Birth name Mario E.P. Fabrizi Birth 1 january 1924 at Holborn (United-kingdom) Death 5 april 1963 (at 39 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Mario Fabrizi (1924–1963) was an English comedian and actor of Italian descent, noted for his luxuriant moustache, active in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s.
, 1h22 Directed byRichard Lester OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Science fiction, Comedy ThemesSpace adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur la Lune, Political films, Space opera, Sur la Lune ActorsMargaret Rutherford, Bernard Cribbins, Ron Moody, Terry-Thomas, David Kossoff, June Ritchie Roles Mario, the Valet Rating62% Financial disaster looms for Grand Fenwick when the current vintage of its only export, wine, starts exploding in would-be consumers' faces. Prime Minister Mountjoy (Ron Moody) decides to ask the United States for a loan, ostensibly to fund its entry in the race to the Moon, but actually to save the duchy (and install modern plumbing so he can have a hot bath). The devious politician knows that the Americans will not believe him, but will consider the half million dollars he is asking for to be cheap propaganda supporting their hollow call for international co-operation in space. He is delighted when they send him double the amount as an outright gift. The Soviets, not wishing to be one-upped by their Cold War rivals, deliver an obsolete rocket. Mountjoy asks resident scientist Professor Kokintz (David Kosoff) to arrange a small explosion during the "launch" of their lunar rocket to make it look like they have actually spent the money as intended.
, 1h55 Directed byBlake Edwards OriginUSA GenresComedy, Comedy thriller, Crime ThemesHeist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie ActorsDavid Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, William Conrad, Claudia Cardinale Rating69% As a child, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Shah of Lugash--"the Pink Panther," the largest diamond in the world. This huge pink gem has an unusual flaw: looking deeply into the stone, one perceives a tiny discoloration resembling a leaping panther. (As the camera moves in, this image comes to life and participates in the opening credits.) When Dala is a young woman, rebels seize power in Lugash and then demand possession of the jewel, but the exiled princess refuses to hand it over.
, 1h36 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsTony Hancock, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray, John Le Mesurier, Brian Bedford Rating62% Based on Hancock's childhood memories of Bournemouth, the movie is set in 1963 in the sleepy fictional seaside town of Piltdown. Hancock plays Wally Pinner, the unhappily married Punch and Judy Man. Wally and the other beach entertainers, the Sandman (John Le Mesurier) who makes sand sculptures, and Neville the photographer (Mario Fabrizi) are socially unacceptable to the town's snobbish elite.
, 1h26 Directed byGeorge Pollock OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsEric Sykes, Yvonne Romain, Scilla Gabel, Eric Pohlmann, John Le Mesurier, Peter Illing Rating55% Herbert Harris is a traveling salesman who makes his way into a remote Italian village to sell his wares. There, he finds many single and attractive women who all pursue him madly. He quickly learns that the village has all but one single man left, as the majority have left to find work. The only single man left is Antonio, a wealthy foreigner who is looking for a bride. Due to the large selection of women, a rule was created prior to the arrival of Harris, that the first outsider to enter the village would be the one to make the ultimate choice of the man's bride.
, 1h28 Directed byRobert Lynn OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ActorsBarbara Shelley, Spike Milligan, John Wood, Warren Mitchell, Lance Percival, Arthur Mullard Roles Villager Rating53% Harold Petts (Spike Milligan) is a conscientious village postman who receives a promotion that takes him to London, to be trained at London's busiest post office. However, after his first day in the big city he is soon in trouble. In the main sorting office he succeeds in beating the new mail sorting machine at pigeonholing letters for delivery (the machine blows up in the process). As a result he is placed safely out of the way in the parcels department, but sorts parcels at such speed that he puts everyone else in the department out of work. This leads him to a meeting with the staff Psychiatrist, and then to Jean (Barbara Shelley), an ambitious art student, and the pair find themselves the main suspects in a mail theft ring, with the police and Post Office officials hot on their heels.
, 1h45 Directed byRobert Day OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ThemesPeinture ActorsTony Hancock, George Sanders, Dennis Price, Oliver Reed, John Le Mesurier, Grégoire Aslan Rating68% Hancock plays a downtrodden London office clerk who gives up his office job to pursue full-time his vocation as an artist. Single mindedly, and with an enthusiasm far exceeding any artistic talent (his 'art' has a 'childlike' quality - to put it mildly), he sets to work on his masterpiece Aphrodite at the Waterhole, moving to Paris where he expects his genius will be appreciated. While his 'ideas' and persona gain acceptance (indeed plaudits) among the "beat" set, legitimate art critics, like Sir Charles Broward (George Sanders), scoff at his work. He manages to achieve success, however, when the work of his former roommate, a genuinely talented painter, becomes confused with his own. The confusion is eventually resolved after a series of art exhibitions, and he returns, down but not out, to London, where he pursues his 'art' in defiance of whatever others may think of it.