Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor.
Amedeo Trilli | |
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| Born | 9 July 1906 Ronciglione, Italy |
| Died | 30 November 1971 (aged 65) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
editBorn in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and later he started working on stage.[1] He made his film debut in the early days of the sound films, and from the 1940s his presence on the big screen became continuous.[1] One of the most active character actors in Italian genre cinema, Trilli also got some leading roles in a number of low budget films, sometimes credited as Amedeo Novelli.[1]
Selected filmography
edit- Pergolesi (1932)
- La Wally (1932)
- Princess Tarakanova (1938)
- Cardinal Messias (1939)
- The Two Tigers (1941)
- Document Z-3 (1942)
- The Gorgon (1942)
- A Little Wife (1943)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- Turri il bandito (1950)
- Father's Dilemma (1950)
- Il richiamo nella tempesta (1950)
- The Cliff of Sin (1950)
- Destiny (1951)
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
- Il prezzo dell'onore (1952)
- Guilt Is Not Mine (1952)
- Frontier Wolf (1952)
- Francis the Smuggler (1953)
- Peppino e la vecchia signora (1954)
- Disowned (1954)
- Serenata a Maria (1957)
- Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
- Hawk of the Caribbean (1962)
- I diavoli di Spartivento (1963)
- Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
- Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964)
- Treasure of the Petrified Forest (1965)
- Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
- Serafino (1968)
References
edit- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402697.