Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.
Life and career
Born Giuseppe Porcelli in
Naples, he graduated from the
Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of
Ferrovie dello Stato. While there, he spent his free time involved in amateur dramatics.
In 1918 he left his job to accept employment as a professional actor in the company of
Irma Gramatica.
[ Porelli later entered some of the most important stage companies of the time, specializing as a sidekick in revue shows.][ Active on films since 1926, he had an intense career as a ]character actor
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, mostly cast in roles of elegant and fashionable gentlemen in comedy films.[ He was married to the actress Rinalda Marchetti.][
]
Selected filmography
* '' Just Married'' (1934)
* ''Unripe Fruit
''Unripe Fruit'' (Italian: ''Frutto acerbo'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Lotte Menas, Nino Besozzi and Maria Wronska. A German-language version of the same story was made in Austria as ''A Preco ...
'' (1934)
* '' Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936)
* '' Felicita Colombo'' (1937)
* '' Naples of Olden Times'' (1938)
*'' The House of Shame'' (1938)
* '' Naples Will Never Die'' (1939)
* ''Heartbeat
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*Heartbeat, clus ...
'' (1939)
* ''Two Million for a Smile
''Two Million for a Smile'' (Italian: ''Due milioni per un sorriso'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Mario Soldati and starring Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli and Elsa De Giorgi.Curti p.22
It w ...
'' (1939)
* '' The Sinner'' (1940)
* '' First Love'' (1941)
* '' Harlem'' (1943)
* '' I'll Sing No More'' (1945)
* '' The Ten Commandments'' (1945)
* ''Peddlin' in Society
''Peddlin' in Society'' or ''Down With Riches!'' ( it, Abbasso la ricchezza!) is a 1946 Italian romance-drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli. it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film ''Down with Misery'' by the same director and also starring Ma ...
'' (1946)
* '' I Met You in Naples'' (1946)
* ''Unknown Man of San Marino
''The Unknown Man of San Marino'' (Italian: ''Lo Sconosciuto di San Marino'') is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Michał Waszyński and starring Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica and Antonio Gandusio.Sieglohr p.156
It was shot at the Icet St ...
'' (1946)
* '' Crime News'' (1947)
* '' Lost in the Dark'' (1947)
* ''È arrivato il cavaliere!
''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (Italian: ''È arrivato il cavaliere!'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Tino Scotti, Silvana Pampanini and Nyta Dover.
The film's sets were designed by the art di ...
'' (1950)
* '' Women and Brigands'' (1950)
* ''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)
* '' Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951)
* '' Oggi sposi'' (1952)
* '' Melody of Love'' (1952)
* '' I, Hamlet'' (1952)
* ''The Enchanting Enemy
''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275
The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...
'' (1953)
* ''Mid-Century Loves
''Mid-Century Loves'' ( it, Amori di mezzo secolo) is a 1954 Italian Anthology film, anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrang ...
'' (1954)
* ''Poverty and Nobility
''Poverty and Nobility'' ( it, Miseria e nobiltà ) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli starring Sophia Loren and Totò.
Plot
The story is taken from the Eduardo Scarpetta's play of the same name.
Naples, second half of th ...
'' (1954)
* '' Naples Is Always Naples'' (1954)
* '' The Two Orphans'' (1954)
* '' Donatella'' (1956)
* '' The Wanderers'' (1956)
* '' Holiday Island'' (1957)
* ''I prepotenti
''I prepotenti'' (''The Bullies'') is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola. It has a sequel, ''Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959).
Cast
* Aldo Fabrizi: Cesare Pinelli
* Nino Taranto: Domenico Esposito, aka Mimì
* Ave Ninchi: C ...
'' (1958)
* '' Tunis Top Secret'' (1959)
* '' Tough Guys'' (1960)
* '' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' (1961)
* '' Mi vedrai tornare'' (1969)
References
External links
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1897 births
1982 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male stage actors
Male actors from Naples
20th-century Italian male actors