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William Edmunds is a Actor American born on 1 january 1885 at San Fele (Italie)
William Edmunds (July 15, 1886 – December 7, 1981) was an Italian stage and screen character actor, typically playing roles with heavy accents (generally Italian, Spanish, and French), most notable as Mr. Martini in It’s a Wonderful Life.
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Birth name Guillermo Bocconcini
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1885 at San Fele (Italie)
Death 7 december 1981 (at 96 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1885 at San Fele (Italie)
Death 7 december 1981 (at 96 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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The Caddy (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed, Clinton Sundberg, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Bates
Roles Caminello
Rating63%
The story centers around Harvey Miller (Jerry Lewis), whose father was a famous golf pro. He wanted Harvey to follow in his footsteps, but poor Harvey is afraid of crowds. Instead, at the advice of his fiancée Lisa (Barbara Bates), Harvey becomes a golf instructor. Lisa's brother Joe (Dean Martin) becomes Harvey's first client and becomes good enough to start playing in tournaments, with Harvey tagging along as his caddy. Donna Reed plays the wealthy socialite who Dean wins over.
Double Dynamite (1951)
, 1h20Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra, Don McGuire, Howard Freeman, William Edmunds
Roles Mr. Baganucci
Rating59%
Johnny Dalton, un caissier de banque pour avoir voulu aider un bookmaker à se sortir d'une situation inextricable se trouve à son tour dans une facheuse situation. Seul son meilleur ami Emile pourra le sortir de cette impasse.
The Lawless (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt, Walter Reed
Roles Mr. Jensen
Rating66%
California fruit picker Paul Rodriguez hopes to someday have a farm of his own. When his friend Lopo Chavez has a car accident, he is insulted with a racial slur by Joe Ferguson, a passenger in the other car.
The Big Sombrero (1949)
, 1h22Directed by Gene Autry, Armand Schaefer, Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne, Smiley Burnette, George J. Lewis, William Edmunds
Roles Don Luis Alvarado
Rating54%
Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is out of work and looking for a job. After pawning his guitar, he meets former rodeo sharpshooter Angie Burke (Vera Marshe), who works for wealthy ranch owner Estrellita Estrada (Elena Verdugo). Angie suggests that Gene ride across the border to El Sombrero Grande, Estrellita's ranch. Gene learns that the ranch is managed by James Garland (Stephen Dunne), an acquaintance from their days with Monahan's Wild West Show. Gene heads south into Mexico.
Any Number Can Play (1949)
, 1h52Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Clark Gable, Wendell Corey, Alexis Smith, Audrey Totter, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor
Roles Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
Rating68%
Casino owner Charley Enley Kyng (Clark Gable) is advised by his physician to slow down, after being diagnosed with a heart disease. Charley supports his own family as well as his wife's sister, Alice (Audrey Totter) and her husband, Robbin (Wendell Corey). Charley quits drinking and smoking and vows to spend more time with his wife and son.
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
, 1h33Directed by Henry Levin, Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, John Ireland, Evelyn Keyes, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Clara Blandick
Roles Alex, Janitor (Uncredited)
Rating65%
Polish American Joe Miracle (Glenn Ford) returns from fighting in World War II, only to find his San Francisco nightclub under the control of the Mob, and his friend and partner Leo missing and presumed murdered. To get even, he robs $100,000 from his former business, planning to leave the country as soon as possible. He goes to the apartment of Victor Christopher (Ray Meyer), Leo's brother, where he picks up a ticket Victor and his wife Clara (Angela Clarke) had purchased for him. However, he discovers to his dismay that they could only book him on a ship that sails for Yokohama on Christmas Eve, the next night. He has to hide until then. When the police come to stop Victor from ringing a bell and disturbing the neighbors, Joe pretends to be him in order to spend the night safely in jail. However, Jenny Jones (Evelyn Keyes), a kind-hearted social worker, gets him remanded into her custody instead.
The Pirate (1948)
, 1h42Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco
Roles Town Clerk (uncredited)
Rating68%
Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack "the Black" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter Slezak).
The Three Musketeers (1948)
, 2h5Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, June Allyson, Vincent Price, Lana Turner, Angela Lansbury
Roles un aubergiste
Rating70%
D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly), an inexperienced Gascon youth, travels to Paris to join the elite King's Musketeers. On his way, he encounters a mysterious lady at a roadside inn. When he picks a fight with one of her escorts, she becomes suspicious and has him knocked unconscious. His letter of introduction from his father to de Treville (Reginald Owen), the commander of the Musketeers, is burned. When he awakens, he continues on to the city.
13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
, 1h4Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Helen Westcott, John Newland, Terry Kilburn, Maria Palmer, Harry Cording
Roles Prager - Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Rating59%
Dr Stedman is murdered by an intruder in his study and two toy soldiers are stolen from his desk. The next day, Hugh Drummond reads about the murder in the newspaper. He is approached by a friend, Phillip Coleman, who tells him that he owns two similar figures and that he has received first offers, then threats to sell them. According to Coleman, the soldiers are 900 years old, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror. Coleman leaves the two painted lead figures with Drummond for safety and asks him to look into the affair. To flush out whoever is trying to get the figurines they plant a press story that Drummond has bought them from Coleman.
The Man I Love (1947)
, 1h36Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Noir
Actors Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Bruce Bennett, Andrea King, Martha Vickers, Alan Hale
Roles Uncle Tony Toresca
Rating65%
Homesick for her family in Los Angeles, lounge singer Petey Brown (Ida Lupino) decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast. Shortly she lands a job at the nightclub of small-time-hood Nicky Toresca (Robert Alda) where her sister Sally (Andrea King) is employed.
That Hagen Girl (1947)
, 1h23Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Ronald Reagan, Lois Maxwell, Conrad Janis, Dorothy Peterson
Roles Corey (uncredited)
Rating61%
Mary Hagen is believed by town gossips to be the illegitimate daughter of Tom Bates, a former resident and lawyer. She is often treated badly. Bates moves back into town and begins a friendship with Hagen's favorite teacher Julia Kane (Maxwell). There are hints that Bates is the real father of Hagen, though it is later revealed that she was an orphan adopted by the Hagens. When the teacher leaves town, she suggests to Bates that he stop playing Hagen's father, as it has become clear that he is in love with her. The movie ends with Bates and Hagen boarding a train, presumably to get married.
Where There's Life (1947)
, 1h15Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris, Victor Varconi, George Zucco
Roles King Hubertus II
Rating64%
Hope plays American radio announcer who finds out he is the new king of "Barovia", although a secret society called the Mordia, which assassinated the previous ruler, has other ideas.
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Piano, Films about disabilities
Actors Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish, Charles Dingle
Roles Ingram's Servant Antonio
Rating64%
Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) is a noted pianist who lives in a large manor house near a small, isolated Italian village. Ingram suffered a stroke which left his right side immobile, and he has to use a wheelchair to get around. He has retreated to the manor house for the past few years—seen by only a few close friends. These include his nurse, Julie Holden (Andrea King); a musicologist (and amateur astrologist), Hillary Cummins (Peter Lorre); a friend, Bruce Conrad (Robert Alda); and his sister's son, Donald Arlington (John Alvin). Ingram has fallen in love with Julie Holden, and has changed his will so that she receives the vast bulk of his enormous estate when he dies. But Julie is secretly in love with Conrad. The change in the will disinherits Arlington and Cummins, and Cummins tries to expose Holden's affair. Ingram, outraged at the slander on his beloved's good name, tries to choke Cummins to death. Only Julie's arrival (after meeting Conrad in the garden) saves him.
The Lost Moment (1947)
, 1h29Directed by Martin Gabel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Romance
Actors Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Archer
Roles Vittorio
Rating67%
A publisher, Lewis Venable, travels from New York to Venice, seeking to buy the 19th Century love letters of the late poet Jeffrey Ashton (whose portrait looks suspiciously like Percy Bysshe Shelley) to a woman named Juliana Bordereau. He learns from a living poet, Charles Russell, that, amazingly, Juliana is still alive at 105.
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
, 2h8Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard, Laurette Luez
Roles Moonshee
Rating69%
Anna Owens (Irene Dunne) and her son Louis (Richard Lyon) arrive in Bangkok in 1862 to tutor the King's (Rex Harrison) children. She believes she is sufficiently acquainted with Asian customs to know what is proper in Siam, having read a book summarizing the same. However, when the Kralahome or Prime Minister (Lee J. Cobb) comes out to welcome her, he asks her a number of personal questions, and she does not know that this is common courtesy in Siam. Her letter from the King asking her to come to Siam includes a promise that she will have a house of her own away from the Palace, but the Kralahome says she will have to stay in the harem for now (although she'll have a private room there).