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Alberto Sordi (1920–2003)

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One of Italy's most captivating and talented cinematic comedy stars, Italian veteran Alberto Sordi was known for satirizing his country's social mores in pungent black comedies, farcical tales and grim drama. He, along with peers Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi and Nino Manfredi, arguably represent the finest of post-war Italian cinema history... See full bio »

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in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died:

(age 82) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Hide HideActor (151 titles)
1998 Incontri proibiti
Armando Andreoli
 
1995 Romanzo di un giovane povero
Mr. Bartoloni
 
1994 Nestore l'ultima corsa
Gaetano
 
1992 Assolto per aver commesso il fatto
Emilio Garrone
 
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91
Sabino
 
1990 In nome del popolo sovrano
Marchese Arquati
 
1990 L'avaro
Arpagone
 
1989 The Betrothed (TV mini-series)
Don Abbondio
 
1988 Taste of Life
Elvio Battistini
 
1987 Un tassinaro a New York
Pietro Marchetti
 
1986 Troppo forte
Conte Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli in Selci
 
1985 I Am an ESP
Roberto Razzi
 
1984 Tutti dentro
Judge Annibale Salvemini
 
1984 Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno
Friar Cipolla
 
1983 Il tassinaro
Pietro Marchetti
 
1982 Io so che tu sai che io so
Fabio Bonetti
 
1982 In viaggio con papà
Armando Ferretti
 
1981 Il marchese del Grillo
Onofrio Del Grillo/Gasperino
 
1980 Io e Caterina
Enrico Menotti
 
1979 Hypochondriac
Argante
 
1979 Traffic Jam
Dr. De Benedetti
 
1978 Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Remo Proietti (segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
 
1978 Le témoin
Antonio Berti
 
1977 Viva Italia!
(segments "First Aid"/"Come una regina"/"Elogio funebre")
 
1977 An Average Little Man
Giovanni Vivaldi
 
1976 Quelle strane occasioni
Mons. Ascanio La Costa (segment "L'Ascensore")
 
1976 Il comune senso del pudore
Giacinto Colonna
 
1975 Di che segno sei?
Nando Moriconi
 
1974 While There's War There's Hope
Pietro Chiocca
 
1973 Polvere di stelle
Mimmo Adami
 
1973 My Brother Anastasia
Father Salvatore Anastasia
 
1973 Obraz uz obraz (TV series)
Alberto
– Episode #1.7 (1973) … Alberto
 
1972 La più bella serata della mia vita
Alfredo Rossi
 
1972 Lo scopone scientifico
Peppino
 
1971 A Girl in Australia
Amedeo Battipaglia
 
1971 Detenuto in attesa di giudizio
Giuseppe Di Noi
 
1970 Le coppie
Giacinto Colonna (segment "La camera")/Antonio (segment "Il leone")
 
1970 Let's Have a Riot
Don Giuseppe Montanari
 
1970 Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club
Benito Fornaciari
 
1969 Il prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue
Dr. Guido Tersilli
 
1969 The Conspirators
The Friar
 
1969 Help Me My Love
Giovanni Macchiavelli
 
1968 Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?
Fausto Di Salvio
 
1968 Be Sick... It's Free
Il Dottore Guido Tersilli
 
1967 An Italian in America
Giuseppe
 
1967 The Witches
Elio Ferocci (segment "Senso Civico")
 
1966 Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?
Tullio Conforti
 
1966 The Queens
Giovanni (segment "Fata Marta")
 
1966 I nostri mariti
Giovanni Lo Verso (segment "Il Marito di Roberta")
 
1966 Smoke Over London
Dante Fontana
 
1965 Made in Italy
Silvio, Errant Husband (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 2")
 
1965 Thrilling
Fernando Boccetta (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
 
1965 Complexes
Guglielmo Bertone (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
 
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Count Emilio Ponticelli
 
1965 I tre volti
Armando Tucci (segment "Latin Lover")
 
1964 The Flying Saucer
Vincenzo Berruti/Marsicano/Don Giuseppe/Conte Momi Crosara
 
1964 My Wife
The husband (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile")/Sartoletti (segment "Eritrea")/Marco (segments "I miei cari", "Luciana")
 
1963 Il boom
Giovanni Alberti
 
1963 To Bed or Not to Bed
Amedeo Ferretti
 
1963 The Teacher from Vigevano
Mombelli
 
1962 Mafioso
Antonio Badalamenti
 
1962 The Police Commissioner
Dante Lombardozzi
 
1961 A Difficult Life
Silvio Magnozzi
 
1961 The Last Judgment
Merchant of children
 
1961 The Best of Enemies
Capt. Blasi
 
1960 ...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Alberto Franzetti
 
1960 Everybody Go Home
Lt. Alberto Innocenzi
 
1960 Ladro lui, ladra lei
Cencio
 
1960 Gastone
Gastone
 
1960 Il vigile
Otello Celletti
 
1959 Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca
Anselmo Pandolfini
 
1959 The Great War
Oreste Jacovacci
 
1959 The Magliari
Totonno
 
1959 Il moralista
Agostino
 
1959 Costa Azzurra
Alberto
 
1959 Vacanze d'inverno
Roger Moretti
 
1959 Policarpo
Allenatore
 
1959 Oh! Qué mambo
Nando
 
1959 ...and the Wild Wild Women
Antonio Zampi detto Adone
 
1959 Il vedovo
Alberto Nardi
 
1958 Love on the Riviera
Aristarco Battistini
 
1958 Venice, the Moon and You
Bepi
 
1958 Sunday Is Always Sunday
Alberto Carboni
 
1958 Fortunella
Peppino
 
1958 Seventh Heaven
Xavier Laurentis
 
1958 Il marito
Alberto
 
1957 A Farewell to Arms
Father Galli
 
1957 Doctor and the Healer
Corrado
 
1957 Count Max
Alberto Boccetti
 
1957 It Happened in Rome
Sergio Battistini
 
1957 Arrivano i dollari!
Alfonso Pasti
 
1956 The Virtuous Bigamist
Mario, bus driver
 
1956 Mi permette, babbo!
Rodolfo Nardi
 
1956 Nero's Mistress
Nero
 
1956 Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
Guardia Alberto Randolfi
 
1956 Faccia da mascalzone
 
1955 The Bachelor
Paolo Anselmi
 
1955 I pappagalli
Dr. Alberto Tanzi
 
1955 Bravissimo
Ubaldo Impallato
 
1955 Accadde al penitenziario
Giulio Parmitoni
 
1955 The Belle of Rome
Gracco
 
1955 Buonanotte... avvocato!
Alberto Santi, avvocato
 
1955 Il segno di Venere
Romolo Proietti
 
1955 Piccola posta
Rodolfo Vanzino
 
1955 A Hero of Our Times
Alberto Menichetti
 
1954 The Art of Getting Along
Rosario 'Sasà' Scimoni
 
1954 Cavalcade of Song
Alberto
 
1954 An American in Rome
Nando Moriconi
 
1954 Una parigina a Roma
Alberto Lucetti
 
1954 Accadde al commissariato
Alberto Tadini
 
1954 The Cheerful Squadron
Il soldato Vergisson
 
1954 The Anatomy of Love
L'amore
 
1954 Gran varietà
Fregoli il trasformista (episodio 'Fregoli'
 
1954 Marriage
Ivan Vassilievich Lomov
 
1954 Mid-Century Loves
Alberto (segment "Dopoguerra 1920")
 
1954 Two Nights with Cleopatra
Cesarino
 
1954 Via Padova 46
Gianrico
 
1954 Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
Alberto
 
1954 Il seduttore
Alberto Ranieri
 
1953 Ci troviamo in galleria
Mario Pio al telefono
 
1953 I Vitelloni
Alberto
 
1953 L'incantevole nemica
 
1953 Un giorno in pretura
Nando Moriconi
 
1952 The White Sheik
Fernando Rivoli - il sceicco bianco
 
1952 Viva il cinema!
Narratore (voice)
 
1952 The Piano Tuner Has Arrived
Avvocato Adolfo
 
1952 Giovinezza
 
1951 Position Wanted
Donato
 
1951 Toto and the King of Rome
Il maestro elementare
 
1951 Mamma mia, che impressione!
Alberto
 
1948 Sotto il sole di Roma
Fernando
 
1948 Che tempi!
Manuel Aguirre
 
1947 Bullet for Stefano
The Boyfriend
 
1947 Flesh Will Surrender
Doberti
 
1947 Il vento mi ha cantato una canzone
Paolo
 
1945 Le miserie del Signor Travet
Camillo Barbarotti
 
1945 L'innocente Casimiro
 
1945 Chi l'ha visto?
Un idraulico
 
1944 Tre ragazze cercano marito
Giulio
 
1944 Circo equestre Za-bum
(segment "Galop finale al circo")
 
1943 Sant'Elena, piccola isola
Il capitano Popleton
 
1942 Casanova farebbe così!
Un giocatore di biliardo
 
1942 La signorina
Nino
 
1942 I 3 aquilotti
Filippo Nardini
 
1942 Giarabub
Il tenente Sordi
 
1942 Le signorine della villa accanto
Un giovane invitato al ballo
 
1940 Cuori nella tormenta
Giulio Ferri
 
1939 La notte delle beffe
Bentivoglio
 
1938 Betrayal
Ciaruskin (uncredited)
 
1937 Scipione l'africano
Comparsa soldato romano
 
1937 Il feroce Saladino
The Lion
 
Show ShowWriter (42 titles)
1998 Incontri proibiti (writer)
 
1994 Nestore l'ultima corsa
 
1992 Assolto per aver commesso il fatto
 
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91 (screenplay / story)
 
1990 L'avaro
 
1988 Taste of Life (writer)
 
1987 Un tassinaro a New York
 
1986 Troppo forte
 
1985 I Am an ESP
 
1984 Tutti dentro
 
1983 Il tassinaro (writer)
 
1982 In viaggio con papà
 
1981 Il marchese del Grillo (screenplay)
 
1980 Io e Caterina (screenplay)
 
1979 Hypochondriac (screenplay / story)
 
1979 Storia di un italiano (TV series documentary) (written by)
 
1978 Where Are You Going on Holiday? (story / segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
 
1978 Le témoin (writer)
 
1976 Il comune senso del pudore (screenplay / story)
 
1975 Di che segno sei?
 
1974 While There's War There's Hope (story)
 
1973 Polvere di stelle (writer)
 
1973 My Brother Anastasia (writer)
 
1970 Le coppie
 
1970 Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club
 
1969 Il prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (writer)
 
1969 Help Me My Love (screenplay)
 
1968 Be Sick... It's Free (writer)
 
1967 An Italian in America (writer)
 
1966 Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?
 
1966 Smoke Over London
 
1965 Complexes (story and screenplay / segment "Guglielmo il dentone")
 
1965 I tre volti (segment "Latin Lover")
 
1960 Ladro lui, ladra lei
 
1958 Love on the Riviera (writer)
 
1958 Sunday Is Always Sunday (writer)
 
1958 Il marito (screenplay / story)
 
1957 Count Max
 
1955 Buonanotte... avvocato!
 
1954 An American in Rome (screenplay / story)
 
1953 Un giorno in pretura
 
1951 Mamma mia, che impressione!
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1950 Story of a Love Affair (voice dubbing: Franco Fabrizi)
 
1950 Father's Dilemma (narrator - uncredited)
 
1950 Domenica d'agosto (voice dubbing: Marcello Mastroianni - uncredited)
 
1948 Bicycle Thieves (voice dubbing - uncredited)
 
1946 Peddlin' in Society (voice dubbing: Vittorio Mottini - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1980 Io e Caterina (producer)
 
1951 Mamma mia, che impressione! (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1966 Smoke Over London (writer: "You never told me ", "Richmond Bridge")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2003 People of Rome (dedicatee - as Alberto)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2013 Alberto il grande
Himself
 
2007 Quelli che... il calcio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #14.29 (2007) … Himself (singing voice)
 
2004 How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1999 Drôles, tendre et méchants: La comédie à l'italienne de Totò à Roberto Benigni (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 ¿Qué apostamos? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1992 Primero izquierda (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1990 De película (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 June 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Un dia és un dia (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1990) … Himself
 
1987 Fantastico 8 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1987) … Himself
 
1985 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1983 Zoom su Fellini (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1977-1980 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1978 A fondo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1975 E il Casanova di Fellini? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Fellini's Roma
Himself - Interviewé (uncredited)
 
1970 Sport, sport, sport (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Forbidden Temptations (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2010 1960 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Volando con Visconti
 
2009 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2007 Quelli che... il calcio (TV series)
 
2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - (Memorial Tribute)
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Alberto (uncredited)
 
1975 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
 
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Star Sign:

Gemini