Mimmo Poli

Mimmo Poli
Mimmo Poli
	Poli in the movie Altissima pressione (1965)
Born	Domenico Poli; April 11, 1920; Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	April 4, 1986 (aged 65); Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–1985

Mimmo Poli (born Domenico Poli, April 11, 1920 – April 4, 1986) was an Italian film character actor.

Career[edit]

He was one of the best known and most active characters of Italian cinema; in his thirty-five-year career he boasted an immense filmography having appeared in over 200 films. He started from a young age by treading the stages and reciting in Roman dialect.

In 1951 he had a small part in the film Toto and the King of Rome directed by Mario Monicelli. Since then he became a very special face, loved both by Totò and by Federico Fellini. He appears everywhere, where you need a bartender, a docker, a prisoner, from the films of the Monnezza to those of Bernardo Bertolucci.

Among the most relevant films: The Overcoat (1952) by Alberto Lattuada; Toto in Color (1952) by Steno; Termini Station (1953) by Vittorio De Sica; Beat the Devil by John Huston; Nights of Cabiria (1956) by Federico Fellini; Poveri ma belli (1956) by Dino Risi; Arrangiatevi (1959) by Mauro Bolognini; Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) by Sergio Corbucci; The Betrayer (1961) by Roberto Rossellini. He also appeared in many films of Franco and Ciccio. His last film appearance was with I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1985).

Death[edit]

Due to serious health problems, he was forced to leave the scene in the mid-eighties. He died from a heart attack on April 4, 1986, at the age of 65.

Selected filmography[edit]

Anna (1951, directed by Alberto Lattuada) – L'infermiere grasso (uncredited)
Licenza premio (1951, directed by Max Neufeld)
Toto in Color (1952, directed by Steno)
Poppy (1952)
Inganno (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) – Un cliente della trattoria
Toto and the King of Rome (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli)
Toto and the Women (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) – Male nurse (uncredited)
We Two Alone (1952, directed by Steno and Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi) – Man at the Bus Stop (uncredited)
Sette ore di guai (1952, directed by Vittorio Metz, Marcello Marchesi) – 'Sfilatino'
Il tallone d'Achille (1952, directed by Mario Amendola and Ruggero Maccari)
The Three Pirates (1952, directed by Mario Soldati)
Il cappotto (1952, directed by Alberto Lattuada)
I sette dell'Orsa maggiore (1953, directed by Duilio Coletti)
The Unfaithfuls (1953, directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno) – Scorza (uncredited)
Terminal Station (1953, directed by Vittorio De Sica) – Il grassone nel treno (uncredited)
At the Edge of the City (1953, directed by Carlo Lizzani, Massimo Mida) – Signore (uncredited)
Roman Holiday (1953, directed by William Wyler) – Worker Hugging the Three Out Side Police Station (uncredited)
Il tesoro dell'Africa (1953, directed by John Huston) – Barman (uncredited)
Ulisse (1954, directed by Mario Camerini) – Procio (uncredited)
Una pelliccia di visone (1956, directed by Glauco Pellegrini) – Prisoner (uncredited)
Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – The Man who Pays the Bet (uncredited)
Mio figlio Nerone (1956, directed by Steno)
Mi permette, babbo! (1956, directed by Mario Bonnard) – Il primo facchino
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – The Bandits' Cook (uncredited)
Poveri ma belli (1957) – The laughing Customer at 'Antica Roma' (uncredited)
Fathers and Sons (1957) – Man into the Stadium (uncredited)
Le notti di Cabiria (1957, directed by Federico Fellini) – Man Eating in the Nightclub (uncredited)
Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957, directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese) – Il corsaro grasso
Pretty But Poor (1957) – Richetto (uncredited)
Rascel-Fifì (1957, directed by Guido Leoni) – Malone
La zia d'America va a sciare (1957, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero) – Bit Part (uncredited)
La chiamavan Capinera... (1957)
Amore e chiacchiere (1958, directed by Alessandro Blasetti)
Fortunella (1958, directed by Eduardo De Filippo) – Orso Bruno, the wrestler (uncredited)
Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958, directed by Luigi Zampa) – Remo (uncredited)
I soliti ignoti (1958, directed by Mario Monicelli) – Prigioniero (uncredited)
Afrodite, dea dell'amore (1958, directed by Mario Bonnard) – Un Commerciante (uncredited)
Totò a Parigi (1958, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – Il grassone del treno
Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958, directed by Siro Marcellini) – Il grassone
L'amore nasce a Roma (1958) – Tancredi
Men and Noblemen (1959) – The snoring Prisoner (uncredited)
Everyone's in Love (1959) – Man in Lavatory (uncredited)
Poveri milionari (1959) – Fat Man on Train (uncredited)
Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1959, directed by Primo Zeglio) – Tavern's Patron
Il moralista (1959, directed by Giorgio Bianchi) – The Policeman on a Bicycle (uncredited)
La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero)
Arrangiatevi! (1959, directed by Mauro Bolognini) – Chicken Vendor (uncredited)
La cento chilometri (1959, directed by Giulio Petroni) – The Bald Remover (uncredited)
La notte brava (1959, directed by Mauro Bolognini)
Il vedovo (1959, directed by Dino Risi) – Man in the Night-club (uncredited)
Attack of the Moors (1959) – Peasant (uncredited)
Simpatico mascalzone (1959) – Spettatore a teatro
Perfide... ma belle! (1959, directed by Giorgio Simonelli) – The fat Lodger at 'Pensione Tecla' (uncredited)
Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959) – Fat Man at the Bar (uncredited)
Il raccomandato di ferro (1959) – Lawyer on the Telephone (uncredited)
Tipi da spiaggia (1959, directed by Mario Mattoli) – Il 'Bagnone' (uncredited)
Il Mattatore (1960, directed by Dino Risi) – Cook of the Big Restaurant (uncredited)
Messalina Venere imperatrice (1960, directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) – Drunken Transvestite
Il principe fusto (1960, directed by Maurizio Arena)
La strada dei giganti (1960, directed by Guido Malatesta) – Barman (uncredited)
Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960, directed by Mario Mattoli) (uncredited)
La baia di Napoli (1960, directed by Melville Shavelson) – Man in Bar (uncredited)
Il mio amico Jekyll (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Rufio
Caccia al marito (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Antonio – the lifeguard (uncredited)
Morgan il pirata (1960, directed by André De Toth and Primo Zeglio) – Pirate (uncredited)
Un dollaro di fifa (1960, directed by Giorgio Simonelli) – Zaccaria
I Teddy boys della canzone (1960, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Un telespettatore (uncredited)
Ferragosto in bikini (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Il padrone del locale
A qualcuna piace calvo (1960, directed by Mario Amendola) – Uomo alla finestra (uncredited)
Le Ambiziose (1961, directed by Tony Amendola) – L'onorevole alla festa
La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo (1961, directed by Marino Girolami) – John Allison
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Un Ladruncolo (uncredited)
Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961, directed by Carlo Lizzani) (uncredited)
Torna a settembre (Come september) (1961, directed by Robert Mulligan) – Commissario (uncredited)
Il federale (1961, directed by Luciano Salce) (uncredited)
La vendetta della maschera di ferro (1961, directed by Francesco De Feo)
Vanina Vanini (1961, directed by Roberto Rossellini) – Il boia (uncredited)
Le magnifiche 7 (1961, directed by Marino Girolami) – Il capitano
Le avventure di Mary Read (1961, directed by Umberto Lenzi) – Fat man falling
Romolo e Remo (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Pastore
I due marescialli (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Portalettere
Barabbas (1961) – Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961, directed by Armando William Tamburella) – Un frate
Totò Diabolicus (1962, directed by Steno) – Il postino
Maciste contro lo sceicco (1962, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Chambelain
Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962, directed by Lucio Fulci) – L'oste
Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – L'Uomo panchina (uncredited)
Sodoma e Gomorra (1962, directed by Robert Aldrich) – Queen's Cupbearer (uncredited)
The Changing of the Guard (1962) – Autista dei fascisti (uncredited)
I motorizzati (1962, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – Vittorio (uncredited)
Carmen, 70 (1962) – Customer Eating Spaghetti (uncredited)
Totò sexy (1963, directed by Mario Amendola) – Un galeotto – inmate #1
I due colonnelli (1963, directed by Steno) – Fat Soldier (uncredited)
Il monaco di Monza (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Il frate cercatore
Finché dura la tempesta (1963, directed by Bruno Vailati) – Nightclub Owner
Gli onorevoli (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – MSI supporter (uncredited)
Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1963, directed by Mario Amendola)
I marziani hanno 12 mani (1964) – Tifoso allo stadio
Indios a Nord-Ovest (1964)
Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964) – Saloon Patron
I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964, directed by Lucio Fulci) – Speaker
Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (1964, directed by Nick Nostro) – Tavern Owner (uncredited)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964, TV Mini-Series) – Un carceriere
I Kill, You Kill (1965) – Sicilian man (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero (1965, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Roman at Orgy (uncredited)
I figli del leopardo (1965, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Farm manager
I due sergenti del generale Custer (1965) – Sugar – Barman (uncredited)
La sfida dei giganti (1965, directed by Maurizio Lucidi) – Gerone
Altissima pressione (1965, directed by Enzo Trapani) – Il salumiere
Colorado Charlie (1965, directed by Roberto Mauri) – Jack, Springfield Barman
Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) (uncredited)
All the Way to Paris (1966) – Italian Butcher
Vacanze sulla neve (1966, directed by Filippo Walter Ratti)
Caccia alla volpe (1966) – Fat Actor
Per pochi dollari ancora (1966) – Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Trappola per sette spie (1966)
The Hellbenders (1967) – Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Up the MacGregors (1967) – Barman (uncredited)
The Honey Pot (1967) – Cook (uncredited)
Il magnifico Texano (1967, directed by Luigi Capuano) – Barman #2 (uncredited)
Arriva Dorellik (1967) – Gustavo Dupont (uncredited)
La cintura di castità (1967) – Minor Role
L'indomabile Angelica (1967) – Offerer (uncredited)
Bang Bang Kid (1967, directed by Giorgio Gentili and Luciano Lelli) – Bartender
La feldmarescialla (1967) – German Soldier (uncredited)
Gli altri, gli altri,... e noi (1967)
Se vuoi vivere... spara! (1968) – Bartender
Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968) – Barman
Brutti di notte (1968) – Man in Piazza Navona
Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (1968, directed by Franco Giraldi) – Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Tre passi nel delirio (1968) – Taxi Driver / Party Guest (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
Donne... botte e bersaglieri (1968) – Lo Giudice (uncredited)
...e per tetto un cielo di stelle (1968) – Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968, directed by Giovanni Grimaldi) – Tavern customer
Il grande silenzio (1968) – Barman (uncredited)
Stuntman (1968) – Man with caravan
Cinque figli di cane (1969, directed by Alfio Caltabiano) – Suitor
Il ragazzo che sorride (1969, directed by Aldo Grimaldi) – Porter
I quattro del pater noster (1969) (uncredited)
Ehi amico... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso! (1969) – Hotel Workman (uncredited)
Una su 13 (1969) – De Seta's Caretaker (uncredited)
Agguato sul Bosforo (1969) – Informer at Club (uncredited)
Gli specialisti (1969) – Barman
Zorro marchese di Navarra (1969, directed by Franco Montemurro) – Taverner
Poppea's Hot Nights (1969) – Prurient Roman at Market Place (uncredited)
La donna a una dimensione (1969, directed by Bruno Baratti) – Fatman on TV (uncredited)
Satiricosissimo (1970) – Party Guest (uncredited)
Nel giorno del Signore (1970)
Mio padre monsignore (1971, directed by Antonio Racioppi) – Storyteller
Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (1971) – Barman del saloon (uncredited)
Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) – Owner of 'Cornuto' Restaurant
Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din don (1971)
Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria (1971) – Old Man with Prostitute
Roma (1972) – Roman Eating in Terrace (uncredited)
Boccaccio (1972) – Spettatore grasso
Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... parola di Spirito Santo (1972) – Barman
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow (1972, directed by Juan Bosch) – Innkeeper (uncredited)
Così sia (1972, directed by Alfio Caltabiano) – Bell Ringer (uncredited)
Sollazzevoli storie di mogli gaudenti e mariti penitenti - Decameron n° 69 (1972) – Frate grasso (uncredited)
Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972) – Barman al party
Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) – Spot's Actor (uncredited)
Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972)
Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero (1972) – Oste
Storia di fifa e di coltello – Er seguito d'er più (1972)
Colpo grosso a Porto Said (1972, directed by Luigi Batzella)
Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) – Man who sees the flare (uncredited)
Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose (1973) – Friar
Piedone lo sbirro (1973) (uncredited)
Polvere di stelle (1973) (uncredited)
Diario di una vergine romana (1973) – Livia Fat Customer (uncredited)
La rivolta delle gladiatrici (1974) – Man at the Orgy (uncredited)
Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975) – Saloon Owner
La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! (1975)
Squadra antifurto (1976) – Gaetano Bozzetti
1900 (1976) – Fascist (uncredited)
Squadra antiscippo (1976) – Vittorio Raganelli detto Il Mussulmano
Il conto è chiuso (1976, directed by Stelvio Massi) – Garage Owner
Paura in città (1976, directed by Giuseppe Rosati)
La banda del trucido (1977) – Barman
Messalina, Messalina! (1977) – Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Poliziotto sprint (1977) – Peppone – the informer
Squadra antitruffa (1977) – Milady (uncredited)
Il figlio dello sceicco (1977) – Abdul
La banda del gobbo (1978) – Salvatore (uncredited)
La Cage aux Folles (1978) – Le barman (uncredited)
Pari e dispari (1978) – Shop Owner (uncredited)
Squadra antigangsters (1979) – Arab (in pre-title sequence) (uncredited)
Neapolitan Mystery (1979) – Asylum cook (uncredited)
La luna (1979) – Piano Mover
La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1979) – Uomo scippato
Sexual aberration - Sesso perverso (1979, directed by Bruno Mattei) – Asian
Piedone d'Egitto (1980)
La città delle donne (1980) – Party Guest (uncredited)
Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (1980) (uncredited)
Mi faccio la barca (1980) – Car park attendant
Delitto a Porta Romana (1980)
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (1981) – Er Buiaccaro
Delitto al ristorante cinese (1981) – Gasparotto
Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) – Oste (uncredited)
Bomber (1982) – Cook (uncredited)
Delitto sull'autostrada (1982) – Oste (uncredited)
Monsignore (1982) – Sicilian Priest
Pronto... Lucia (1982) – Barman ristorante in Austria (uncredited)
Dio li fa poi li accoppia (1982) – The Taxi Driver in Rome (uncredited)
Il conte Tacchia (1982) – Priest (uncredited)
La sai l'ultima sui matti? (1982) – Matto
Vieni avanti cretino (1982)
La casa stregata (1982)
Il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1983) – Tassista
A tu per tu (1984)
Mi faccia causa (1984)
I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1985) – Cesare

External links[edit]

Mimmo Poli at IMDb

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