Giuseppe Porelli
Appearance
Giuseppe Porelli | |
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![]() Porelli in Thirty Seconds of Love (1936) | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Just Married (1934)
- 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)
- Heartbeat (1939)
- Two Million for a Smile (1939)
- Love Trap (1940)
- The Sinner (1940)
- First Love (1941)
- Harlem (1943)
- I'll Always Love You (1943)
- I'll Sing No More (1945)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- Peddlin' in Society (1946)
- I Met You in Naples (1946)
- Unknown Man of San Marino (1946)
- Crime News (1947)
- Lost in the Dark (1947)
- È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
- Women and Brigands (1950)
- O.K. Nerone (1951)
- Paris Is Always Paris (1951)
- Oggi sposi (1952)
- Melody of Love (1952)
- I, Hamlet (1952)
- It Was She Who Wanted It! (1953)
- The Enchanting Enemy (1953)
- Mid-Century Loves (1954)
- Poverty and Nobility (1954)
- Naples Is Always Naples (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)