Termoli
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The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940, directed by
Carlo Campogalliani) - Hasslan Haidar
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First Love'' (1941)
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Fedora'' (1942, directed by
Camillo Mastrocinque
Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing ''Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...
)
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Don Cesare di Bazan'' (1942, directed by
Riccardo Freda) - Il capitano del "Flavio Gioia"
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The Two Orphans'' (1942) - Monsieur Gérard
*''La fabbrica dell'imprevisto'' (1942) - Il soggettista
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Sleeping Beauty
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'' (1942, directed by
Luigi Chiarini) - Lo solfataro
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Fedora'' (1942) - Cirillo
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Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942, directed by
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Four Steps in the Clouds''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the ...
) - Pasquale - Fratello di Maria
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Knights of the Desert'' (1942)
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A Living Statue'' (1943) - L'amante di Rita
*''Enrico IV'' (1943) - Barberis
*''La maschera e il volto'' (1943) - Marco
*''L'affaire du Grand Hôtel'' (1946)
*''Il fabbro del convento'' (1947) - Boris
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Fatal Symphony'' (1947) - Giorgio
*''Legge di sangue'' (1948) - Saverio
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Fabiola'' (1949) - Pompey
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Flying Squadron'' (1949)
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Deported'' (1950) - Aldo Brescia
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Pact with the Devil'' (1950) - Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
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Women and Brigands'' (1950) - Sergente borbone
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Il Brigante Musolino'' (1950) - Brigadier Rinaldi
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The Thief of Venice'' (1950, directed by
John Brahm
John Brahm (August 17, 1893 – October 12, 1982) was a German film and television director. His films include ''The Undying Monster'' (1942), ''The Lodger (1944 film), The Lodger'' (1944), ''Hangover Square (film), Hangover Square'' (1945), ''Th ...
) - Polo
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L' Amore di Norma'' (1951) - D'Emilis
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Without a Flag'' (1951) - Sottocapo Poggi
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Seven Hours of Trouble'' (1951, directed by
Marcello Marchesi) - Achille
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The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue
''I sette nani alla riscossa'', internationally released as ''The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue'' in 1965, is a 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates expe ...
'' (1951)
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Peppino e Violetta'' (1951) - Strotti
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Never Take No for an Answer'' (1951) - Strotti
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Viva il cinema!'' (1952)
*''Femmina senza cuore'' (1952) - Vittorio Lombardo
*''Times Gone By'' (1952) - Il tenente medico (segment "Il tamburino sardo")
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Black Feathers'' (1952, directed by
Oreste Biancoli) - Olinto Cossutti
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Red Love'' (1952) - Bantine Fera
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Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair'' (1953) - Morgan, il pirata
*''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Capitano Della Nave
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The Man from Cairo'' (1953) - Emile Touchard
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Ivan, Son of the White Devil'' (1953)
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Verdi, the King of Melody'' (1953) - Victor Hugo (uncredited)
*''La prigioniera di Amalfi'' (1954)
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The Stranger's Hand'' (1954, directed by
Mario Soldati) - Chief Constable
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A Slice of Life'' (1954) - Regista (segment "Scena all'aperto)
*''Ho pianto per te!'' (1954) - Pagliaccio Toni
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Loves of Three Queens'' (1954) - Giove (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
*''A Invasão dos Bárbaros'' (1954) - Capo della tribu / Tribe Chieftan
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The Boatman of Amalfi'' (1954) - Antonio Selva
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The River Girl'' (1954)
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I cinque dell'Adamello'' (1954) - Don Romualdo
*''Non c'è amore più grande'' (1955)
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Il padrone sono me'' (1955, directed by
Franco Brusati) - Maresciallo dei carabinieri
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Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955, directed by
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
) - Il maresciallo
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L'ultimo amante'' (1955, directed by
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comed ...
)
*''Seu Último Amante'' (1955) - Medico di guardia
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Girls of Today'' (1955)
*''Storia di una minorenne'' (1956)
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War and Peace'' (1956) - Victor (uncredited)
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The Lebanese Mission'' (1956) - M. Hennequin
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The Wolves'' (1956, directed by
Giuseppe De Santis) - Don Pietro
*''Io, Caterina'' (1957) - Jacopo Benincasa
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Dreams in a Drawer'' (1957) - The Hospital Doctor
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La diga sul Pacifico'' (Orig.: ''This Angry Age'') (1958, directed by
René Clément
René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...
) - Bart
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Seven Hills of Rome'' (1957) - Luigi
*''Amarti è il mio destino'' (1957) - Franco Albonetti
*''Mattino di primavera' (1957) - Benzinaio
*''Orizzonte infuocato' (1957) - Padre di Manuela
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Young Husbands'' (1958) - Padre di Franco
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Fortunella'' (1958) - Concierge
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Il Conte di Matera'' (1958) - The Innkeeper Giacomo (uncredited)
*''Valeria ragazza poco seria'' (1958)
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The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina'' (1958) - Tavernet
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Tempest'' (1958) - Contadino dell'isba
*''Anche l'inferno trema'' (1958)
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Dubrowsky'' (1959) - Gerichtsvorsitzender
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The Indian Tomb'' (1959) - Gen. Dagh (uncredited)
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L'isola del tesoro'' (1959, TV Mini-Series, directed by
Anton Giulio Majano
Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986.
Selected filmography Director and screenwriter
* ''The Eternal Chain'' (1952)
* ''Good Folk's Sunday'' ...
) - Morgan
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Il padrone delle ferriere'' (1959, directed by
Anton Giulio Majano
Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986.
Selected filmography Director and screenwriter
* ''The Eternal Chain'' (1952)
* ''Good Folk's Sunday'' ...
) - Gobert
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The Great War'' (1959) - Italian major
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The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1959, directed by
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (), was an Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety Obituari ...
)
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Carthage in Flames'' (1960)
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Il bell'Antonio'' (1960, directed by
Mauro Bolognini) - Calderana
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Five Branded Women'' (1960) - Drago
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Under Ten Flags'' (1960) - (uncredited)
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Il gobbo'' (1960, directed by
Carlo Lizzani)
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La Donna dei Faraoni'' (AKA: ''The Pharaoh's Woman'') (1960)
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Il carabiniere a cavallo'' (1961, directed by
Carlo Lizzani) - Padre di Rita
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Goliath and the Vampires'' (1961) - Kobrak, the Vampire
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Sword of the Conqueror'' (1961) - Delfo
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Black City'' (1961) - Brigadiere
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The Italian Brigands'' (1961) - Muso
*''
Barabbas
According to the New Testament, Barabbas () was a Jewish bandit and rabble-rouser who was imprisoned by the Judaea (Roman province), Roman occupation in Jerusalem, only to be chosen over Jesus by a crowd to be pardoned by Roman governor Pontius ...
'' (1961, directed by
Richard Fleischer
Richard Owen Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. His career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. He was the ...
) - Scorpio
*' (1962) - Tony
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L'Immortelle'' (1963, directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the ''Nouveau Roman'' () trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simo ...
) - M, the Stranger
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Duel at the Rio Grande'' (1963)
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The Invincible Masked Rider'' (1963) - Dottor Aguilera
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Il disco volante'' (1964) - fratellastro di Vittoria
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The Hills Run Red'' (1966) - Jonathan Burger, Ferrier
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The Blonde from Peking'' (1967) - De Lucca
*''The Cold Killer'' (1967) - Sheriff
*''Giurò... e li uccise ad uno ad uno... Piluk il timido'' (1968) - Sam Wyler (uncredited)
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The Sicilian Checkmate'' (1972)
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Boccaccio'' (1972) - Anselmo
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Flavia the Heretic'' (1974, directed by
Gianfranco Mingozzi) - Man who prepares the decoction
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Lo sgarbo'' (1975, directed by
Marino Girolami) - Don Mimì
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Mark Shoots First'' (1975) - Mario Borelli
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Cross Shot'' (1976) - Blasi's Father
*''L'educatore autorizzato'' (1980) - Mancuso
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Sciopèn'' (1982, directed by
Luciano Odorisio) - zio Cesarino
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I due carabinieri'' (1984, directed by
Carlo Verdone) - Uncle Renato
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Via Paradiso'' (1988, directed by
Luciano Odorisio) - Andrea, nonno di Francesco (final film role)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Celano, Guido
1904 births
1988 deaths
People from the Province of Chieti
Italian male film actors
Italian male voice actors
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian male actors
Male actors from Abruzzo