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Turi Pandolfini is a Actor Italien born on 10 november 1883 at Catania (Italie)

Turi Pandolfini

Turi Pandolfini
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Birth name Salvatore Pandolfini
Nationality Italie
Birth 10 november 1883 at Catania (Italie)
Death 6 march 1962 (at 78 years) at Catania (Italie)

Turi Pandolfini (1 November 1883 – 6 March 1962) was an Italian stage and film character actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1917 and 1961.

Born in Catania, Sicily as Salvatore Pandolfini, the nephew of the actor Angelo Musco, he started his career at young age in small local companies before joining the company of his famous uncle in which he created a large number of successful macchiette ( (i.e. comical monologues caricaturing stock characters).

Pandolfini was also very active in films starting from the advent of sound, and reached the peak of his popularity in the fifties. He was one of the founders of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.

Biography

Il commence sa carrière sur les planches, dans la pièce San Giovanni decollato, de Nino Martoglio, au sein de la compagnie théâtrale Drammatica Compagnia Siciliana Marinella Bragaglia - Angelo Musco créée par son oncle, le comédien de théâtre et de cinéma Angelo Musco.

Il fait sa première apparition sur grand écran en novembre 1917 dans le court métrage muet San Giovanni decollato, inspiré de cette même pièce et réalisé par Telemaco Ruggeri.

Quatorze plus tard, âgé de 47 ans, il est au générique de La stella del cinema, de
Mario Almirante et, en 1934 de 1860 d'Alessandro Blasetti, film sur l'expédition des Mille. Outre l'unique court métrage, sa filmographie comporte 46 participations à des longs métrages, dont deux, L'Art de se débrouiller (L'arte di arrangiarsi), de Luigi Zampa et L'Étrangère à Rome (Tre straniere a Roma), de Claudio Gora pour lesquels il n'est pas crédité et elle est essentiellement concentrée dans les années 1950 avec 36 films.

Plus de 30 réalisateurs, tous italiens, l'ont fait tourner ; trois, Alessandro Blasetti, Raffaello Matarazzo et Luigi Zampa l'ont engagé à trois reprises, alors qu'il figure au générique de deux films de six réalisateurs, Giorgio Bianchi, Guido Brignone, Luigi Capuano, Lionello De Felice, Gianni Franciolini et Giorgio Simonelli.

Doté d'un accent sicilien et d'un physique peu engageant, Turi Pandolfini a souvent été cantonné dans des rôles d'homme d'âge avancé, grincheux et colérique.

Usually with

Mario Serandrei
Mario Serandrei
(12 films)
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi
(7 films)
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa
(4 films)
Aldo Fabrizi
Aldo Fabrizi
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Turi Pandolfini (32 films)

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Actor

Howlers of the Dock
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Musicarello
Actors Adriano Celentano, Elke Sommer, Giacomo Furia, Turi Pandolfini, Marilù Tolo, Mario Carotenuto
Roles senatore Bucci
Rating58% 2.922872.922872.922872.922872.92287
The film is a fast-pasted, almost plotless musical-comedy showing the adventures of a band of friends, teddy boys, and rock n' roll chicks, whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire jiving from some citizens and bitter complains from others.
3 Strangers in Rome
Directed by Claudio Gora
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Claudia Cardinale, Yvonne Monlaur, Tamara Lees, Nando Bruno, Alberto Talegalli, Giulio Paradisi
Roles Turiddu, forestier
Rating60% 3.033783.033783.033783.033783.03378
Three girls from Milan dreaming of a holiday in Rome arrive in the city by train and decide to pretend to be wealthy Danish girls to attract three good looking young men who offer them a guided tour through the landmarks of the city. The girls accept and make the guys spend a fortune, but one evening they get drunk and one of them incidentally reveals they are not Danish and are only from Milan. The guys get upset and plan their revenge, but in the end they make up.
Legs of Gold
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Totò, Memmo Carotenuto, Dolores Palumbo, Rossella Como, Paolo Ferrari, Turi Pandolfini
Roles sindaco
Rating54% 2.7222952.7222952.7222952.7222952.722295
Le président d'une équipe de football amateur compromet ses chances de victoire lorsqu'une opportunité lucrative sème la discorde parmi les joueurs.
Lazzarella
Lazzarella (1957)
, 1h36
Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Actors Alessandra Panaro, Terence Hill, Rossella Como, Irène Tunc, Tina Pica, Madeleine Fischer
Roles Professor Avallone
Rating60% 3.0080853.0080853.0080853.0080853.008085
Luciano, qui étudie à l'université, tombe amoureux de Sandra, une lycéenne fille d'une riche famille. La différence de condition ne semble cependant pas être un problème, et le diplôme de Luciano augmente l'espoir d'un avenir heureux. Cependant, à la suite d'une crise financière, l'entreprise familiale de Sandra fait faillite : pour venir en aide à ses parents, la jeune fille accepte les avances d'un ami d'enfance très riche et décide de l'épouser pour obtenir son soutien financier. Finalement les sentiments de Lazzarella l'emporteront sur les motifs pécuniaires et elle retrouve l'amour de Luciano.
Good night… lawyer!
Directed by Giorgio Bianchi
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Mara Berni, Andrea Checchi, Vittorio Caprioli, Tina Pica
Roles nonno di Bianca Maria
Rating66% 3.309553.309553.309553.309553.30955
Alberto Santi is a young lawyer who, although love his wife, often longingly thinks to his bachelor life. While his wife has gone to Rome for a conference of Catholic Women, a beautiful stranger named Bianca Maria suddenly swoops in his house, initiating a series of misunderstandings.
Roman Tales, 1h37
Directed by Gianni Franciolini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Franco Fabrizi, Vittorio De Sica, Giovanna Ralli, Silvana Pampanini, Maurizio Arena, Totò
Roles The Bespectacled Customer at Barber's (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8686252.8686252.8686252.8686252.868625
In Rome, during the Fifties, three boys attempt to commit a robbery. They're Mario, Alvaro and Otello, which make use of the aid of a trickster, Professor Semprini, who claims to be a great intellectual. But the man is the garbage boy of the lawyer Mazzoni Baralla, upright man, who goes on the trail of the three boys as soon as they attempt the shot. Indeed Alvaro, Mario and Otello are arrested, after being deceived by Semprini, who pretends from them a payment for the design of the plan. In fact the three first attempt to pass off counterfeit notes, then pretend guards vice squad's team in Villa Borghese. After the arrest and exoneration, the three decide to return to their old and simple jobs.
The Art of Getting Along, 1h35
Directed by Luigi Zampa
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Alberto Sordi, Franco Coop, Marco Guglielmi, Elli Parvo, Luisa Della Noce, Armenia Balducci
Roles Detenuto
Rating65% 3.2957253.2957253.2957253.2957253.295725
Rosario Scimoni, dit « Sasa » pour les amis, a fait de l'art de se débrouiller une manière de vivre : pour amour d'une femme, il devient socialiste, mais se découvre fasciste quand Mussolini prend le pouvoir et communiste à l'arrivée des Américains à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Finalement, aux élections de 1948, il se retrouve démocrate-chrétien pour toutefois finir en prison...
100 Years of Love
Directed by Lionello De Felice
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Aldo Fabrizi, Irène Galter, Franco Interlenghi, Vittorio De Sica, Nietta Zocchi, Nadia Gray
Roles veterinario di Monterotondo (segment "Garibaldina")
Rating64% 3.2119153.2119153.2119153.2119153.211915
A Day in Court, 1h41
Directed by Steno
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Giulio Calì, Walter Chiari, Sophia Loren
Roles Il cancelliere
Rating64% 3.2406853.2406853.2406853.2406853.240685
In Rome it is seeing what happens in the Italian courts during the Fifties. There are all kinds of illegalities committed by the accused, from simple to ladronerie prohibited meetings, the complaints of jealous wives to gross misunderstandings. Judge Lo Russo is known for its inflexibility and severity in the administration of justice, so that on his desk lay a bust of Cicero. He sentinel various people who claim to be innocent but then slowly come to discover their wrongs. Among them is a funny character. Alberto Sordi plays the role of Nando Moriconi, the famous Roman bully who loves America, finished in district court for a misunderstanding, at least according to his statements. In fact, the presence of the Judge Peppino De Filippo, Nando tells of his Saunter with the kids of the suburbs of Rome near the countryside in Ciociaria where he is caught by a policeman while she was bathing. Since wallow in those waters was strictly forbidden, the policeman to give a lesson to Nando, steals all the clothes and leaves him naked. Not knowing where to go, Nando entered the house of a noble countess, who was giving a party with friends.
Of Life and Love, 1h32
Directed by Luigi Zampa, Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Soldati, Giorgio Pàstina
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Turi Pandolfini, Totò, Myriam Bru, Emilio Cigoli, Natale Cirino, Aldo Fabrizi
Roles Zi' Dima, mastro del paese
Rating62% 3.144793.144793.144793.144793.14479
The film tells four episodes from stories written by Luigi Pirandello (from the work: Novelle per un anno).
The Anatomy of Love, 2h14
Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Vittorio De Sica, Yves Montand, Guido Celano, Danièle Delorme, Lea Padovani, Marcello Mastroianni
Roles Passeggero dell'autobus
Rating60% 3.009053.009053.009053.009053.00905
From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author. Vasco and Mara get to know in a restaurant, go to the cinema, and spent the evening intimately, fall in love. She tells him that, being short of money, will try to work the next morning in a brothel, but he convinces her to desist from this connection, to begin to live with him, who has a job as a teacher, even if their economic situation may be difficult.