Giulio Battiferri

Giulio Battiferri
Giulio Battiferri
Born	15 July 1893; Rome, Italy
Died	22 January 1973 (aged 79); Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–1972

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.

Life and career[edit]

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[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1936	Tredici uomini e un cannone
1939	I, His Father
1939	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
	Il prigioniero di 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'
1944	Mist on the Sea	Il direttore della ditta commerciale
1946	Before Him All Rome Trembled	Bruno
1947	La primula bianca
1948	L'ebreo errante
1948	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	Il mantello rosso
	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
	La rivale	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
1958	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
1961	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
1964	White Voices	Meo's Father
1965	L'avventuriero della Tortuga	Pirate #1
1966	Superargo Versus Diabolicus
1967	Golden Chameleon	Giuseppe
1971	Joe Dakota	Barista
1971	Duck, You Sucker!	Miguel	(final film role)

References[edit]

^ ^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.

External links[edit]

Giulio Battiferri at IMDb

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[bio-1] 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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