Giuseppe Porelli
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Died | 5 March 1982 Rome | (aged 84)
Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.
Life and career
Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. While there, he spent his free time involved in amateur dramatics.[1] In 1918 he left his job to accept employment as a professional actor in the company of Irma Gramatica.[1] Porelli later entered some of the most important stage companies of the time, specializing as a sidekick in revue shows.[1] Active on films since 1926, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in roles of elegant and fashionable gentlemen in comedy films.[1] He was married to the actress Rinalda Marchetti.[1]
Selected filmography
- Unripe Fruit (1934)
- Thirty Seconds of Love (1936)
- Felicita Colombo (1937)
- Naples of Olden Times (1938)
- The House of Shame (1938)
- Naples Will Never Die (1939)
- The Sinner (1940)
- First Love (1941)
- I'll Sing No More (1945)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- Peddlin' in Society (1946)
- I Met You in Naples (1946)
- Crime News (1947)
- Lost in the Dark (1947)
- È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
- O.K. Nerone (1951)
- Paris Is Always Paris (1951)
- Oggi sposi (1952)
- Melody of Love (1952)
- Io, Amleto (1952)
- Mid-Century Loves (1954)
- Poverty and Nobility (1954)
- The Two Orphans (1954)
- Donatella (1956)
- The Wanderers (1956)
- Holiday Island (1957)
- I prepotenti (1958)
- Tunis Top Secret (1959)
- Tough Guys (1960)
- Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
- Mi vedrai tornare (1969)