Turi Pandolfini (1 November 1883 – 6 March 1962) was an Italian stage and film character actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1917 and 1961.
Life and career
Born in
Catania
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,
Sicily
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as Salvatore Pandolfini, the nephew of the actor
Angelo Musco, he started his career at young age in small local companies before joining the company of his famous uncle in which he created a large number of successful
macchiette
''Macchietta'' (English: "little spot"; : ''macchiette'' or ''macchiettas'') is a form of comedy act which was common in Italian theatre between the late 1800s and the second half of the 1900s.
Style
The ''macchietta'' consisted in comic musical ...
( (i.e. comical monologues caricaturing stock characters).
Pandolfini was also very active in films starting from the advent of sound, and reached the peak of his popularity in the fifties.
He was one of the founders of the
Teatro Stabile di Catania.
Partial filmography
* ''La stella del cinema'' (1931)
* ''La vecchia signora'' (1932)
* ''La voce lontana'' (1933)
* ''1860'' (1933) - Another Sicilian citizen
* ''L'albergo della felicità'' (1933) - Ignazio Privitero
* ''
The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - Neddu Grisi
* ''Sempre più difficile'' (1943) - Don Ignazio D'Azevegno
* ''
In the Name of the Law'' (1949) - Don Fifì
* ''
The Fighting Men'' (1950)
* ''
The City Stands Trial
''The City Stands Trial'' () is a 1952 Italian crime film, crime drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa. It is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo Trial, Cuocolo murders and the strugg ...
'' (1952) - Ragionier Filippetti
* ''
In Olden Days'' (1952) - Primo cancelliere (segment "Il processo di Frine")
* ''
Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Il parroco
* ''
Noi peccatori'' (1953) - Il collega vecchio
* ''
Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) - Cavalier Terzetti
* ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Gennaro
* ''
Empty Eyes'' (1953) - Macaluso
* ''
Easy Years'' (1953) - Veterano I guerra mondiale
* ''
Verdi, the King of Melody'' (1953) - Impiegato del banco dei Pegni (uncredited)
* ''Condannatelo!'' (1953) - Simone
* ''
A Day in Court'' (1954) - Il cancelliere
* ''
Of Life and Love'' (1954) - Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
* ''
100 Years of Love'' (1954) - The Veterinary Surgeon (segment "Garibaldina")
* ''
A Slice of Life'' (1954) - (segment "Don Corradino")
* ''
High School
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...
'' (1954) - Scandurra - Professore di Storia
* ''
Schiava del peccato
''Schiava del peccato'' (''Slave to Sin'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
Cast
* Silvana Pampanini as Mara Gualtieri
* Marcello Mastroianni as Giulio
* Irene Genna as Dina
* Franco Fabrizi as Carlo
* Renato V ...
'' (1954) - Registrar Di Marco
* ''
The Three Thieves'' (1954) - Leonardo da Vinci - the inventor
* ''
It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) - Cannizzaro, the old man
* ''
Le signorine dello 04'' (1955) - Cavaliere
* ''Scuola elementare'' (1955) - Salvatore Serafini
* ''
The Art of Getting Along'' (1955) - Prisoner (uncredited)
* ''
Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) - Bianca Maria's Grandpa
* ''Bella non piangere'' (1955) - Il ragonier Parisi
* ''
New Moon
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'' (1955) - Domenico
* ''Accadde al penitenziario'' (1955) - Un detenuto
* ''La moglie è uguale per tutti'' (1955) - Beretta
* ''
Bravissimo'' (1955) - Arturo Pandolfino
* ''
Roman Tales'' (1955) - The Bespectacled Customer at Barber's (uncredited)
* ''
Allow Me, Daddy!'' (1956) - Il nonno Giovanni
* ''I calunniatori'' (1956) - Nonno di Dorina
* ''
I pinguini ci guardano
''I pinguini ci guardano'' (i.e. "Penguins look at us") is a 1956 Italian comedy film written and directed by and starring Renato Rascel and Carlo Croccolo.
Plot
The daily life in a zoo seen through the eyes of their residents, with the anim ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Arrivano i dollari!'' (1957) - The Butler
* ''
Lazzarella'' (1957) - Professor Avallone
* ''
Legs of Gold'' (1958) - Sindaco
* ''
Three Strangers in Rome'' (1958) - Turiddu, forester
* ''Arriva la banda'' (1959)
* ''
Howlers in the Dock'' (1960) - Il senatore Bucci
* ''Io bacio... tu baci'' (1961)
References
External links
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1883 births
1962 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Male actors from Catania
20th-century Italian male actors