Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992.
Luigi Bonos | |
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.png) Bonos in The Exorcist: Italian Style (1975) | |
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 2000 (aged 89–90) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1945–1992 |
Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vittorio (1908 - 1966) and Giovanni (1907-1956) Bonos formed a trio of comedians who met large success in the avanspettacolo and revue theater between the 1930s and 1940s.[1] He made his film debut in 1951, and since then he appeared in dozens of comedy films, usually as a character actor.[1] He died in 2000.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- L'ippocampo (1945) - Un acrobato
- The Whole City Sings (1945)
- Era lui... sì! sì! (1951) - Cameriere
- The Overcoat (1952) - (uncredited)
- Primo premio: Mariarosa (1952)
- I morti non pagano tasse (1952)
- The Tired Outlaw (1952)
- Era lei che lo voleva (1954) - The Cook at Invernaghi's (uncredited)
- Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! (1954) - Mimo
- Tunis Top Secret (1959) - Pedro
- The Last Judgment (1961)
- Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962)
- Damon and Pythias (1962)
- I motorizzati (1962) - Franco
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) - Albergo Stelletta
- Il segno di Zorro (1963) - padre Diaz
- Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) - Museum Official (uncredited)
- Castle of the Living Dead (1964) - Marc
- Killer Caliber .32 (1967) - Alonso - Mine Worker (uncredited)
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) - Old House Owner (uncredited)
- Madigan's Millions (1968) - Lift operator
- The Longest Hunt (1968) - Sgt. Peck
- Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - German Soldier
- Let It All Hang Out (1969) - Taubenheim, Kunsthändler
- The Thirteen Chairs (1969) - Dicky (uncredited)
- Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)
- Madame Bovary (1969) - Herzog von Artois
- The Five Man Army (1969) - Priest (uncredited)
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) - Benedetti
- And God Said to Cain (1970) - Joë
- Paths of War (1970) - Barman (uncredited)
- Formula 1 - Nell'inferno del Grand Prix (1970)
- I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin (1970) - Posada Owner
- L'asino d'oro: processo per fatti strani contro Lucius Apuleius cittadino romano (1970) - Husband of Birrena
- Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
- Defeat of the Mafia (1970) - Giulio
- They Call Me Trinity (1970) - Ozgur - Bartender
- Fantasia Among the Squares (1971) - Le Sheriff
- La Poudre d'escampette (1971) - Un soldat italien sur la plage
- Armiamoci e partite! (1971) - Baron's Adjutant
- Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) - Bartender Ozgur
- Si può fare molto con 7 donne (1972) - Costa
- Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
- I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam (1972) - Big Bon
- What? (1972) - Painter
- Finalmente... le mille e una notte (1972) - Baba
- Frankenstein 80 (1972) - Hobo
- Now They Call Him Sacramento (1972) - Old Tequila
- Lo chiamavano Verità (1972) - Pierre, the Waiter
- Even Angels Eat Beans (1973) - Italian Merchant (uncredited)
- Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973) - Firùz
- ...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West (1973) - Professor Aristide Panzarotti
- Più forte sorelle (1973) - Timothy
- Pasqualino Cammarata, Frigate Captain (1974)
- Laß jucken, Kumpel 3. Teil - Maloche, Bier und Bett (1974) - Luckys Vater
- Sesso in testa (1974)
- Charleston (1974) - Hotel Porter (uncredited)
- Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale (1975)
- The Flower in His Mouth (1975) - Canaino
- The Exorcist: Italian Style (1975) - Dr. Schnautzer
- La nipote del prete (1976) - Prete
- San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (1976) - Antonio Pocaterra
- As of Tomorrow (1976) - Art Director (uncredited)
- Death Rage (1976) - Peppiniello
- Merciless Man (1976)
- Carioca tigre (1976) - Talazar
- Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito (1977) - Fulgenzio Cherubini
- March or Die (1977) - Andre
- Mad Dog (1977) - Pappalardo
- Grazie tante - Arrivederci (1977)
- Lo chiamavano Bulldozer (1978) - Bulldozers pal, trying to build him a new motor drive
- The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979) - Deputy Allen
- Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984)
- Il burbero (1986) - Una guardia
- They Call Me Renegade (1987) - Bartender
- There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990) - Barritore d'asta
- The King's Whore (1990) - 2nd Priest
- À demain (1992)
- Once a Year, Every Year (1994)
References
edit- ^ a b Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ "Altri attori - Gigi Bonos - ac". Budterence.tk (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
External links
edit- Luigi Bonos at IMDb