Guglielmo Barnabò (11 May 1888 – 31 May 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1926 and 1954.

Life and career

Born in

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

, Barnabò made his stage debut in 1921 at the

Greek Theatre of Syracuse The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, Italy. It was first built in the 5th century BC, rebuilt in the 3rd century BC and renovated again in the ...

, with the Annibale Ninchi's company. Since then he was enrolled by some of the most important stage companies of his time, working among others with Marta Abba, Alda Borelli,

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. In 1927 Barnabò made his screen debut in the silent film '' Beauty of the World'', but his film career took off with the

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, when he became one of the most active character actors of the 1930s and the 1940s. Specialized in good-natured and bourgeois character roles, he is best known as the villain capitalist in

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's ''

Miracle in Milan ''Miracle in Milan'' ( it, Miracolo a Milano) is a 1951 Italian fantasy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel ''Totò il Buono.'' The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gra ...

''. Barnabò was married to actress , with whom he often worked in films and on stage.

Selected filmography

* '' Beauty of the World'' (1927) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' Bad Subject'' (1933) * ''

Red Passport ''Red Passport'' (Italian: ''Passaporto rosso'') is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Isa Miranda, Filippo Scelzo and Ugo Ceseri. A group of Italian immigrants to South America join in a revolution. It w ...

'' (1935) * ''

Sette giorni all'altro mondo ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli. Cast * Camillo Pilotto *Vanna Vanni * Franco Coop * Nietta Zocchi * Emilio Petacci * Virgilio Riento * Guglielmo Barnabò *Stefano Si ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Ancestor ''The Ancestor'' (Italian: ''L'antenato'') is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Paola Barbara and Mercedes Brignone.Moliterno p.280 It is an adaptation of a play by Carlo Veneziani, and was ma ...

'' (1936) * '' Marcella'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1937) * ''

I Want to Live with Letizia ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (Italian: ''Voglio vivere con Letizia'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Assia Noris, Gino Cervi and Umberto Melnati.Chiti & Poppi p.414 It was sho ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Cuckoo Clock ''The Cuckoo Clock'' is a British children's fantasy novel by Mary Louisa Molesworth, published in 1877 by Macmillan. It was originally published under the pen name Ennis Graham and reissued in 1882 as by Mrs. Molesworth, the name by which she ...

'' (1938) * ''

Marionette A marionette (; french: marionnette, ) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or reveale ...

'' (1939) * ''

Unjustified Absence ''Unjustified Absence'' (Italian: ''Assenza ingiustificata'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Dream of Butterfly ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (Italian: '' Il sogno di Butterfly'', German: ''Premiere der Butterfly'') is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation ...

'' (1939) * ''

We Were Seven Sisters ''We Were Seven Sisters'' ( it, Eravamo sette sorelle) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio as Il conte Leone Varani * Nino Besozzi as Le ...

'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * '' Guest for One Night'' (1939) * ''

Manon Lescaut ''The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut'' ( ) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of ''Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité'' (''Memoirs and Adventures of a M ...

'' (1940) * ''

Non me lo dire! ''Non me lo dire!'' is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario. Plot Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor. ...

'' (1940) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * ''

Teresa Venerdì ''Teresa Venerdì'' is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Cast *Vittorio De Sica ... Il dottore Pietro Vignali * Adriana Benetti ... Teresa Venerdì * Irasema Dilián ... Lilli Passalacqua * Gugli ...

'' (1941) * '' The Man on the Street '' (1941) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''

Scampolo ''Scampolo'' is a 1958 German film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, and Georg Thomalla. Schneider plays the title role. Plot Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls ...

'' (1941) * '' Document Z-3'' (1942) * '' The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) * ''

Music on the Run ''Music on the Run'' (Italian: ''Fuga a due voci'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Gino Bechi, Irasema Dilián and Guglielmo Barnabò.Burke p.381 The film's sets were ...

'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Come Back to Sorrento'' (1945) * '' Mad About Opera'' (1948) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''

Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors ...

'' (1949) * '' Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) * ''

The Last Days of Pompeii ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting ''The Last Day of Pompeii'' by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. It culminates in ...

'' (1950) * ''

Accidents to the Taxes!! ''Accidents to the Taxes!!'' ( it, Accidenti alle tasse!!) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by and written by Mario Mattoli. Cast * Riccardo Billi as Gaetano Pellecchia * Mario Riva as Mario * Dorian Gray as Margot * Aroldo Tieri as Il ...

'' (1951) * ''

Briscola Briscola (; lmo, brìscula; scn, brìscula, nap, brìscula) is one of Italy's most popular games, together with Scopa and Tressette. A little-changed descendant of Brusquembille, the ancestor of Briscan and Bezique, Briscola is a Mediterrane ...

'' (1951) * ''

'' (1951) * '' The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951) * '' It's Never Too Late'' (1953) * '' Sunday Heroes'' (1953) * ''

Pane, Amore e Fantasia ''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 imaginar ...

'' (1953)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnabo, Guglielmo 1888 births 1954 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male silent film actors People from Ancona 20th-century Italian male actors