Peppino De Filippo (born Giuseppe De Filippo; 24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor. De Filippo was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, brother of actor and

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Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...

and of

Titina De Filippo Titina De Filippo (born Annunziata De Filippo; 27 March 1898 – 26 December 1963) was an Italian actress and playwright.Rome-Paris-Rome'', ''

Variety Lights ''Variety Lights'' ( it, Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about a ...

'', '' A Day in Court'', '' Ferdinand I, King of Naples'' and ''

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''. He is however most remembered for his several artistic partnerships with

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

, on movies such as ''

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'' and '' La banda degli onesti''. He died in Rome at age 76.

Biography

He was born from the affair between playwright and actor Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and costumier Luisa De Filippo. He was the third of three children born from the couple, the other two being Annunziata "Titina" and

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. His father was actually married since 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, Luisa's paternal aunt. His father Eduardo had several other illegitimate children from various affairs (including actors Ernesto Murolo,

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and Pasquale De Filippo). After several attempts with different acting companies, as a utility player, in 1931 he and his siblings founded the ''Compagnia Teatro Umoristico: i De Filippo.'' It was a very successful experience, featuring tours all over Italy, new comedies, enthusiastic ratings by critics, and sold out in theaters. However, in 1944, due to a controversy with his brother, Peppino abandoned the company. The separation would allow him to find his own stylistic footprint as an author, being easily distinguishable from Eduardo's: Peppino's comedies are usually easier and more brilliant. Peppino repeatedly showed his extraordinary versatility; particularly noteworthy are his performance in ''

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'' by Harold Pinter and in ''

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'' by

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(as Harpagon), where he proved to be a skillful actor whose ability had grown beyond brilliant and dialect plays. Peppino should be defined an actor as well as a popular TV and cinema star. His partnership with

in many films has been one among the most interesting collaborations in the Italian comical cinema genre. Their movies obtained an outstanding success, despite being snubbed by critics. Worth a mention are ''

'', '' Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge'', and '' La banda degli onesti''. He worked with Federico Fellini as well, for instance in ''

'', and with Alberto Lattuada. He also invented Pappagone, a character for a TV show. He represented a humble servant of ''Cummendatore Peppino De Filippo'' (the title of

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is a public honour of the Italian Republic). He performed as a sort of usher, a typical character of the Neapolitan theatre, and coined many funny phrases and an own jargon, that would transform into popular sayings. He married three times, and his first wife Adele Carloni gave him

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, who successfully carried on his father's work. He was married three times. From his first wife Adele (or Adelina) Carloni he had his only child,

Luigi De Filippo Luigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. Born in Naples, the son of actors Peppino De Filippo and Adele Carloni, he studied literature at the university, leaving the studies on the ...

. His second wife was actress Lidia Martora (pseudonym of Lidia Maresca) and was the sister of dancer Marisa Maresca. He married for the third time to Lelia Mangano. The actor

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(his first wife Adele's brother) was married to his sister Titina. The actress Ester Carloni was another sibling of his wife Adele.

Filmography

* '' Three Lucky Fools'' (1933) - Andrea * '' Il cappello a tre punte'' (1933) - Luca, il mugnaio * '' Those Two'' (1935) - Giacomino * '' It Was I!'' (1937) - Carlino * '' L'amor mio non muore...'' (1938) - Luigino Spanato, il detective * '' The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - Il marchese Erasmo di Mezzomondello * ''

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'' (1939) - Luigino Montuori * '' Il sogno di tutti'' (1940) - L'avvocate fanfarone * ''

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'' (1941) - Biagio Natalini * '' L'ultimo combattimento'' (1941) - Alberto * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) - Vincenzino Esposito * '' Le signorine della villa accanto'' (1942) - L'autista * '' Non ti pago!'' (1942) - Procopio Bertolini * ''

After Casanova's Fashion ''After Casanova's Fashion'' (Italian: ''Casanova farebbe così!'') is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, and Clelia Matania.Moliterno p.48 It was shot at the Cine ...

'' (1942) - Don Agostino * ''

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'' (1943) - Aurelio * '' Non mi muovo!'' (1943) - Pasqualino Squeglia * ''

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'' (1943) - Celestino De Rosa * ''

I Met You in Naples ''I Met You in Naples'' (Italian: ''Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli'') is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Anna Nievo, Leo Dale and Peppino De Filippo. The film takes its name from a popular song of ...

'' (1946) * '' Natale al campo 119'' (1947) - Gennarino Capece, il napoletano * '' Vivere a sbafo'' (1949) * '' Biancaneve e i sette ladri'' (1949) - Rag. Peppino Biancaneve * ''

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'' (1950) - Tony La Motta * '' Luci del varietà'' (1951) - Checco Dal Monte * ''

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'' (1951) - Il ladro * '' Rome-Paris-Rome'' (1951) - Gennaro * '' Cameriera bella presenza offresi...'' (1951) - L'avvocato * '' The Passaguai Family'' (1951) - Cavalier Massa * '' Ragazze da marito'' (1952) - Giacomino Scognamiglio * '' Totò e le donne'' (1952) - Il dottor Desideri * '' Non è vero... ma ci credo'' (1952) - Gervasio Savastano * '' Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) - Antonio Scognamiglio * '' Martin Toccaferro'' (1953) - Martino Lazzari * '' Una di quelle'' (1953) - Martino * '' Il più comico spettacolo del mondo'' (1953) - Uno spettatore * '' A Day in Court'' (1954) - Judge Salomone Lorusso * '' Via Padova 46'' (1954) - Arduino Buongiorno * '' Peppino e la nobile dama'' (1954) - Zaganella * '' Le signorine dello 04'' (1955) - Revisore Delli Santi, il vedovo * ''

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'' (1955) - Mario * '' Gli ultimi cinque minuti'' (1955) - Filippo Roberti * ''

The Two Friends ''The Two Friends'' (Italian: ''I due compari'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo and Giulia Rubini.Pintaldi p.69 The film's sets were designed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * ...

'' (1955) - Ciccillo * '' Accadde al penitenziario'' (1955) - Peppino * '' Io piaccio'' (1955) - Nicolino * ''

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'' (1955) - Ragionier Gargiulo * '' I pappagalli'' (1955) - Beppi * '' Un po' di cielo'' (1955) * '' Piccola posta'' (1955) - Pipinuccio Gigliozzi * '' Motivo in maschera'' (1955) - signor Cuciniello * '' La banda degli onesti'' (1956) - Giuseppe Lo Turco * ''

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'' (1956) - Guardia Scelta Giuseppe Manganiello * ''

'' (1956) - Peppino Caponi * '' Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge'' (1956) - Peppino * '' La nonna Sabella'' (1957) - Emilio * '' Vacanze a Ischia'' (1957) - Battistella * '' Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' (1957) - Peppino * '' Anna di Brooklyn'' (1958) - Peppino * '' Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche'' (1958) - Cavalier Peppino Caprioli * '' Pane, amore e Andalusía'' (1958) - Peppino * '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) - Don Percuoco * '' Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura'' (1959) - Cavalier Cesare Pancarano di Rondò * ''

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'' (1959) - Giuseppe 'Peppino' Armentano * '' La nipote Sabella'' (1959) - Emilio * ''

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'' (1959) - Peppino Posalaquaglia * '' Ferdinando I re di Napoli'' (1959) - Ferdinand I. * '' I genitori in Blue-Jeans'' (1960) - Giuseppe 'Peppino' Grimaldi * '' Il mattatore'' (1960) - Chinotto * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) - Pio Degli Ulivi * '' Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) - Prof. Peppino Castagnano * ''

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'' (1960) - Giuseppe Colabona * '' A noi piace freddo...!'' (1960) - Titozzi * ''

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'' (1961) - Giuseppe Corona * '' Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita'' (1961) - Peppino * ''

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'' (1961) - Il brigadiere Tarquinio * ''

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'' (1962) - Giuseppe Di Gennaro * '' Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino'' (1962) - Giuseppe 'Peppino' Pagliuca * ''

'' (1962) - Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") * '' I quattro monaci'' (1962) - Fra' Crispino * ''I quattro moschettieri'' (1963) - Cardinal Richelieu * ''

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'' (1963) - Zio Peppino * '' Totò contro i 4'' (1963) - Alfredo Fiori * '' Adultero lui, adultera lei'' (1963) - Il pubblico ministero * ''

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'' (1963) - Giuseppe Mollica * ''

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'' (1963) - Pasquale Scognamiglio (segment "Opera buona, Un'") * '' La vedovella'' (1965) - Don Pietro, il sindaco * ''

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'' (1965) - Mimi (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 1") * '' Ischia operazione amore'' (1966) - Gennaro Capatosta * '' La fabbrica dei soldi'' (1966) - Carmelo Pappagone * ''

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'' (1966) - Carmelo * '' Non stuzzicate la zanzara'' (1967) - Carmelo * ''

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'' (1967) - Peppino Pica * ''Totò story'' (1968) - Peppino * '' Zum zum zum'' (1969) - Peppino Bertozzini * '' Zum, zum, zum n° 2'' (1969) - Peppino Bertozzini * '' Lisa dagli occhi blu'' (1969) - Peppino / Amleto * '' Gli infermieri della mutua'' (1969) - Gennarino Esposito * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'' (1970) - Magistrate * ''

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'' (1979) - Raffaele's Father (final film role)

Theater works

*Trampoli e cilindri, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1927) *Un ragazzo di campagna, (Farsa in due parti) (1931) *Don Raffaele il trombone, (Commedia in un atto) (1931) *Spacca il centesimo, (Commedia in un atto) (1931) *Miseria bella, (Farsa in un atto) (1931) *Cupido scherza...e spazza, (Farsa in un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1931) *Una persona fidata, (Farsa in un atto) (1931) *Aria paesana, (Storia vecchia uguale per tutti in un atto) (1931) *Quale onore!, (Farsa in un atto) (1931) *Amori...e balestre!, (Farsa in un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1931) *Caccia grossa!, (Un atto ironico romantico) (1932) * A Coperchia è caduta una stella, (Farsa campestre in due parti) (1933) *La lettera di mammà, (Farsa in due parti) (1933) *Quaranta...ma non li dimostra, (Commedia in due parti in collaborazione con Titina De Filippo) (1933) *Il ramoscello d'olivo, (Farsa in un atto) (1933) *I brutti amano di più, (Commedia romantica in tre parti) (1933) *Un povero ragazzo!, (Commedia in tre atti e quattro quadri) (1936) *Il compagno di lavoro!, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1936) *Bragalà paga per tutti!, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1939) *Il grande attore!, (Commedia in un atto) (1940) *Una donna romantica e un medico omeopatico, (Da una commedia -parodia in cinque atti di Riccardo di Castelvecchio. Riduzione in tre atti in dialetto napoletano) (1940) *'' Non è vero... ma ci credo''!, (Commedia in tre atti) (1942) *Quel bandito sono io!, (Farsa in tre atti e quattro quadri) (1947) *L'ospite gradito!, (Tre atti comici) (1948) *Quel piccolo campo..., (Commedia in tre atti) (1948) *Per me come se fosse!, (Commedia in due parti e quattro quadri) (1949) *Carnevalata, (Un atto) (1950) *Gennarino ha fatto il voto, (Farsa in tre atti) (1950) *I migliori sono così, (Farsa in due parti e otto quadri) (1950) *Pronti? Si gira!, (Satira buffa in un atto) (1952) *Pranziamo insieme!, (Farsa in un atto) (1952) *Io sono suo padre!, (Commedia in due parti e quattro quadri) (1952) *Pater familias, (Commedia in un atto) (1955) *Noi due!, (Commedia in un atto) (1955) *Un pomeriggio intellettuale, (Commedia in un atto) (1955) *Dietro la facciata, (Commedia in un atto) (1956) *Le metamorfosi di un suonatore ambulante, (Farsa all'antica in un prologo, due parti e cinque quadri. Con appendice e musiche di Peppino De Filippo) (1956) *Il talismano della felicità, (Farsa in un atto) (1956) *La collana di cento noccioline, (Commedia in un atto) (1957) *Omaggio a Plauto, (Un atto) (1963) *Tutti i diavoli in corpo, (Un atto) (1965) *L'amico del diavolo, (Commedia in tre atti) (1965)

Bibliography

* Giulia Lunetta Savino (introduction by Massimo Troisi). ''Il buffone e il poveruomo'', Dedalo, 1990. * Enrico Giacovelli, Enrico Lancia. ''Peppino De Filippo'', Gremese, 1992. * Rodolfo Di Gianmarco, Leila Mangano. ''TuttoPeppino'', Gremese, 1992. * Alberto Anile. ''Totò e Peppino, fratelli d'Italia'', Einaudi, 2001. * Marco Giusti. ''Pappagone e non solo''. Mondadori, 2003. * Antonella Ottai. ''Vita è arte: Peppino De Filippo''. Rai Eri, 2003. * Pasquale Sabbatino, Giuseppina Scognamiglio. ''Peppino De Filippo e la comicità nel Novecento''. Edizioni scientifiche italiane, 2005.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Filippo, Peppino 1903 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian television personalities Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors