Mario Siletti

{{Short description|Italian actor (1903–1964}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mario Siletti

| image = Mario Siletti in Kansas City Confidential.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Siletti in Kansas City Confidential (1952)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|07|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Turin, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|04|19|1903|07|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| other_names =

| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1932–1965

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portrayed a recurring character, Charlie Carlotti, on the American television series, Hazel. In April 1964, he was killed in a Los Angeles automobile collision caused by a drunk driver. Siletti's pregnant wife was also critically injured in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested for felony manslaughter.{{cite news|title=TV Actor Dies in Crash|newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Citizen-News|date=April 20, 1964|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93500572/siletti/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1946

|The Razor's Edge

|Miner

|Uncredited

1947

|Escape Me Never

|Gondolier

|Uncredited

rowspan="5"|1949

|House of Strangers

|Minor Role

|Uncredited

Thieves' Highway

|Pietro

|Uncredited

The Doctor and the Girl

|Mr. Crisani, Tony's Father

|Uncredited

Everybody Does It

|Italian Opera Singer

|Uncredited

East Side, West Side

|Mr. Sistina

|Uncredited

rowspan="7"|1950

|Black Hand

|Benny Danetta / Nino

|

Under My Skin

|Italian Officer

|Uncredited

The Reformer and the Redhead

|Guest at Italian-American Rally

|Uncredited

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

|Captain

|Uncredited

Crisis

|General Valdini

|Uncredited

A Lady Without Passport

|Cafe Proprietor

|Uncredited

The Man Who Cheated Himself

|Machetti

|

rowspan="10"|1951

|The Enforcer

|Louis - Vetto's Barber

|Uncredited

Stop That Cab

|Giuseppe Moscadella

|

Go for Broke!

|Italian Farmer

|Uncredited

The Great Caruso

|Papa Caruso

|

The House on Telegraph Hill

|Tony, the Grocer

|

Night Into Morning

|Tony - the Barber

|Uncredited

Strictly Dishonorable

|Luigi

|

Force of Arms

|Signor Maduvalli

|Uncredited

Anne of the Indies

|Slave Market Auctioneer

|

The Light Touch

|Hotel Manager

|Uncredited

rowspan="7"|1952

|Belles on Their Toes

|Albert - the Barber

|Uncredited

When in Rome

|Luigi Lugucetti

|

Clash by Night

|Bartender

|Uncredited

Diplomatic Courier

|Russian

|Uncredited

Captain Pirate

|Gen. Chavez

|Uncredited

Kansas City Confidential

|Tomaso

|

My Cousin Rachel

|Caretaker

|Uncredited

rowspan="8"|1953

|Girls in the Night

|Bruno, Charlie's Friend in Bar

|Uncredited

Taxi

|Amato

|Uncredited

Thunder Bay

|Louis Chighizola

|

So This Is Love

|{{proper name|Guilio}} Gatti-Casazza

|Uncredited

The Caddy

|Mr. Poletti

|Uncredited

Big Leaguer

|Mr. Polachuk

|

Wings of the Hawk

|Marco

|

Hot News

|Dominic

|

rowspan="3"|1954

|The Great Diamond Robbery

|Italian

|Uncredited

Cardinal Lambertini

|Butler

|

Three Coins in the Fountain

|Bartender

|Uncredited

rowspan="5"|1955

|East of Eden

|Mr. Piscora

|Uncredited

Hell's Island

|Surgeon

|

Bring Your Smile Along

|Ricardo

|

The Naked Street

|Antonio Cardini

|

Hell on Frisco Bay

|Fisherman

|Uncredited

rowspan="2"|1956

|Serenade

|Sanroma

|Uncredited

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

|Carriage Driver

|Uncredited

rowspan="2"|1957

|Designing Woman

|Andrucci

|Uncredited

Man in the Shadow

|Tony Santoro

|

1960

|Pay or Die

|Enzo Loria

|

1961

|The Honeymoon Machine

|Italian Chief of Police

|Uncredited

rowspan="3"|1963

|Johnny Cool

|Giacomo

|Uncredited

4 for Texas

|Bedoni

|

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