Giulio Marchetti
{{Short description|Italian actor (1911–1993)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|9 June 1911}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| death_date = {{death-date and age|1 December 1993|9 June 1911}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| occupation = Actor
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}}Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993){{Cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/16936805/giulio_marchetti/|title=Giulio Marchetti (1911-1993)|website=data.bnf.fr|access-date=2020-04-07}} was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/Stock-Images/Rights-Managed/MDO-AA376978|title=Giulio Marchetti at a petrol station. Italian actor and TV host Giulio Marchetti (Giulio...|website=agefotostock|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}
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.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}
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.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}} He got a large popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}} He was also active, as a character actor, in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}
Marchetti is also well known in Italy as the presenter for many years of the show Giochi senza frontiere.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}. In the early 1970s he decided to abandon the showbusiness and became the owner of a service station.{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}
Partial filmography
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- 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)
- {{ill|Captain Typhoon|de|Käpt’n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli}} (1971) - Dr. Castell (uncredited)
- {{ill|Man spricht deutsh|de}} (1988) - Receptionist in high-class hotel (final film role)
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References
External links
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Category:Italian male film actors