Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian.
Born in
Trieste
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, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and
revue
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From 1962 till his death, D'Orsi was a prolific supporting actor, appearing in as many as fifteen films a year. He died in Rome at 47 from kidney failure.
Selected filmography
* ''
A Girl... and a Million'' (1962)
* ''
The Thursday'' (1963)
* ''
The Girl from Parma'' (1963)
* ''
The Hours of Love'' (1963)
* ''
Shivers in Summer'' (1963)
* ''
The Verona Trial'' (1963)
* ''
Countersex
''Controsesso'', internationally released as ''Countersex'', is a 1964 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Franco Rossi, Marco Ferreri and Renato Castellani. All the episodes have sex as main theme. The episode of Ferreri is considere ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Let's Talk About Women'' (1964)
* ''
Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1965)
* ''
I soldi'' (1965)
* ''
Hot Frustrations'' (1965)
* ''
I complessi'' (1965)
* ''
Rita the American Girl'' (1965)
* ''
Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966)
* ''
Blockhead'' (1966)
* ''
Golden Chameleon'' (1967)
* ''
The Black Sheep'' (1968)
* ''
The Two Crusaders'' (1968)
* ''
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera
''Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera'' (''Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate'') is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of the 1883 adventure novel '' Treasure Isla ...
'' (1969)
* ''
I See Naked'' (1969)
* ''
Normal Young Man'' (1969)
* ''
Circuito chiuso'' (1969)
* ''
Basta guardarla
''Basta guardarla'' (''Just Look at Her'') is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce.
Plot
Enrichetta, a young peasant girl who lives in the village of Copparola di Sotto, Ciociaria, joins the avanspettacolo company of Silver Boy ...
'' (1970)
* ''
La ragazza del prete'' (1970)
* ''
I due maghi del pallone'' (1970)
* ''
Ma che musica maestro'' (1971)
* ''
Oasis of Fear'' (1971)
* ''
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?'' (1972)
* ''
My Name Is Shanghai Joe'' (1972)
* ''
Ubalda, All Naked and Warm'' (1972)
* ''
Return of Halleluja'' (1972)
* ''
Naughty Nun'' (1972)
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Snow Job'' (1972)
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Man Called Invincible'' (1973)
* ''
Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore!'' (1973)
* ''
The Balloon Vendor'' (1974)
* ''
L'arbitro'' (1972)
* ''
The Sensual Man'' (1974)
References
External links
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Italian male film actors
1929 births
Male actors from Trieste
1976 deaths
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male comedians
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