Fred Malatesta (April 18, 1889 – April 8, 1952) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1941. He was born in

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, and died in

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Selected filmography

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'' (1916) - 'Lightfoot' McTague * ''

The Legion of Death ''The Legion of Death'' is a 1918 American drama film directed by Tod Browning, and released by Metro Pictures Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, determined to lay down her life if necessary for her country, Princess Marya (St ...

'' (1918) - Grand Duke Paul * '' The Claim'' (1918) - Ted 'Blackie' Jerome * '' The Demon'' (1918) - Count Theodore de Seramo * ''

The Border Raiders ''The Border Raiders'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Betty Compson and George Larkin. It was shot on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Plot As described in a film magazine, Mock Sing (Deshon) run ...

'' (1918) - 'Square Deal' Dixon * ''

The Greatest Thing in Life ''The Greatest Thing in Life'' is a 1918 American Silent film, silent drama film about World War I, directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, and David Butler (director), David Butler. The film is now considered lost f ...

'' (1918) - (uncredited) * '' Terror of the Range'' (1919) - Black John * ''

Full of Pep ''Full of Pep'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by Harry L. Franklin. It stars Hale Hamilton, Alice Lake, and Alice Knowland, and was released on May 26, 1919. Cast list * Hale Hamilton as Jimmy Baxter * Alice Lake as Felicia ...

'' (1919) - General Lopanzo * ''

The Devil's Trail ''The Devil's Trail'' is a 1919 American silent drama film that is set in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. It was directed by Stuart Paton and stars Betty Compson.

'' (1919) - Dubec * ''

The Four-Flusher ''The Four Flusher'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry L. Franklin and starring Hale Hamilton and Ruth Stonehouse. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Cast *Hale Hamilton as Lon Withers *Ruth Stonehouse ...

'' (1919) - Señor Emanuelo Romez * '' The Valley of Tomorrow'' (1920) - Enrico Colonna * ''

The Best of Luck ''The Best of Luck'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ray C. Smallwood and starring Kathryn Adams, Jack Holt and Lila Leslie. It was adapted from a British play which had been a hit in the West End.Goble p.687 A young America ...

'' (1920) - Lanzana * '' Big Happiness'' (1920) - Raoul de Bergerac * ''The Challenge of the Law'' (1920) - Jules Lafitte * ''

The Sins of Rosanne ''The Sins of Rosanne'' is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film starring Ethel Clayton and directed by actor/director Tom Forman. The Famous Players-Lasky studio produced the film with release by Paramount Pictures. The film is preserved ...

'' (1920) - Syke Ravenal * ''

Risky Business ''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Best known as Cruise's breakout film, ''Risky Business'' was a critical ...

'' (1920) - Ralli * '' All Dolled Up'' (1921) - Amilo Rodolpho * '' The Mask'' (1921) - Señor Enrico Keralio * ''

Little Lord Fauntleroy ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in '' St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of ''St. Nicholas'') in 1886. The ill ...

'' (1921) - Dick * ''

The Woman He Loved ''The Woman He Loved'' is a 1988 British HTV made-for-television romantic drama film for ITV about the abdication of Edward VIII. Directed by Charles Jarrott, it stars Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland. Jane Seymour was ...

'' (1922) - Max Levy * ''

White Shoulders ''White Shoulders'' is a lost 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Mary Astor and Jack Holt, with major supporting roles by Ricardo Cortez and Sidney Toler. The film was produced and distributed b ...

'' (1922) - Maurice, a Modiste * '' Refuge'' (1923) - Gustav Kenski * '' The Girl Who Came Back'' (1923) - Ramon Valhays * ''The Man Between'' (1923) - Joe Cateau * '' The Lullaby'' (1924) - Pietro * '' The Night Hawk'' (1924) - José Valdez * ''

The Reckless Age ''The Reckless Age'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the novel ''Love Insurance'' by Earl Derr Biggers a ...

'' (1924) - Manuel Gonzáles * ''

Broadway or Bust ''Broadway or Bust'' is a 1924 American silent Western comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Broadway or Bust'' locate ...

'' (1924) - Count Dardnelle * ''

Honor Among Men ''Honor Among Men'' is a 1924 American silent film directed by Denison Clift and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams and Sheldon Lewis.Solomon p.64 Cast * Edmund Lowe as Prince Kaloney * Claire Adams as Patricia Carson * Sheldon Lewis as King ...

'' (1924) - Count De Winter * '' Forbidden Paradise'' (1924) - French ambassador * '' Without Mercy'' (1925) - Ducrow * ''

Madame Mystery ''Madame Mystery'' is a 1926 American film starring Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, and James Finlayson, directed by Richard Wallace and Stan Laurel, co-written by Laurel, and produced by Hal Roach. Footage from this film was reused in the Hal Roach ...

'' (1926, Short) - Man of a Thousand Eyes * '' Kiki'' (1926) - Cheron, the Tenor (uncredited) * ''

Long Fliv the King ''Long Fliv the King'' is a 1926 American silent comedy short film starring Charley Chase and featuring Oliver Hardy and Max Davidson in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1920 Harold Lloyd film ''His Royal Slyness'' about a young man who ...

'' (1926, Short) - Hamir of Uvocado - the Prime Minister * ''

Bardelys the Magnificent ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the ...

'' (1926) - Castelrous * '' Get 'Em Young'' (1926, Short) - Executor * '' Eve's Love Letters'' (1927, Short) - Mr. X's Accomplice (uncredited) * ''

The Wagon Show ''The Wagon Show'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Ford Beebe and Don Ryan. The film stars Ken Maynard, Ena Gregory, Maurice Costello, Fred Malatesta, George Davis and May Boley. The film w ...

'' (1928) - Vicarino * '' The Gate Crasher'' (1928) - Julio * ''

The Peacock Fan ''The Peacock Fan'' is a 1929 American silent mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Lucien Prival, Dorothy Dwan and Tom O'Brien.Pitts p.87 A review in ''Variety'' described it as a "fairly interesting melodrama of the who-killed-Regi ...

'' (1929) - Thomas Elton * '' The Black Book'' (1929, Serial) - Sudro * ''El precio de un beso'' (1930) * ''

Wings of Adventure ''Wings of Adventure'' is a 1930 American action adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease, Armida and Clyde Cook. Fetrow p.753 It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures. Cast * Rex Lease as Dave Kent * Armi ...

'' (1930) - Don Ricardo Diaz San Pablo La Pandella - 'La Panthera' * ''

Caught Cheating ''Caught Cheating'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Charles Murray, George Sidney, and Nita Martan, and it was released by Tiffany Productions on January ...

'' (1931) - Tobey Moran * ''La mujer X'' (1931) - LaRoque * ''

The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. In 2006, the United States Libra ...

'' (1931) - Bascom * ''

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'' (1931) - Party Waiter (uncredited) * ''

The Passionate Plumber ''The Passionate Plumber'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play ''Da ...

'' (1932) - Tony's Second (uncredited) * ''

Whistlin' Dan ''Whistlin' Dan'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner (wife of Phil Rosen), and Georges Renavent. It was released on March 20, 1932, by Tiffany Productions. It was re-relea ...

'' (1932) - Pedro - Henchman (uncredited) * '' The Man from Yesterday'' (1932) - Gendarme (uncredited) * '' Get That Girl'' (1932) - Dr. Sandro Tito * '' Trouble in Paradise'' (1932) - Hotel Manager (uncredited) * '' A Farewell to Arms'' (1932) - Manera (uncredited) * ''

The Girl in 419 ''The Girl in 419'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and written by Allen Rivkin, Manuel Seff and P.J. Wolfson. The film stars James Dunn, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, William Harrigan, ...

'' (1933) - Hotel Arcady Manager (uncredited) * ''

Laughing at Life ''Laughing at Life'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Ford Beebe. Plot summary Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe-ho ...

'' (1933) - Capt. Garcia (uncredited) * ''

Beer and Pretzels ''Beer and Pretzels'' is the second of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 26, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the film also featured Bonnie Bon ...

'' (1933, Short) - Restaurant manager (uncredited) * ''L'amour guide'' (1933) * '' What's Your Racket?'' (1934) - Benton * ''

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'' (1934) - Headwaiter (uncredited) * '' Picture Brides'' (1934) - Castro * ''Granaderos del amor'' (1934) - Comandante * ''

The Thin Man ''The Thin Man'' (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of ''Redbook''. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main cha ...

'' (1934) - Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited) * ''

Call It Luck ''Call It Luck'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin, Charles Starrett, Gordon Westcott, Georgia Caine and Theodore von Eltz. The ...

'' (1934) - Judge Venturini (uncredited) * '' Student Tour'' (1934) - French Manager (uncredited) * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...

'' (1934) - Ambassador (uncredited) * ''

The Gay Bride ''The Gay Bride'' is a 1934 black-and-white gangster screwball comedy starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. It was directed by Jack Conway and written by the husband-and-wife team ...

'' (1934) - French Officer (uncredited) * '' Enter Madame'' (1935) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) * ''

Let's Live Tonight ''Let's Live Tonight'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Lilian Harvey, Tullio Carminati and Janet Beecher. The film was made as part of an unsuccessful attempt to establish Harvey, who was a top ...

'' (1935) - Headwaiter (uncredited) * ''

Fighting Shadows ''Fighting Shadows'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman from a screenplay by Ford Beebe, which stars Tim McCoy, Robert Allen, Geneva Mitchell, and Ward Bond. Cast List * Tim McCoy as Tim O'Hara * Robert Allen as Bob ...

'' (1935) - Duquesne (uncredited) * ''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) - Doorman (uncredited) * ''

Love Me Forever Love Me Forever may refer to: * ''Love Me Forever'' (film), a 1935 American drama film * "Love Me Forever" (song), a 1957 song by the Four Esquires * '' Love Me Forever (Motörhead)'', a 1991 song by the British band Motörhead on their album 1916 ...

'' (1935) - Italian Man (uncredited) * ''

The Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...

'' (1935) - William - King of Sicily * ''

Dressed to Thrill ''Dressed to Thrill'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Harry Lachman and written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook, Robert Barrat, Nydia Westman and Dina Smirnova. The film was released on August 16, 1935, by ...

'' (1935) - Italian Captain (uncredited) * ''

1,000 Dollars a Minute ''1,000 Dollars a Minute'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams. The film was released on October 22, 1935. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recordin ...

'' (1935) - La Valle (uncredited) * '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) - Stagehand (uncredited) * '' The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1935) - French Official (uncredited) * '' Senor Jim'' (1936) - Nick Zellini * '' Modern Times'' (1936) - Cafe Head Waiter * ''Lady of Secrets'' (1936) - French Official (uncredited) * '' Under Two Flags'' (1936) - Chasseur Lieutenant (uncredited) * '' Mary of Scotland'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Herve ...

'' (1936) - Stranger (uncredited) * '' Dodsworth'' (1936) - Waiter on Last Ship (uncredited) * '' Love on the Run'' (1936) - French Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Mama Steps Out ''Mama Steps Out'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Edward Norris. The film was released on February 5, ...

'' (1937) - French Guard (scenes deleted) * ''

Espionage Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

'' (1937) - French Pickpocket (uncredited) * ''The Gold Racket'' (1937) - Ricardo (uncredited) * ''

The Bride Wore Red ''The Bride Wore Red'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Billie Burke. It was based on the unproduced play ''The Bride from Trieste'' by Ferenc Molnár.

'' (1937) - Rudi's Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Conquest Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, t ...

'' (1937) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Beg, Borrow or Steal ''Beg, Borrow or Steal'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Leonard Lee, Harry Ruskin and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal, Janet Beecher, Herman Bing and Erik Rho ...

'' (1937) - Majordomo (uncredited) * ''

The Black Doll ''The Black Doll'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Donald Woods and Edgar Kennedy. The film was the second in Universal's Crime Club series following ''The Westland Case''. Production In 1937, Universal ...

'' (1938) - Esteban, the butler * '' International Settlement'' (1938) - Italian Officer (uncredited) * ''

Four Men and a Prayer ''Four Men and a Prayer'' is a 1938 American adventure film directed by John Ford and starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and George Sanders. Plot After Loring Leigh (C. Aubrey Smith), a British Army Officer, is cashiered in India followin ...

'' (1938) - Officer Under Gen. Sebastian (uncredited) * ''

Port of Seven Seas ''Port of Seven Seas'' is a 1938 drama film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan. The movie was written by Preston Sturges based on the plays of Marcel Pagnol and the films based on them, and was directed by ...

'' (1938) - Bird Seller (uncredited) * '' I'll Give a Million'' (1938) - Gendarme (uncredited) * ''

Suez Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun ...

'' (1938) - Jewel Merchant (uncredited) * ''

Submarine Patrol ''Submarine Patrol'' is a 1938 film directed by John Ford and starring Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly and Preston Foster. The supporting cast features George Bancroft, Elisha Cook, Jr., John Carradine, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Pennick, Ward Bond an ...

'' (1938) - Italian Gendarme at the 'Maria Ann' (uncredited) * ''

Sharpshooters A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along with " marksman" and "expert", "sharpshooter" ...

'' (1938) - Policeman (uncredited) * ''

Artists and Models Abroad ''Artists and Models Abroad'' (UK title: ''Stranded in Paris'') is a 1938 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Jack Benny and Joan Bennett. It was made by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Ken Englund, Howard Lin ...

'' (1938) - Treasury Official (uncredited) * ''

Blackwell's Island Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. Running from the equivalent of East 46th to 85 ...

'' (1939) - Third Dockworker (uncredited) * '' Love Affair'' (1939) - Shipboard Photographer (uncredited) * '' Juarez'' (1939) - Señor Salas (uncredited) * ''

Bridal Suite ''Bridal Suite'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein. The film stars Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Arthur Treacher. The film was released o ...

'' (1939) - Cassini - in Shipboard Brawl (uncredited) * ''

Road to Singapore ''Road to Singapore'' is a 1940 American semi- musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to forget previo ...

'' (1940) - Native Policeman (uncredited) * ''

Argentine Nights ''Argentine Nights'' is a 1940 musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring The Andrews Sisters. It was their first film. Premise Three conmen go to Argentina to escape their creditors. Production The Ritz Brothers appeared in the film ...

'' (1940) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) * ''

Rangers of Fortune ''Rangers of Fortune'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Wood. The plot revolves around three heroes, played by Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, and Gilbert Roland, as they battle a ruthless land baron who is intent on driving out s ...

'' (1940) - Genoa (uncredited) * ''

Down Argentine Way ''Down Argentine Way'' is a 1940 American musical film made in Technicolor by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio although she had already appeared in 31 films, and it introduced American ...

'' (1940) - Horserace Loser at Fiesta (uncredited) * ''

Arise, My Love ''Arise, My Love'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Dennis O'Keefe. It was made by Paramount Pictures and written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Jacques T ...

'' (1940) - Spanish Mechanic (uncredited) * '' The Mark of Zorro'' (1940) - Sentry (uncredited) * ''

That Night in Rio ''That Night in Rio'' is a 1941 Technicolor American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate tempora ...

'' (1941) - Butler (scenes deleted) * '' Blood and Sand'' (1941) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Week-End in Havana ''Week-End in Havana'' (also known as ''A Week-End in Havana'' and ''That Week-End in Havana'') is a 1941 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical film directed by Walter Lang and starring Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda. It was the second of three pict ...

'' (1941) - Flores - Roulette Croupier (uncredited)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malatesta, Fred 1889 births 1952 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors