Umberto D'Orsi

Actor

July 30, 1929 (47 years)

† August 31, 1976

Trieste - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - Italy

Biography

Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, 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. 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 a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Umberto D'Orsi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of …

Filmography

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Scaramouche

il granduca di Toscana

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5.1

Naughty Nun

Domenico Mincaglia

To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.

9.2

Nero Wolfe

Roger Foote

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6.3

Spirits of the Dead

Hans (segment "William Wilson")

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

7.0

I miserabili

Bamatabois

The television series, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, is one of the most impressive television adaptations of a literary work. Filmed in 1963 over a period of four months at the RAI headquarters in Via Teulada, it is set in France between 1815 and 1833.

5.2

Ubalda, All Naked and Warm

Mastro Oderisi

During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key from him and enjoy herself. The knight’s portly friend has a similar problem with his equally gorgeous wife. And to top it off, both men have designs on the other’s wife — leading them to devise painful methods to discourage the other from trespassing.

6.4

The Conspiracy of Torture

Inspector

In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.

7.8

Fantozzi: White Collar Blues

Count Diego Catellani

A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.

5.6

Oasis of Fear

Picture buyer

Two young sexually free hippies, Dick and Ingrid, finance their travels by selling naked snaps of Ingrid until their plan is brought to an abrupt end by the Police. Forced on the run the two seek refuge at a seemingly empty isolated large villa. As it turns out the house is inhabited by the middle-aged Barbara who invites them in for some potential three-way hanky-panky that soon locks them into something far more twisted and chilling!

5.5

Playing the Field

Il medico

A small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league game. He becomes a celebrity and suddenly finds himself having to choose between his future as a referee and the temptations that come his way, especially the women, now.

6.4

Il successo

Il fascista capitalista

Giulio has a faithful wife and a true friend, but he is convinced that only with money can one be happy. So he devotes himself to dangerous real estate speculation in Sardinia, even though he does not have the capital to deal with it. To find the necessary money, he is willing to give up even his dignity. And slowly, he alienates his most beloved ones from himself....

5.9

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars

L'editore

Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita".

10.0

Nel mondo di Alice

Il re di cuori

On a warm afternoon Alice falls asleep on the lawn and when she wakes up finds herself catapulted into an unreal and colorful world populated by strange characters and talking animals. Following first a white rabbit and then through a mirror, she will have fantastic adventures, amid clumsy talking chessmen and a shrewish duchess, played by Franca Valeri. When she wakes up, everything will return to normal, leaving her with the memory of a frightening but beautiful dream at the same time.

6.2

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Man in Railway Station

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

5.0

The Maniacs

Ilario Baietti (segment "La parolaccia") / Friar Egisto (segment "Il pezzo unico") / The Milanese Businessman (segment "L'autostop")

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

6.8

The Divorce

dottore

Middle-aged man leaves his wife to devote himself to a carefree life.

5.8

Snow Job

Vito

A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.

5.1

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

Poker Player

A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.

6.2

I See Naked

Federico

Seven sketches including the title sketch "I See Naked" in which a fashion editor begins to see naked women everywhere he goes.

4.8

The Two Wizards of the Ball

Commander Cazzaniga

The manager of a football team wants to hire a coach. Luckily the team begin to win but on the eve of an important match the opposing team has their best scorer kidnapped. Will they win the match all the same?