Giulio Marchetti Explained

Giulio Marchetti
Birth Place:	Barcelona, Spain
Death Place:	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.^[4] He got a large popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues.^[5] He was also active, as a character actor, in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò.^[6]

Marchetti is also well known in Italy as the presenter for many years of the show Giochi senza frontiere.^{[7] [8]} In the early 1970s he decided to abandon the showbusiness and became the owner of a service station.^[9]

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
• 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)
• (1971) - Dr. Castell (uncredited)
• (1988) - Receptionist in high-class hotel (final film role)

References

1. Web site: Giulio Marchetti (1911-1993). data.bnf.fr. 2020-04-07.
2. Web site: Giulio Marchetti at a petrol station. Italian actor and TV host Giulio Marchetti (Giulio.... agefotostock. en. 2020-04-07.
3. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.
4. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.
5. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.
6. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.
7. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.
8. Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .
9. Book: Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. 2003 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.