Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality.

Life and career

Born in

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Study Centre in Rome. Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays. He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer. He died from the after-effects of an

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Partial filmography

* ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - sor du fodere', l'intrattenitore * ''

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'' (1949, writer) * ''

Viva il cinema! ''Viva il cinema!'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Baldaccini and Enzo Trapani. Cast * Delia Scala as Palmina * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Tonino * Virgilio Riento as Gambalesta * Corrado Alba as Ugo * Marilyn Buferd as ...

'' (1952) - Tonino * '' A Mother Returns'' (1952, writer) * ''

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'' (1952, writer) * ''

Good Folk's Sunday ''Good Folk's Sunday'' ( it, La domenica della buona gente) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Anton Giulio Majano. Plot Several destinies are displayed as the soccer teams of Rome and Naples meet, with Sophia Loren in one of the episo ...

'' (1953) - Vincenzo * ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Pippo * ''Café chantant'' (1953) - Se stesso / Himself * ''Cento serenate'' (1954) - Don Alfonso detto Fofò * ''Le vacanze del sor Clemente'' (1955) - Mr. Cheri * '' I pinguini ci guardano'' (1956) * ''

The Traffic Policeman ''The Traffic Policeman'' ( it, Il vigile) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi in the lead role. A representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre, it tells the story of a traffic policeman and ...

'' (1960) - Padre di Otello (voice, uncredited) * ''

Parigi o cara ' (also known as ''Paris, My Love'') is a 1962 Italian comedy drama film directed by Vittorio Caprioli. It was shown as part of a retrospective ' at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Franca Valeri as Delia Nesti * Vittorio Ca ...

'' (1962) - Claudio Nesti * ''

Carmen di Trastevere ''Carmen di Trastevere'' is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Giovanna Ralli. It is a loosely based on the novella ''Carmen'' by Prosper Mérimée and on the relevant opera by Georges Bizet. Cast * Giovan ...

'' (1962) - Carmen's Guitar Player * ''Canzoni a tempo di twist'' (1962) * ''

The Monk of Monza ''The Monk of Monza'' ( it, Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel '' The Betrothed''. Plot Monza, 1630, a period o ...

'' (1963) - Smilzo, un bravo * ''

Gli onorevoli ''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Simple plot The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decide ...

'' (1963) - Professore * ''I ragazzi dell'hully-gully'' (1964) * ''

Lo scippo ''Lo scippo (the snatching)'' is a 1965 Italian film. It marked the directorial debut of Nando Cicero. Plot Speranza, a female company cashier, organizes with two young men with a motorcycle a snatching for stage a steal with money of customers ...

'' (1965) * '' How We Robbed the Bank of Italy'' (1966) - Romoletto, detto 'Il Genio del Male' * ''Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore'' (1966) * ''

The Tiger and the Pussycat ''Il Tigre'', internationally released as ''The Tiger and the Pussycat'', is a List of Italian films of 1967, 1967 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. For his performance, Vittorio Gassman won the David di Donatello for bes ...

'' (1967) - Tazio * ''

Soldati e capelloni ''Soldati e capelloni'' is a 1967 Italian " musicarello" comedy film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, written by Augusto Caminito and Giovanni Grimaldi, produced by Franco Cittadini and Stenio Fiorentini and starred by Franco Lantieri, Brizi ...

'' (1967) - Direttore del locale notturno * ''Play-Boy'' (1967) - Tailor * '' Il profeta'' (1968) - Luigi * ''Donne... botte e bersaglieri'' (1968) - Porter * '' The Black Sheep'' (1968) - Bertieri * ''

The Two Crusaders ''The Two Crusaders'' ( it, I due crociati) is a 1968 comedy film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini, co-written by horror icon Lucio Fulci and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Viscount Ciccio is on the bill, so the people who live in ...

'' (1968) - Ciccio counselor * ''

Il ragazzo che sorride ''Il ragazzo che sorride'' (Italian for ''The boy who smiles'') is a 1969 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Al Bano and Susanna Martinková.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Blo ...

'' (1969) - House-painter * ''

Zenabel ''Zenabel'' is a 1969 film directed by Ruggero Deodato. Plot The film is set in 1627 and is about a young woman named Zenabel (Lucretia Love) who finds out that she is the daughter of a Duke who was killed by the Spanish Baron Imolne. Zenabel g ...

'' (1969) - Cecco * ''Gli infermieri della mutua'' (1969) - Marchese Renostowski * ''Oh dolci baci e languide carezze'' (1970) * ''

La ragazza del prete ''La ragazza del prete'' (''The girlfriend of the priest'') is a 1970 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Cast * Nicola Di Bari: Don Michele / Nicola * Susanna Martinková: Erika * Isabella Biagini: Maria Innocenza F ...

'' (1970) * ''I due maggiolini più matti del mondo'' (1970) - Il Giglio * ''

Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello ''Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello'' is a 1971 Italian black comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film is inspired by the true story of roman Romeo Ottaviani bully called ''er Tinèa''. Plot summary The story is set in Rome i ...

'' (1971) - Ignazio, il 'frascataro' * ''Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più'' (1972) - Er Frascataro * ''Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?'' (1972) - Pasquina's Uncle * ''

La Tosca ''La Tosca'' is a five-Act (drama), act drama by the Nineteenth-century theatre, 19th-century Theatre of France, French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, wi ...

'' (1973) - Spoletta * ''

Teresa the Thief ''Teresa the Thief'' ( it, Teresa la ladra) is a 1973 commedia all'italiana film directed by Carlo Di Palma. It is based on the novel ''Memorie di una ladra'' written by Dacia Maraini in 1972. Cast *Monica Vitti: Teresa *Stefano Satta Flores: E ...

'' (1973) - Alvaro - Ciancastorta * ''La notte dell'ultimo giorno'' (1973) * ''Buona parte di Paolina'' (1973) * ''

Farfallon ''Farfallon'' is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of ''Papillon''. Plot Farfallon is a Sicilian pastry chef who finds himself in prison for attempted murder and is ...

'' (1974) - Leonardo * ''Tutto in comune'' (1974) * ''Che notte quella notte!'' (1977) - Bernardino * ''La soldatessa alla visita militare'' (1977) - Warrant Officer at the depot * ''Ride bene... chi ride ultimo'' (1977) - Cardinal (segment "Prete per forza") * ''

Last Feelings ''Last Feelings'' ( it, L'ultimo sapore dell'aria) is a 1978 melodrama film written and directed by Ruggero Deodato. Plot Diego Micheli is a troubled teenage runaway who tries to turn his life around by joining a swimming team and competing in n ...

'' (1978) - Anselmo * ''Tanto va la gatta al lardo...'' (1978) - Friend of Dino / Oreste * ''Ridendo e scherzando'' (1978) - Peppino * ''Ciao cialtroni!'' (1979) * '' L'assistente sociale tutto pepe'' (1981) - 'Monsignore' * ''

La Storia ''History: A Novel'' ( it, La Storia) is a novel by Italian author Elsa Morante, generally regarded as her most famous and controversial work. Published in 1974, it narrates the story of a partly Jewish woman, Ida Ramundo, and her two sons Anton ...

'' (1986, TV Movie) - Cucchiarelli * ''

Captain Fracassa's Journey ''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' ( it, Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa) is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Scola. The film is based on the 1863 novel '' Captain Fracasse'' by Théophile Gautier. It was entered into the 41st Berlin In ...

'' (1990) - Pietro * '' Only You'' (1994) - Old Man * ''

Un bugiardo in paradiso ''Un bugiardo in paradiso'' () is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini Enrico Oldoini (born 4 May 1946) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in La Spezia, in 1966 Enrico Oldoini started attending the Silvio D'Amico Nat ...

'' (1998) * '' The Missing'' (1999) - Cardinal Valetti * ''Gente di Roma'' (2003)

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