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Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959.


Life and career

The son of a theatrical
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, Riento made his debut on stage as a child, as an impersonator of
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. A member of the Compagnia Lillipuziana stage company, he got his first personal success with the play ''Roma di notte'' (1911). In the first post-war, he got a large success in avanspettacolo with several
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, notably the
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. In films, he had an intense career as a comedic character actor, being often paired with Pica.


Selected filmography

* '' Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train * '' Il signor Max'' (1937) - Pepe * '' A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Pasquale * '' For Men Only'' (1938) - Pasquale Pappalardo * '' The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - Don Timurata * '' I, His Father'' (1939) - Il cavaliere * ''
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'' (1939) - Gaetano * '' The Make Believe Pirates'' (1939) * '' The Silent Partner (1939) - Il maggiore * ''Il signore della taverna'' (1940) - Il vice-commissario * ''Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) - Bertuccio * ''
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'' (1940) - Il bottaro * ''Miseria e nobiltà'' (1940) - Felice * ''Il re del circo'' (1941) - Bastiani, suo zio * '' The Actor Who Disappeared'' (1941) - Il trovarobe * ''Due cuori sotto sequestro'' (1941) - L'uffiziale giudiziario * '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) - Antonio * ''La scuola dei timidi'' (1941) - Roc * ''Se io fossi onesto'' (1942) - Il direttore del carcere * ''C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) - Il poliziotto dilettante * ''Finalmente soli'' (1942) - Il cugino Michele * ''Arriviamo noi!'' (1942) - Il primo gestorio del "castello delle streghe" * '' Before the Postman'' (1942) - Il controllore * '' The Little Teacher'' (1942) - Pallone, il bidello * ''
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'' (1943) - Casimiro, it tutore * ''Il nostro prossimo'' (1943) - Il sacristano * '' Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) - Il padre di Roberto * ''Gente dell'aria'' (1943) - Pacini, il maresciallo della sussistenza * ''La vita è bella'' (1943) - Matteo Boccaloni * ''Non mi muovo!'' (1943) - Il portiere de la casa nuova * ''Gli assi della risata'' (1943) - Pasquale Bellezza (segment "Il trionfo di Poppea") / Gervasio (segment "L'ombrello smarrito") * '' Anything for a Song'' (1943) - L'industriale * ''Arcobaleno'' (1943) * '' No Turning Back'' (1945) - Don Alfonso Bortone - padre di Anna * ''Vivere ancora'' (1945) * '' I'll Sing No More'' (1945) - Roberto * ''Chi l'ha visto?'' (1945) - Emilio * '' Down with Misery'' (1945) - Gaetano Schioppa * ''
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'' (1946) - Don Nicola * ''Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone'' (1947) - Scipione * ''Lo sciopero dei milioni'' (1947) * '' Fabiola'' (1949) - Pietro * ''
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'' (1950) - Angelo Danati * '' Donne e briganti'' (1950) - Fra Marco * ''
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'' (1950) - Il capo della banda di Arcachon * ''Sangue sul sagrato'' (1950) * ''
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'' (1950) - Il capo della banda di Arcachon * '' Miracle in Milan'' (1951) - Il sergente delle guardie * ''
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'' (1951) - Il padre di Marco * '' I'm the Capataz'' (1951) - Il Guardiano * '' It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (1951) - Proprietario Negozio * '' La paura fa 90'' (1951) - Barsilio, guardiano in seconda * '' Una bruna indiavolata!'' (1951) - Cameriere * '' Amor non ho... però... però'' (1951) - Il contadino * '' Stasera sciopero'' (1951) - Augusto * '' Tizio, Caio, Sempronio'' (1951) - Caio * '' Porca miseria'' (1951) - Luigino * '' Licenza premio'' (1951) - Enrico * ''Ha fatto 13'' (1951) - Cav. Brusaglia * '' Viva il cinema!'' (1952) - Gambalesta * '' The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (1952) - Cosimo Pedrozza * ''
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'' (1952) - Tiburzi, il maestro * '' Beauties in Capri'' (1952) - Il maresciallo * '' Papà diventa mamma'' (1952) * '' Falsehood'' (1952) - Il brigadiere Sante * '' The Angels of the District'' (1952) - Cecco * '' I, Hamlet'' (1952) - Anturio * ''
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'' (1952) - Matteo * '' The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) - Bartolomeo Porretti * ''
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'' (1952) * '' Martin Toccaferro'' (1953) - Pasquale * '' Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Don Emidio * ''Lasciateci in pace'' (1953) * ''Condannatelo!'' (1953) - Don Benedetto * ''Café chantant'' (1953) - Zio Angelino * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1953) - Padre di Peppino * '' A Day in Court'' (1954) - Virgilio Pampinelli * '' 100 Years of Love'' (1954) - The Police Commissioner (segment "Nozze d'Oro") * '' The Three Thieves'' (1954) - Commissario Zanini * ''Piccola santa'' (1954) - Nicola * ''
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'' (1954) - Don Emidio * ''Le vacanze del sor Clemente'' (1955) - Angelino * ''
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'' (1955) - Padre di Agnese * '' The White Angel'' (1955) - Il dottor Marini * ''Cantate con noi'' (1955) - Pasquale * '' Ore 10: lezione di canto'' (1955) - Beniamino, il guardiano * '' The Miller's Beautiful Wife'' (1955) - Salvatore * '' Scandal in Sorrento'' (1955) - Don Emidio * ''Il campanile d'oro'' (1955) * '' Eighteen Year Olds'' (1955) - Il portiere del collegio * '' Donatella'' (1956) - Nicola, Donatella's uncle * '' Time of Vacation'' (1956) - Frate Serafino * ''Guaglione'' (1956) - Rocco - Guitar player * ''La capinera del mulino'' (1956) - Anselmo * ''Donne, amore e matrimoni'' (1956) - Vincenzo Domenicantonio * ''Cantando sotto le stelle'' (1956) - Virgilio * ''Arriva la zia d'America'' (1956) - Eugenio - l'amministratore * ''
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'' (1957) - Giovanna's Father * '' Doctor and the Healer'' (1957) - Umberto * ''Il cocco di mamma'' (1957) - Aldo Manca's Father * ''La zia d'America va a sciare'' (1957) - Il cavalier Eugenio * ''Napoli, sole mio!'' (1958) - Don Nicolino Brunati * ''Domenica è sempre domenica'' (1958) - The Bailiff * ''El hombre del paraguas blanco'' (1958) - El cura * ''È arrivata la parigina'' (1958) - Antonio * ''Serenatella sciuè sciuè'' (1958) - Salvatore Scuoffolo * '' Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959) - Il maresciallo * '' World of Miracles'' (1959) - Oscaretto - il suggeritore * ''Simpatico mascalzone'' (1959) - Onofrio * ''Perfide.... ma belle'' (1959) - Gaspare


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* 1889 births 1959 deaths Road incident deaths in Italy Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male comedians Comedians from Rome {{Italy-film-actor-stub