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A Coperchia è caduta una stella (1933)
Character: N/A
Pasquale and Luigi, two brothers about to get married, never lose their spirit for playing pranks on each other, such as scratching photos of their girlfriends or stealing money. One day, Hélène, a beautiful French woman whose car has run out of gas, arrives unexpectedly. The two brothers both fall in love with her and invite her to stay at their house. In the days that follow, Pasquale confesses that he wants to marry Hélène, and when his girlfriend finds out, she makes a scene in public that completely discredits him. The same fate befalls Luigi, who has to endure the whining of his girlfriend Rosina. Everything seems to be going well for Pasquale, now free and devoted only to the beautiful French woman, but a sudden encounter with his country friends upsets his plans. The young Don Enrico, an inveterate Don Juan, sets his sights on Hélène, who, having fallen in love with him, decides to return to France with him.
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Cortile (1955)
Character: N/A
A teenager escapes from a reformatory and is accused of theft.
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I casi sono due (1959)
Character: N/A
The story is set in Naples, in the home of Baron Ottavio De Duca and his wife Aspasia. The couple get along well, but their days, though free of conflict, drift drearily toward old age. They both feel the absence of a child and an heir. The baroness channels her maternal instinct into caring for their old dog. The baron, who somatizes his frustration into a plethora of psychosomatic illnesses, decides to track down a secret son born from a fleeting premarital affair with a singer.
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Non è vero... ma ci credo! (1952)
Character: Ragionier Pietro Spirito
A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good graces.
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Cupido scherza... e spazza (1972)
Character: N/A
Vincenzo Esposito is a street sweeper who stands out for his honesty and innocence. The same cannot be said of his superior, "Corporal" Pascuttella, who schemes behind his back because he has his eye on Vincenzo’s wife, an old flame of his. A colleague reveals the whole affair to Vincenzo, who then finds himself forced to seek revenge for the wrong done to him... but luckily, someone else steps in to deliver justice.
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Venga a fare il soldato da noi (1971)
Character: Pasquale Gagliardelli
A girl is drafted due to a misunderstanding and this gives her the occasion to check on her boy-friend, whom she believes to be a womanizer.
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Filumena Marturano (1951)
Character: Umberto
Filumena, an ex-prostitute and for decades Domenico Soriano's lover, discovers that he intends to get married and so pretends to be on the verge of death in order to get him to marry her instead.
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Anna di Brooklyn (1958)
Character: Zitto-Zitto
A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith.
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Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Character: Donato Cavallo
After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.
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Giovanni Senzapensieri (1986)
Character: Achille, il tabaccaio / Segretario del duca
In this entertaining drama, "Carefree Giovanni" (Sergio Castellitto) is the beleaguered last heir to a dukedom closely associated with the great artist Leonardo da Vinci. As the curtain opens, one of Giovanni's ancestors drops dead when he hears that Leonardo has died. Cut to the present, and the last duke in this line, Giovanni, is miserable in a home shared by two older women who browbeat and badger him without mercy. Giovanni's one solace is to go up on the rooftop and gaze out at the world around him as he daydreams. He has a special passion for the lovely Claire (Eleonora Girogi) who lives next door. To show his sincerity, he zooms off paper airplanes in her direction. However, these missiles are made from actual letters written by the great Leonardo himself. Could this man be last link in the lineage that started 400 years earlier?
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Lazzarella (1957)
Character: Nicola Sant'Elmo
Luciano, who studies at the university, falls in love with Sandra, a high school student, who returns his love. If her family is very rich, his family is of modest extraction; however, the difference in condition does not seem to be a problem, and Luciano's degree increases the hope of a happy future. However, following a sudden financial collapse, Sandra's family business failed: so, to help her parents, the girl accepted the kindness of a very rich childhood friend, deciding to marry him.
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In nome del popolo sovrano (1990)
Character: Monsignor Bedini
1849 - Ciceruacchio declares the Independent Republic of Rome, but the French and the Austrians try to bring back the Pope to Rome.
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Arrangiatevi! (1959)
Character: Commilitone di Nicola
In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel.
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Amore all'italiana (1966)
Character: Ricuzzo tuttofare del barone siciliano
Anthology comedy structured in 10 episodes (The Exam, Blue Bloods, Too Easy, Love Italian Style, Sunday Story, Wedding Present, Gold Fischer, The Tuxedo, Railway Courtesy, Play Boy). Whimsical exploration of the mores, customs and vices of Italy at that time.
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Il mio amico Jekyll (1960)
Character: Serafino
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda.
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Promesse di marinaio (1958)
Character: "Quattrocchi", marinaio
A group of sailors usually spends their shore leave chasing after girls in the ports they dock at. This time, however, the young men will limit themselves to acting as go-betweens. They’ll devote their energies to helping bring to a successful conclusion the romance between one of their officers and the manager of a record store.
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Il mio amico Benito (1962)
Character: Fioretti
A clerk has had a picture taken during W.W.I with the future Italian dictator Mussolini and tries to exploit the situation pretending he is a dear friend of his. When he finds out who Mussolini really is he changes his mind and goes back to his bleak life.
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Le quattro giornate di Napoli (1962)
Character: Cicillo
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
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Soldati e capelloni (1967)
Character: Mosca
An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).
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Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
Character: Giorgio Pancarano
Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promotion and a raise that never comes, and, it seems, will never come. One day, Jerónimo, the son of Don César, meets Celeste, the daughter of Policarpo, and falls in love with her. Policarpo sees in that relationship the solution to his aspirations at work, and does everything in his power to make this relationship fruitful. Don César, who presumes to be a count, sees with very bad eyes that his son meets a girl from such a different social position, and does just the opposite. But the efforts made by both parties will be of no use, since Celeste has fallen in love with Mario Marquetti, a "specialized mechanic" (typist) who is giving private lessons in the offices of the businessman Franquinet .
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Cerasella (1959)
Character: Alfredo
Cerasella escapes just before her marriage with Alfredo and meets Bruno, the son of a wealthy industrialist.
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