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Antonio "Toni" Ucci (13 January 1922 – 16 or 19 February 2014)E' morto Toni Ucci
16 February 2014 was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 86 films between 1948 and 2000. Born in Rome, he started his career in the
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and got his first successes in
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. Ucci worked assiduously in the theater, playing comedies of all genres, including musical comedies. He had a distinguished career as a character actor in films and, since 1959, in television films and series.


Selected filmography

* ''Cuore'' (1948) * ''
The Emperor of Capri ''The Emperor of Capri'' (Italian: ''L'imperatore di Capri'') is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Totò, Yvonne Sanson and Marisa Merlini.Moliterno p.88 The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Eg ...
'' (1949) - Pupetto Turacciolo * ''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) - Barman (uncredited) * '' Wild Love'' (1956) - Il presentatore alla Forbici d'Oro * ''
Peccato di castità ''Peccato di castità'' (Italian for "Sin of chastity") is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip. Because of a promise, Valentina has to resort to any t ...
'' (1956) * ''La canzone del destino'' (1957) - Gino * ''
Serenate per 16 bionde ''Serenate per 16 bionde'' ("Serenades for 16 blondes") is a 1957 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Marino Girolami and starring Claudio Villa. Plot Cast * Claudio Villa as Claudio * Esther Masing as Isabella * Simone Ba ...
'' (1957) - Paolo * ''
The Love Specialist ''The Love Specialist'' ( it, La Ragazza Del Palio) is an Italian-French movie filmed in 1958, and released in the U.S. in 1959 with the title ''The Love Specialist''. Plot Diana Dixon, a Texan girl (played by Dors), wins a quiz show jackpot, ...
'' (1957) - Carlo (uncredited) * ''Non cantare... baciami!'' (1957) * ''
The Friend of the Jaguar ''The Friend of the Jaguar'' (Italian: ''L'amico del giaguaro'') is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Bennati and starring Walter Chiari, Isabelle Corey and Carlo Romano. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filipp ...
'' (1959) - Gettone * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) - The Race Walker Searching for His Watch * ''Il terrore dell'Oklahoma'' (1959) - Joe * ''
Un maledetto imbroglio ''The Facts of Murder'' (Italian: ''Un maledetto imbroglio'') is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.Moliterno p.150-51 The film is based on the 1957 novel '' That Awful Mess on Via Merul ...
'' (1959) - 2° Ladro (Er Patata) * ''
La cambiale ''La cambiale'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot Commander Bruscatelli, before being imprisoned, leaves the Posalaquaglia cousins a bill of exchange which they give to Temistocle Bisogni in compensation for t ...
'' (1959) - Ursus' Agent * ''
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti ''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (also known as ''Fiasco in Milan'' or ''Hold-up à la milanaise'') is a 1959 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy. The film stars Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori and Claudia Cardinale. It is the ...
'' (1959) - Totocalcio driver * ''Simpatico mascalzone'' (1959) - Remo * ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) * ''
Tough Guys ''Tough Guys'' is a 1986 American action comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey and Darlanne Fluegel. It is the eighth film of Touchstone Pictures, and the final ...
'' (1960) - Beaurivage * '' The Passionate Thief'' (1960) - L'amico di Milena * ''
Appuntamento a Ischia ''Appuntamento a Ischia'' is a 1960 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Domenico Modugno. Cast * Domenico Modugno as Mimmo * Antonella Lualdi as Mirella Argente * Maria Letizia Gazzoni as Letizia * Carl ...
'' (1960) - Man at the Bar (uncredited) * ''
Le olimpiadi dei mariti ''Le olimpiadi dei mariti'' (''Husbands' Olympics'') is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Ugo *Raimondo Vianello: Raimondo *Delia Scala: Delia * Sandra Mondaini: Sandra *Gino Cervi: Director of the n ...
'' (1960) - Waiter * '' Ferragosto in bikini'' (1960) - Raffaele * '' Psycosissimo'' (1961) - Augustarello (uncredited) * '' The Assassin'' (1961) - Toni * ''Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento'' (1961) - Operaio * '' Appuntamento in Riviera'' (1962) - Giacomo * '' Sexy Toto'' (1963) * ''
The Two Colonels ''I due colonnelli'' (internationally released as ''The Two Colonels'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The character of Totò took inspiration from a similar character he played in '' Totò Diabolicus''. Plot The story is of I ...
'' (1963) - Mazzetta * ''
Toto and Cleopatra ''Toto and Cleopatra'' ( it, Totò e Cleopatra) is a 1963 Italian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Fernando Cerchio. Plot Mark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces Mark Antony ...
'' (1963) - Nasone * ''I terribili 7'' (1963) - Romolo, Tramviere * ''
Corpse for the Lady ''Corpse for the Lady'' ( it, Cadavere per signora) is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Sylva Koscina. Cast * Sylva Koscina - Laura Guglielmetti * Sergio Fantoni - Commisario * Scilla Gabel - Renata * Sandra ...
'' (1964) - Michele * ''Amore facile'' (1964) - Giulio (segment "Una domenica d'agosto") * ''
Three Nights of Love ''Three Nights of Love'' ( it, Tre notti d'amore) is a 1964 omnibus comedy film in three segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and starring Catherine Spaak, Enrico Maria Salerno and Adolfo Celi. Cast * Adolf ...
'' (1964) - Peppino (segment "La moglie bambina") * '' Latin Lovers'' (1965) - Augusto (segment "La grande conquista") * ''
Spiaggia libera ''Spiaggia libera'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. Cast * Dominique Boschero: Pallina * Riccardo Garrone: Riccardo * Aldo Giuffrè: Cuccurallo * Aroldo Tieri: Mario * Raimondo Vianello: Captain Oliviero * Al ...
'' (1966) - Nando * ''Mano di velluto'' (1966) * ''
Honeymoon, Italian Style ''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (Italian: ''Viaggio di nozze all'italiana'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Concha Velasco and Ferruccio Amendola.Small p.108 The film's sets were designed b ...
'' (1966) - Pallino * ''
The Million Dollar Countdown ''The Million Dollar Countdown'' ( es, El gran golpe de Niza, it, Per favore... non sparate col cannone, also known as ''L'assalto al centro nucleare'') is a 1967 Spanish-Italian criminal comedy film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Frank ...
'' (1967) - Theo * ''Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda'' (1968) - Schiavone * ''I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla'' (1968) - Burgunzi * ''
Indovina chi viene a merenda? ''Indovina chi viene a merenda?'' (i.e. "Guess who's coming to tea?") is a 1969 Italian war-comedy film written and directed by Marcello Ciorciolini and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Sicily 1943: to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio hi ...
'' (1969) - Paratroopers Commander * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'' (1970) - Nando * ''
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) - Il Giaguaro * ''
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'' (1972) - Pietro da Vinciolo * ''
Without Family ''Without Family'', originally released as ''Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto'' (literally ''No family, no property, looking for affection''), is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman: Arm ...
'' (1972) - Male Nurse * ''Il santo patrono'' (1972) - Brambilla * '' Jus primae noctis'' (1972) - Guidone * '' La calandria'' (1972) - Un Popolano * '' Storia de fratelli e de cortelli'' (1973) - Silvio * ''I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300'' (1973) - Nicolo * ''
Rugantino ''Rugantino'' is a musical comedy by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, which debuted at the Teatro Sistina in Rome, Italy, on 15 December 1962. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli. It is a comedy set in the papal Rome of the 19th century. ...
'' (1973) - Principe Niccolò Capitelli * ''
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'' (1974) - The Friar * ''4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre'' (1974) - Caporale Riccardini * ''Sesso in testa'' (1974) - Lanfranco Ceccarelli * ''
The Last Desperate Hours ''The Last Desperate Hours'' ( it, Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco (Italian crime genre) Mafia film directed by Giorgio Stegani. Plot Cast * Antonio Sabàto: Paolo Mancuso * Silvia Monti: Laura Monachesi *Pier ...
'' (1974) - Bellyache * '' Attenti... arrivano le collegiali!'' (1975) - Commander * ''
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'' (1975) - Herod Antipas * ''Amore mio spogliati... che poi ti spiego!'' (1975) * ''San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne'' (1976) - Renato - the castrate * '' The Cop in Blue Jeans'' (1976) - Lando Rossi - aka Grottaferrata * ''
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'' (1976) - Filotto * ''
A Special Cop in Action ''Special Cop in Action'' ( it, Italia a mano armata, lit=Italy at gunpoint) is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Marino Girolami, here credited as Franco Martinelli. The film is the final chapter in the Girolami's Commissioner Bet ...
'' (1976) - Cacace * ''
Batton Story ''Batton Story'' ( it, Le impiegate stradali, literally ''The road employees'') is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mario Landi. Synopsis A Roman teacher takes the side of a group of prostitutes and sets up a trade union to support ...
'' (1976) - Carlo * ''Il ginecologo della mutua'' (1977) - Nestore Arlotti * ''
Per amore di Poppea ''Per amore di Poppea'' (''For the Love of Poppaea'') is a 1977 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti and set in ancient Rome. Plot Cast *María Baxa as Poppaea Sabina * Gianfranco D'Angelo as Tizio *Alvaro Vital ...
'' (1977) - Tigellino * '' How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover'' (1978) - Brother Francesco * ''Per favore, occupati di Amelia'' (1981) - Il maresciallo * ''
Mia moglie torna a scuola ''Mia moglie torna a scuola'' is a 1981 '' commedia sexy all'italiana'' film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Renzo Montagnani with Carmen Russo, an early 1980s star of the genre.- Plot Aristide Buratti (Montagnani) is a wealthy groce ...
'' (1981) - Gustavo * ''Care amiche mie'' (1981) * ''
Pierino colpisce ancora ''Pierino colpisce ancora'' (also known as ''Desirable Teacher 2'') is a 1982 comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. Plot Rome: Pierino has again flunked the exams. Therefore, his desperate parents send him to boarding school in Grosseto. ...
'' (1982) - Francesco - portiere del collegio * '' Più bello di così si muore'' (1982) - Agenore * '' I camionisti'' (1982) * ''
Porca vacca ''Porca vacca'' is a 1982 Italian war-comedy film written and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film was panned by critics. Plot During World War I Barbisetti, a mediocre artist also known as "Primo Baffo", tries to avoid the militar ...
'' (1982) - Soldato romano * '' Attila flagello di Dio'' (1982) - Fabio Massimo * ''La ragazza del metrò'' (1989) - Barbone * ''Fiori di zucca'' (1990) - Giovanni * '' Breath of Life'' (1990) - Anziano * ''
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 ...
'' (1991) - The tyrant * ''Lia, rispondi'' (1992) * ''Gole ruggenti'' (1992) - Gianni - the director * '' The Heroes'' (1994) - Sor Pepe * ''Ponte Milvio'' (2000) - Aldo (final film role)


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* * 1922 births 2014 deaths Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Male actors from Rome {{Italy-actor-stub