Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani.

Giulio Battiferri
Born(1893-07-15)15 July 1893
Died22 January 1973(1973-01-22) (aged 79)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1972

Life and career

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Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career on stage in 1913, working alongside his wife Pina Piovani in the Romanesco dialect stage company Compagnia Romanesca directed by Gastone Monaldi [it].[1] With this and other companies directed by Monaldi he toured nationally and abroad, performing in England, France, Spain and South America.[1] After the death of Monaldi, he specialized in the revue genre.[1]

Sporadically active in films of the silent era, starting from 1939 he became one of the most active Italian character actors of his time.[1] He was the brother of the silent film actress Fernanda Battiferri.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1936 Tredici uomini e un cannone
1939 I, His Father
Follie del secolo L'uomo con il cartellone pubblicitario
1940 Validità giorni dieci Il signore nervoso sul treno
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Un radiotelegrafista Uncredited
Kean Un acrobata
The Palace on the River
The Siege of the Alcazar L'aiutante del Capo di Stato Maggiore Uncredited
The Pirate's Dream Un falso pirata Uncredited
La fanciulla di Portici Guzman
La zia smemorata Il cameriere del bar
Non me lo dire! Il capo dei creditori
The Daughter of the Green Pirate Un pirata Uncredited
1941 The King's Jester Il portiere dell'albergo Reale
The Prisoner of Santa Cruz Il capitano Leroux Uncredited
Schoolgirl Diary Il giardiniere Uncredited
Il cavaliere senza nome
The King Has Fun Uno dei rapitori di Gilda
Amore imperiale
The Betrothed Un rivoluzionario Uncredited
Solitudine Il portiere dell'albergo
1942 Captain Tempest
Black Gold Il galante corteggiatore di Grazia
Tragic Night Gino Uncredited
La fortuna viene dal cielo Il commissario
The Adventures of Fra Diavolo Un brigante
The Lion of Damascus
Before the Postman Pietro, un tranviere Uncredited
We the Living Member of the Epuration Commission Uncredited
La morte civile Un forzato Uncredited
Rossini Uncredited
I due Foscari Il primo soldato
Il fanciullo del West Jim, il postiglione
Pazzo d'amore
1943 Dagli Appennini alle Ande Sultano, un contadino
Calafuria Michele Uncredited
Rita of Cascia Lampo - il servo spia del barone Uncredited
The Last Wagon Un vetturino
1944 Macario Against Zagomar Un 'apache'
Mist on the Sea Il direttore della ditta commerciale
1946 Before Him All Rome Trembled Bruno
1947 The White Primrose
1948 L'ebreo errante
Bicycle Thieves Citizen Who Protects the Real Thief Uncredited
1949 Marechiaro Il marinario invidisio
1950 Streets of Sorrow Mario
Margaret of Cortona Contadino pronto al linciaggio
Santo disonore Sivieri
Against the Law
Night Taxi
The Bread Peddler Jules Labroue
Figaro Here, Figaro There
1951 The Devil in the Convent
Tomorrow Is Another Day
I'm the Capataz
Love and Blood
Shadows Over Naples
Three Steps North
Cameriera bella presenza offresi... Un vetturino Uncredited
Messalina MarcoMarcus Uncredited
The Passaguai Family The Taxi Driver Uncredited
Porca miseria The Grocer
1952 Torment of the Past Peppino
The Eternal Chain
Ergastolo Inmate
Red Shirts Un civile Uncredited
Toto and the King of Rome Guardiano Uncredited
La colpa di una madre
The Mute of Portici Andrea
Non è vero... ma ci credo The Prosecutor
Il tallone di Achille Giornalaio
1953 Good Folk's Sunday Uncredited
The Daughter of the Regiment
Bread, Love and Dreams Vice Brigadiere Bolognini
La figlia del forzato
1954 The Island Monster Il rapitore
It Takes Two to Sin in Love
Letter from Naples Juan
Prima di sera Portiere
Loving You Is My Sin Tanzi - the police commissioner
Love Song
1955 The Red Cloak
Proibito
Beautiful but Dangerous Uncredited
La moglie è uguale per tutti The Nightclub Waiter in Leopoldo Rossi's Dream Uncredited
Il campanile d'oro
1956 Uncle Hyacynth Lechero
Lo spadaccino misterioso
The Violent Patriot
The Rival Nanni Uncredited
1957 The Black Devil
The Mysteries of Paris Georges
Il cocco di mamma The Nightclub Manager
The Mighty Crusaders Ambasciatore mussulmano
1958 The Pirate of the Black Hawk Nerone
The Sword and the Cross Centurione Romano
1959 The Pirate and the Slave Girl Drunkard at the Tavern
1960 Knight of 100 Faces Bertuccio
Queen of the Pirates The Boatswain
Pirates of the Coast Doctor
1961 Queen of the Seas Prison Guard
Rage of the Buccaneers Tortuga's first man
1962 His Days Are Numbered Spartaco
Charge of the Black Lancers Il carceriere di Mascia
Gladiator of Rome Spy Slave
Lo sceicco rosso Carceriere
Tiger of the Seven Seas Puertorican, the Innkeeper
1964 Hercules and the Black Pirates
White Voices Meo's Father
1965 The Adventurer of Tortuga Filibuster Pen
1966 Superargo Versus Diabolicus
1967 Golden Chameleon Giuseppe
1971 Joe Dakota Barista
Duck, You Sucker! Miguel (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Battiferri, Giulio". Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 54. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
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