Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998.

Life and career

Born in

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, near

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, Furia started his acting career thanks to

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, he had met through an after-school summer job; he made his professional debut on stage in 1945, in De Filippo's "Napoli milionaria". He made his film debut three years later, in

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's '' Assunta Spina''; mainly cast in

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s, he was often a

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of Totò, notably landing a major role in '' The Band of Honest Men''. His credits include films directed by

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and Francesco Rosi. In 1997 Furia released an autobiography written in collaboration with Michele Avitabile, ''Le maggiorate, il principe e l'ultimo degli onesti''. He died on 5 June 2015, aged 90.

Selected filmography

* '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) - Tittariello * ''

The Bride Can't Wait ''The Bride Can't Wait'' (Italian: ''La sposa non può attendere'') is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida and Odile Versois. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The fi ...

'' (1949) - Giovanni * '' Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) - Pasquale Saluto * '' Little Lady'' (1949) - Il meccanico napoletano * '' Snow White and the Seven Thieves'' (1949) * '' L'inafferrabile 12'' (1950) - Il maresciallo * '' Totò Tarzan'' (1950) - The Cook * '' Toto the Sheik'' (1950) - Un legionario * '' Variety Lights'' (1950) - Duke * ''

Arrivano i nostri ''Arrivano i nostri'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Mario Riva. Cast * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi as The showman playing Carmen Miranda * Franca Marzi as Gloria Chelli — Garlandi's lover * Lisett ...

'' (1951) - L'automobilista * ''

O.K. Nerone ''O.K. Nerone'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. Cast * Gino Cervi: Imperator Nero * Silvana Pampanini: Imperatrice Poppea * Walter Chiari: Fiorello Capone * Jackie Frost: Licia * Carlo Campanini: Jimmy Gargiulo ...

'' (1951) - Harbinger * '' Il microfono è vostro'' (1951) - Guardia notturna * ''

The Dream of Zorro ''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film ...

'' (1952) - Panchito * '' The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (1952) - Romano Cuccurullo * '' Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Passante allo stadio (uncredited) * ''

Neapolitan Turk ''Neapolitan Turk'' ( it, Un turco napoletano) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot The film is based on a play by the famous Neapolitan writer Eduardo Scarpetta, father of Eduardo and Peppino De ...

'' (1953) - Prison guard (uncredited) * '' Two Nights with Cleopatra'' (1954) - Mercante (uncredited) * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954) - (segment "Don Corradino") * '' Modern Virgin'' (1954) - Un commesso * '' The Cheerful Squadron'' (1954) - The Corporal * '' The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) - Michele * ''Prima di sera'' (1954) - Alberto Belli - the chemist * '' The Gold of Naples'' (1954) - Rosario - marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") * '' Tears of Love'' (1954) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) - Vigile urbano * '' Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954) - Luigi * '' The Art of Getting Along'' (1955) - Maggiordomo di Sasà * ''

Toto in Hell ''Toto in Hell'' ( it, Totò all'inferno) is a 1955 Italian fantasy- comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Italian cult horror film director Lucio Fulci co-wrote the screenplay. Plot Antonio Marchi, a depressed thief, after several a ...

'' (1955) * '' Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova'' (1955) * ''Suonno d'ammore'' (1955) * ''

Are We Men or Corporals? ''Are We Men or Corporals?'' ( it, Siamo uomini o caporali) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot Toto is very good at acting, and so he is called in a study to be in a film. However he combines a mess and is offe ...

'' (1955) * ''La rossa'' (1955) - Giacomo * '' The Two Friends'' (1955) - Vincenzo, il sarto * ''

L'ultimo amante ''L'ultimo amante'' (literally ''The Last Lover'') is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Amedeo Nazzari and May Britt. It was a remake of Mattoli's 1942 film '' Stasera niente di nuovo''. This version aptly ...

'' (1955) - Il nuovo inquilino * '' Destination Piovarolo'' (1955) - Il segretario de De Fassi * '' The Best Part'' (1955) - Le gérant de la cantine * ''Una sera di maggio'' (1955) * '' The Band of Honest Men'' (1956) - Cardone * '' I giorni più belli'' (1956) - L'addetto al trenino del Luna Park * '' Peccato di castità'' (1956) * ''Saranno uomini'' (1956) * '' Susanna Whipped Cream'' (1957) * ''Marisa'' (1957) * ''Primo applauso'' (1957) * '' Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' (1957) - Giacomino * ''Onore e sangue'' (1957) - Gegè - Arturo's friend * ''A sud niente di nuovo'' (1957) * ''Amore a prima vista'' (1958) - Clemente * ''È arrivata la parigina'' (1958) - Vincenzino * ''

Adorable and a Liar ''Adorabili e bugiarde'' (also known as ''Adorable and a Liar'') is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma. Plot Three beautiful girls, a model, a journalist and a painter, eager for celebrity at all costs, decide to stage a fak ...

'' (1958) - Primo Fiorenzi * '' Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics'' (1958) - Man Cousin of Giovanni * '' Angel in a Taxi'' (1958) - Pasticciere * '' Toto in the Moon'' (1958) - Il Commedator Santoni * ''Non sono più Guaglione'' (1958) - Don Salvatore - the shoemaker * ''Arriva la banda'' (1959) * '' Toto in Madrid'' (1959) - Tobia * '' Venetian Honeymoon'' (1959) - Stanislas dit Stan * ''Pensione Edelweiss'' (1959) - Le ténor * '' Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959) - Il dottore * '' My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) - Peppino * ''Lui, lei e il nonno'' (1959) * '' The Thieves'' (1959) - Vincenzo Scognamiglio * '' Ragazzi del Juke-Box'' (1959) - Gennarino * '' La cambiale'' (1959) - The Clerk to the Court (uncredited) * '' Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) - Ciccillo * ''Spavaldi e innamorati'' (1959) * '' Guardatele ma non toccatele'' (1959) - Edoardo Capuano * ''Avventura in città'' (1959) * '' Howlers in the Dock'' (1960) - L'onorevole Gubellini * ''

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre ''Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' is a 1960 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Gabriele Ferzetti: Tommaso * Elsa Martinelli: Mirella * Dorian Gray: soubrette * Marisa Merlini: Palmira * Yvonne Furneaux * Mario Valdemarin * ...

'' (1960) * ''

Sweet Deceptions ''I dolci inganni'' (internationally released as ''Sweet Deceptions'') is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. The film tells one day in the life of a young adolescent girl who is discovering her sexuality. Plot Francesca (Cat ...

'' (1960) - Negoziante * ''Il corazziere'' (1960) - Macchione * ''Sanremo - La grande sfida'' (1960) * ''I Teddy boys della canzone'' (1960) - Funzionario RAI * ''

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'' (1961) - Peppe * ''

Come September ''Come September'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Plot Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot owns a villa on the Ligurian coa ...

'' (1961) - Poliziotto (uncredited) * ''

The Last Judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

'' (1961) * '' Black City'' (1961) - Il ministro Califano * '' Ursus in the Valley of the Lions'' (1961) - Simud * ''Che femmina!! E... che dollari!'' (1961) * ''Pugni, pupe e marinai'' (1961) - RAI Porter * '' Boccaccio '70'' (1962) - Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited) * ''Colpo gobbo all'italiana'' (1962) - Brigadier * ''La leggenda di Fra Diavolo'' (1962) * ''Lo sgarro'' (1962) * ''Uno strano tipo'' (1963) - Direttore dell'hotel * '' The Monk of Monza'' (1963) - Cecco, un bravo * ''I terribili 7'' (1963) - Appaltatore * ''

Toto vs. the Black Pirate ''Totò vs. the Black Pirate'' ( it, Totò contro il pirata nero) is a 1964 Italian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Fernando Cerchio. Plot José is a Neapolitan petty thief who escaping from the guards for a small theft hides him ...

'' (1964) - Don Carlos d'Aragona * ''L'ultima carica'' (1964) * '' Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' (1964) - Salene * '' Backfire'' (1964) - Nino (uncredited) * ''La traite des blanches'' (1965) * ''La donnaccia'' (1965) * ''La vedovella'' (1965) - Gennarino * ''

Te lo leggo negli occhi ''Te lo leggo negli occhi'' is a 1965 Italian " musicarello" film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Cast * Agnès Spaak as Serenella * Dino as Dino * Nino Taranto as Gennaro *Mario Pisu as Dino's Father *Tecla Scarano as Filomena * Anna Campo ...

'' (1965) - Tino * '' Non son degno di te'' (1965) - Sergeant Gargiulo * ''Baraka'' (1966) * ''Monnaie de singe'' (1966) * ''

That Man George ''That Man George'' is a 1966 French crime film starring George Hamilton and Claudine Auger. It was written and directed by Jacques Deray. It was also known as ''The Man from Marrakesh''. Plot Cast * George Hamilton as George * Claudine Au ...

'' (1966) * '' Sharp-Shooting Twin Sisters'' (1966) * '' Maigret and His Greatest Case'' (1966) - Marcello Genaro * ''

More Than a Miracle ''More Than a Miracle'' ( it, C'era una volta) is a 1967 film also titled ''Cinderella Italian Style'' and ''Happily Ever After''. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río. The movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the count ...

'' (1967) * '' Fantabulous Inc.'' (1967) * ''Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda'' (1968) - Accountant * ''Zum Zum Zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa'' (1969) - Pasquale * '' Il ragazzo che sorride'' (1969) - Barman * ''Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli'' (1969) - Rudolph * ''

And God Said to Cain ''And God Said to Cain'' ( it, E Dio disse a Caino, german: Satan der Rache) is a 1970 Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Klaus Kinski. The story is about Gary Hamilton, who is granted a free pardon from a priso ...

'' (1970) - Juanito * ''

Mr. Superinvisible ''Mr. Superinvisible'' ( it, L'inafferrabile invincibile Mr. Invisibile, also known as ''Mr. Invisible'' and ''The Unseizable Invincible Mr. Invisible'') is a 1970 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It was released in the ...

'' (1970) * '' La ragazza del prete'' (1970) - Il sacrestano * ''L'interrogatorio'' (1970) * '' Io non spezzo... rompo'' (1971) - Policeman from Naples * ''Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...'' (1971) - Commissario Mammone * ''Boccaccio'' (1972) * ''Tutti fratelli nel West… per parte di padre'' (1972) * ''Sans sommation'' (1973) - Le commissaire * '' My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure'' (1973) - Il vescovo di Coira * ''

Special Killers ''Special Killers'' (Italian title: ''La ragazza di via Condotti'', French title: ''Meurtres à Rome'' or ''Le crime de la via Condotti'', Spanish title: ''La chica de via Condotti'') is a 1973 Italian-French-Spanish crime-thriller film directed b ...

'' (1973) - Bartender * ''Provaci anche tu Lionel'' (1973) * ''Adolescence pervertie'' (1974) * '' Commissariato di notturna'' (1974, also screenwriter) - Il brigadiere Santini * ''La cameriera'' (1974) - Il medico * '' The Balloon Vendor'' (1974) - Male Nurse * ''

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'' (1975) - Il preside * ''

The Adolescent ''The Adolescent'' (russian: Подросток, Podrostok), also translated as ''A Raw Youth'' or ''An Accidental Family'', is a novel by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in monthly installments in 1875 in the Russian literary ...

'' (1976) - Il notaio * ''

Il comune senso del pudore ''Il comune senso del pudore'' is a 1976 Italian comedy film. It stars Alberto Sordi, which is also the director, Claudia Cardinale and Philippe Noiret. Plot The film consists of four episodes. The plot centers on the changes in morality that inv ...

'' (1976) - Lattanzi / Direttore di produzione del film Lady Chatterley / Production director of the film Lady Chatterley * ''La linea del fiume'' (1976) - Il medico * ''

Death Rage ''Death Rage'' (Italian: ''Con la rabbia agli occhi'') is a 1976 Italian film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Yul Brynner in his final film. Plot summary A chance for revenge brings a hit man out of retirement in this noir directed ...

'' (1976) - Brigadiere Cannavale * '' La compagna di banco'' (1977) - Commissario Acavallo * ''L'amour chez les poids lourds'' (1978) * '' The Payoff'' (1978) - Antonio * ''Pugni, dollari e spinaci'' (1978) - Stilo's Lawyer * ''Bactron 317 ou L'espionne qui venait du show'' (1979) * '' Il lupo e l'agnello'' (1980) * '' La settimana bianca'' (1980) - Pasquarelli * ''Lulù 77'' (1980) * ''

L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto ''L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto'' () is a 1981 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. Plot Anna Vinci is a teacher in a private school in Milan. Due to some pupils, she comes into conflict with the principal of the ...

'' (1981) - Zio Efisio * '' Crime at the Chinese Restaurant'' (1981) - judge Enrico Arducci * '' Vediamoci chiaro'' (1984) - Peppino * ''C'è posto per tutti'' (1990) - Caposquadra Disoccupati * ''Ci hai rotto papà'' (1993) * ''Senza amore'' (2007) - Il Prete * ''No Problem'' (2008) - Galeazzo

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furia, Giacomo 1925 births 2015 deaths Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors People from the Province of Caserta