Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''

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'' film series.

Biography

Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolitan mother, Reder moved to Rome where started his career in radio as host and actor of radio-dramas. He also debuted on stage in " teatro dialettale" and

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, then performed in the stage companies of

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and

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. Reder made his film debut in the early 1950s, but became popular in the 1970s as the sidekick of

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in some successful comedies, such as the ''

'' and ''Fracchia'' series. He was an atheist.

Selected filmography

* ''

47 morto che parla ''47 morto che parla'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The film stars Totò and Silvana Pampanini. Plot The story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy and cruel ...

'' (1950) * ''Bellezze in bicicletta'' (1951) * ''

Una bruna indiavolata! ''Una bruna indiavolata!'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Clara * Ugo Tognazzi as Carlo Soldi * Nando Bruno as Autista del taxi * Carlo Sposito as Giulio Scanagatta * Rocco D'As ...

'' (1951) - Cameriere bar stazione * ''Stasera sciopero'' (1951) * '' Licenza premio'' (1951) - Sergente * '' Free Escape'' (1951) * ''

Porca miseria ''Porca Miseria'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will giv ...

'' (1951) * ''Carica eroica'' (1952) - Cavalry soldier * ''

Bread, Love and Dreams ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award. Plot The film is set in Sagliena, an imagina ...

'' (1953) - Ricuccio * ''

Passionate Song ''Passionate Song'' (Italian: ''Canzone appassionata'') is a 1953 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry and Vira Silenti.Parish p.100 Plot Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, ...

'' (1953) - Un Turista * ''

Bread, Love and Jealousy ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...

'' (1954) - Ricuccio * ''

The Gold of Naples ''The Gold of Naples'' ( it, L'oro di Napoli ) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, ...

'' (1954) - Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited) * '' The Belle of Rome'' (1955) - Luigi * '' Wild Love'' (1956) - Annibale * ''

Anna of Brooklyn ''Anna of Brooklyn'' ( it, Anna di Brooklyn) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and and starring Gina Lollobrigida, De Sica and Amedeo Nazzari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1958) * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) - The Superstitious Race Walker * ''

Il vedovo ''Il Vedovo'' (The Widower) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. Plot Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teete ...

'' (1959) - Avv. Girondi * ''

Ferdinando I, re di Napoli ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continuall ...

'' (1959) - The Customs Officer * ''Mina... fuori la guardia'' (1961) - Tenente * ''Fra' Manisco cerca guai'' (1961) - Franceschiello * ''

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) - Il Portinaio * ''

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'' (1965) - The Tobacconist (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1") * '' Zingara'' (1969) - Direttore ristorante * '' Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence'' (1969) - Salvatore * '' Satiricosissimo'' (1970) - Innkeeper * ''Cerca di capirmi'' (1970) * ''

A Pocketful of Chestnuts ''A Pocketful of Chestnuts'' it, Le castagne sono buone) is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot Luigi Vivarelli is a television director, a cynical and unrepentant womanizer. One day he meets Carla Lotito, an architecture s ...

'' (1970) - Il cameriere * ''

Ma che musica maestro ''Ma che musica maestro'' is a 1971 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Mariano Laurenti. It is loosely based on the William Shakespeare's tragedy '' Romeo and Juliet''. Plot Between the two villages of Santa Veronica Bassa and Santa Vero ...

'' (1971) - Benedetto - father of Giulietta * '' Little Funny Guy'' (1973) * ''

'' (1975) - Rag. Filini * ''

Il secondo tragico Fantozzi ''Il secondo tragico Fantozzi'' (''The Second Tragic Fantozzi'') is an Italian comedy film released in 1976. It is the second film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. Plot Fantozzi is working o ...

'' (1976) - Rag. Filini * '' Il... Belpaese'' (1977) - Alfredo * '' They Call Him Bulldozer'' (1978) - Curatolo * ''

Where Are You Going on Holiday? ''Where Are You Going on Holiday'', also known as ''Dove vai in vacanza?'', is a 1978 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini, Luciano Salce and Alberto Sordi. Plot The film is divided into three episodes. ''Sarò tutta per ...

'' (1978) - Dottor Panunti (segment "Sì buana") * ''Riavanti... Marsch!'' (1979) - Colonel Luigi Placidi * '' Café Express'' (1980) - Antonio Cammarota * ''

Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario ''The Precarious Bank Teller'' ( it, Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario) is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Plot Arturo De Fanti is an accountant with business troubles who tries to help his economically straitened lov ...

'' (1980) - Willy * ''

Fantozzi contro tutti ''Fantozzi'' is a 1975 Italian satirical cult film, based on in the saga of the unlucky Italian accountant employee Ugo Fantozzi, written and played by his creator Paolo Villaggio. The film is a parody of middle class workers of the 1970s, ...

'' (1980) - Rag. Filini * ''

Quando la coppia scoppia ''Quando la coppia scoppia'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. It reproposes the couple formed by Enrico Montesano and Claude Brasseur, who had successfully starred in the two years older comedy film '' Aragosta a colazione''. C ...

'' (1981) - Pier Giorgio Martini * '' L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto'' (1981) - Vescovo * ''

Fracchia la belva umana ''Fracchia la belva umana'' (''Fracchia the fanatic'' or ''Fracchia The Human Beast)'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. The film is loosely inspired by The Whole Town's Talking. It was screened at the 67th Venice Internat ...

'' (1981) - Madre della Belva Umana * ''

Vieni avanti cretino ''Vieni avanti cretino'' (''Come On Idiot'') is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It had a great commercial success, grossing over 3 billion lire at the Italian box office. Cast *Lino Banfi: Pasquale Baudaffi *Franco Bracar ...

'' (1982) - The Man with a toothache * '' Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore'' (1982) - Commendator Pecorazzi * ''Gian Burrasca'' (1983) - Headmaster * ''Stangata napoletana'' (1983) * ''

Fantozzi subisce ancora ''Fantozzi subisce ancora'' ("''Fantozzi Succumbs Again''") is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. It is the fourth chapter in the Fantozzi film series of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. Pl ...

'' (1983) - Rag. Filini * ''Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone'' (1983) - Pellecchia * '' Champagne in paradiso'' (1984) - Director * ''Mi faccia causa'' (1984) - Lawyer * '' Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?'' (1985) - Rag. Filini * ''Una donna senza nome'' (1985) - L'allevatore * ''

Grandi magazzini ''Grandi magazzini'' ( Department Stores) is a 1986 Italian anthology-comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. Plot summary Various characters and stories intertwine inside the Grandi Magazzini store. Evaristo Mazzetti is a cleaner at th ...

'' (1986) - Dott. Kaufmann * ''

Superfantozzi ''Superfantozzi'' is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. This film portrays the "evolution" of Fantozzi in History, from the Creation of the World ...

'' (1986) - Filini * ''Le diaboliche'' (1987) * ''

Fantozzi va in pensione ''Fantozzi va in pensione'' ("''Fantozzi Retires''") is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. It is the sixth chapter in the Fantozzi film series of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. Plot The ...

'' (1988) - Rag. Filini * '' Fantozzi alla riscossa'' (1990) - Rag. Filini * ''

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'' (1993) - Prof. Turati * '' Fantozzi in paradiso'' (1993) - Rag. Filini * ''A Dio piacendo'' (1995) - L'ingegner Camperi * ''

Fantozzi - Il ritorno ''Fantozzi'' is a 1975 Italian satirical cult film, based on in the saga of the unlucky Italian accountant employee Ugo Fantozzi, written and played by his creator Paolo Villaggio. The film is a parody of middle class workers of the 1970s, ...

'' (1996) - Rag. Filini (final film role)

References

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* 1928 births 1998 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian male voice actors Italian male radio actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian radio personalities Italian people of German descent {{Italy-actor-stub