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I fuorilegge (1950)
Character: maresciallo Fulvio
Turi, having returned to Sicily from abroad, learns that his sister Maruzza is the lover of Cosimo Barrese, a militant of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, who, abandoned by everyone, has become a bandit. The two would like to get married, but life as an outlaw seems an insurmountable obstacle. Turi asks for revenge on the bandit who has dishonored the family and uses a shady and devious lawyer to drive him into a trap.
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Guarany (1948)
Character: N/A
Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.
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La strada finisce sul fiume (1950)
Character: Sergeant
An American journalist, Barbara, goes to Italy to interview Roi, the country's most notorious outlaw when she imagines to be some kind of modern-day Robin Hood. Through local contacts and friends, she arranges a meeting and finds that her "robin-hood'" is just a hood, hoodlum and ruthless criminal. The police are about to capture him but he uses her as an hostage to make his escape but they are marooned for a night in a country farm house. It becomes a harrowing night for her and the poor farmers.
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I morti non pagano tasse (1952)
Character: segretario comunale
The accountant Marco Vecchietti, a modest civil servant, leads a miserable life amidst the ferocious jokes of his colleagues, the reproaches of his mother-in-law, taxes, debts and citations.
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Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1962)
Character: comandante Cesare Santucci
An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.
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Non si dorme a Kirkwall (1960)
Character: N/A
Set on a quiet, windswept Scottish island, the aging and somewhat lazy Pastor Mac Niff requests a curate to help him manage his eccentric parishioners. A young assistant named Newt arrives surprisingly early and begins using hyper-modern, bizarre methods to "save souls." It is eventually revealed that Newt is actually a rebellious devil who has deserted Hell to save humans—not out of goodness, but purely to spite Satan.
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Margherita da Cortona (1950)
Character: N/A
A Tuscan peasant girl in the 13th century overcomes sexual harassment, and the skepticism of her fellow citizens, as she saves plague victims, works miracles, and eventually becomes a saint.
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Fiamma che non si spegne (1949)
Character: Michele
Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
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Capitan Fantasma (1953)
Character: N/A
A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.
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Contro la legge (1950)
Character: Ispettore
A young bourgeois who launders money for the mafia gets accused of murder.
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Il cavaliere misterioso (1948)
Character: Josef, il servo del conte Ipatieff (uncredited)
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
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Il bandolero stanco (1952)
Character: Paco
A comedy centered on the character of Pepito. It is an Italian western made before the Spaghetti western era and it is at the same time a parody of the western genre.
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Fantasmi a Roma (1961)
Character: Fra Bartolomeo di Roviano
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.
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Il diavolo nel cervello (1972)
Character: Doctor Emilio Bontempi
Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky standing beside him with a gun, Sandra suffered a complete breakdown and now lives in isolation with her protective mother. The latter saved the young boy from recrimination by placing the gun in his father's hand, making it seem like he committed suicide. However, things are not what they seem...
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I cuori infranti (1963)
Character: Gustavo Von Tellen (segment "La manina di Fatma")
Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.
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Totò all'inferno (1955)
Character: Il diavolo segretario
After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.
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Il cardinale Lambertini (1954)
Character: Conte Davia
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
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After the Fox (1966)
Character: Siepi
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)
Character: Ladislau
Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes.
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Una vergine per il principe (1965)
Character: Duca di Mantova
Young Prince Vincenzo Gonzaga, rejects his first wife Margherita Farnese, obtaining the annulment of the union and, at the same time, raising strong doubts about her virginity
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Tototarzan (1950)
Character: Spartaco
Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white monkey", is utterly unaware that he is the long-lost son of a wealthy explorer. Then, three opportunists manage to capture and bring the white savage to civilisation, bent on getting their hands on his immense fortune.
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Thrilling (1965)
Character: The shrink (segment "Il vittimista")
An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.
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Carosello napoletano (1954)
Character: Il capitano Spaccatrippa
Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.
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Il corazziere (1960)
Character: Quirino Lanfranchi
In fascist Italy, Urbano Marangoni aspires to become Corazziere, like his late father, but it is a dream destined not to come true because of his short stature.
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Chi lavora è perduto (1963)
Character: Claudio
Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, the war, the partisans.
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I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
Character: Tiberio
Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.
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