Giulio Marchetti

Italian actor (1911–1993)

Giulio Marchetti

Born	9 June 1911 (1911-06-09) Barcelona, Spain
Died	1 December 1993 (1994-01) (aged 82) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993)^[1] was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter.^[2]

Life and career

Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatrical artistic director Adriano.^[3]

After completing high school in Bologna, he began his stage career as a vaudeville actor and singer in the style of the American minstrel show performers.^[3] He got a large popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues.^[3] He was also active, as a character actor, in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò.^[3]

Marchetti is also well known in Italy as the presenter for many years of the show Giochi senza frontiere.^[3]^[4] In the early 1970s he decided to abandon the showbusiness and became the owner of a service station.^[3]

Partial filmography

Fear and Sand (1948) - Paquito
Adam and Eve (1949) - Il naufrago americano
Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949) - Attrazione internazionale, Himself
Fugitive Lady (1950) - Giovanni
L'inafferrabile 12 (1950) - Il commissario
I cadetti di Guascogna (1950)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Il baritono russo
My Heart Sings (1951) - Friend of Russo (uncredited)
Stranger on the Prowl (1952) - Signor Raffetto
Vacations in Majorca (1959) - Barman (uncredited)
Giuseppina (1960) - Petrol Station Owner/Father (Filmed 1959)
Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) - Italian Soldier
Tough Guys (1960) - Bernabeu
I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - Un altro cliente svizzero
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961) - Meck
Totò Diabolicus (1962) - Private Detective
Roaring Years (1962)
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) - The King
Swordsman of Siena (1962) - Carlos' servant
The Executioner of Venice (1963) - Bartolo
The Lion of St. Mark (1963) - Gualtiero
Sandokan to the Rescue (1964) - Sagapar
The Secret Invasion (1964) - Italian Officer
Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak (1964) - Sagapar
Le tardone (1964) - Manuele (episode "L'armadio")
Stranger in Sacramento (1965) - Sheriff Joe
The Adventurer of Tortuga (1965) - Father of the Bride
The Rover (1967) - Peyrol's first mate
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) - Lt. Naldi
La vuole lui... lo vuole lei (1968)
Captain Typhoon [de] (1971) - Dr. Castell (uncredited)
Man spricht deutsh [de] (1988) - Receptionist in high-class hotel (final film role)

References

^ "Giulio Marchetti (1911-1993)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ "Giulio Marchetti at a petrol station. Italian actor and TV host Giulio Marchetti (Giulio..." agefotostock. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Enrico Lancia (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
^ Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN 881150466X.