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Virgilio Riento
Born: 29th Nov 1889 Roma, Italy - Died 7th Sep 1959
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 95
Film: 95 (100%)
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Filmography
1959
An actor fails to find success in the film world but falls in love with a theatre manager's daughter. ... view
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Oscaretto - il suggeritore
1959
Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The par ... view
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maresciallo
1958
Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fi ... view
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Gaspare
1958
An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life. ... view
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1958
Two women, Tina, who is a pizza chef, and Lisa, who runs a shop, can't stand each other, but they have a nephew and a daughter respectively, who love ... view
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Salvatore Scuoffolo
1958
A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person ... view
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1958
Lorella must marry Dr. Matteini, but when she goes to Naples to meet him, she meets Michele, who sings in restaurants. The fateful spark is ignited, a ... view
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1958
Tecla Cammarano, following a financial crisis that has made her situation precarious, leaves America and comes to Italy with her two lovely grandchild ... view
Character:
Eugenio
1957
Aldo, Vasco and "Smilzo" (Slim) are friends. They live with their parents and are training for boxing. But their real interest is in women. When casua ... view
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Achille, padre di Aldo
Original title: ll medico e lo stregone
1957
Francesco, a young doctor, is appointed doctor to the imaginary village of Pianetta in the province of Avellino, but is immediately in competition wit ... view
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Umberto
Original title: Poveri ma belli
1957
Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are p ... view
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Giovanna's father
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Rocco, chitarrista
1956
Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handba ... view
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Nicola, zio di Donatella
Original title: Tempo di villeggiatura
1956
Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end. ... view
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Brother Serafino
1956
A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket. ... view
Character:
Virgilio
Original title: Le diciottenni
1955
Love and jealousy in a female public school. Most of the co-eds are in love with professor La Rovere. One, Anna, accuses Maria to have an affair with ... view
Character:
Il portiere del collegio
Original title: Pane, amore e...
1955
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife. ... view
Character:
Don Emidio
Original title: La bella mugnaia
1955
A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after the miller's wife Carmela. The miller himself pla ... view
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Original title: Cantate con noi
1955
The old friends Nicola and Pasquale meet in the city after many years. The two, now married and with their children, try to marry their four children, ... view
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Pasquale
1955
Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friends and pretends to be ill. Left alone in the villa ... view
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Angelino
Original title: L'angelo bianco
1955
In this sequel to Nobody's Children, Guido still longs for Luisa, who has become a nun. Then he meets Lina, a chorus dancer who is a dead ringer for h ... view
Character:
Il dottor Marini
Original title: Il segno di Venere
1955
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her. ... view
Character:
Padre di Agnese
Original title: Pane, amore e gelosia
1954
The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily ... view
Character:
Don Emidio
Original title: I tre ladri
1954
Tapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarilla, one of his apprentices who has become better th ... view
Character:
Commissario Zannini
Original title: Cento anni d'amore
1954
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love s ... view
Character:
The Police Commissioner (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
Original title: Un giorno in pretura
1954
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters. ... view
Character:
Virgilio
Original title: Pane, amore e fantasia
1953
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky". ... view
Character:
Don Emidio
Original title: Café Chantant
1953
Sor Clemente escapes the surveillance of his wife and goes to attend a variety show. ... view
Character:
Zio Angelino
1953
Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on t ... view
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Gambalesta
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Cavalier Barbacane
Original title: Sangue sul sagrato
1952
Artist Pietro Leoni is preoccupied with feminine beauty. While walking near an old castle in Italy, he sees a young woman dive in the water from a roc ... view
Character:
Dovelli
1952
Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches. ... view
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Bartolomeo Porretti
1952
A young widow flees from her small town and moves to the seaside, where she falls for a fisherman. ... view
Character:
Il brigadiere Sante
Original title: Io, Amleto
1952
The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic. ... view
Character:
Anturio
Original title: Papà diventa mamma
1952
The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a series of problem for them. ... view
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Ambrogio
Original title: Totò a colori
1952
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea ... view
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Tiburzi
1952
To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more impressive apartment of a retired actor and arrang ... view
Character:
Cosimo Pedrozza
1951
A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire. ... view
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Caio
1951
A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind. ... view
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Augusto
Original title: Amor non ho! Però, però...
1951
Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way ... view
Character:
Il contadino alla bilancia
1951
Carlo wins some money and decides to go to Rome to celebrate, but he gets his money stolen on the train. He tries to find a friend of his for a loan. ... view
Character:
Cameriere
Original title: Bellezze a Capri
1951
The love story between Don Camillo's protégé and Don Violante's niece adds fuel to the rivalry between the two priests. ... view
Character:
maresciallo
1951
A ghost who has spent 400 years in a trunk because of a jealous husband tries to take revenge on a descendant of the man but all in all he's a good bl ... view
Character:
Barsilio, guardiano in seconda
1951
Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especi ... view
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maggiordomo
1951
A naive clerk finds himself involved in the theft of a ring containing a dangerous liquid. ... view
Character:
Proprietario Negozio
1951
The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the ... view
Character:
Il Guardiano
Original title: Bellezze in bicicletta
1951
Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a lift, but ... view
Character:
Il padre di Marco
Original title: Miracolo a Milano
1951
Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters a ... view
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Il sergente delle guardie
Original title: Donne e briganti
1950
Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also ... view
Character:
Brother Marco
1950
Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the ... view
Character:
Angelo Danati
1949
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Rom ... view
Character:
Pietro
1947
The owner of a cosmetics factory has made a contract with Radio Sibilla for the transmission of an evening program in which the products of his compan ... view
Character:
Scipione
Original title: Abbasso la ricchezza!
1946
Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her shop and moves to a magnificent villa which onc ... view
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Don Nicola
Original title: Abbasso la miseria!
1945
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamen ... view
Character:
Gaetano Schioppa
1945
A woman, a theatrical impresario, simulates the theft of a precious necklace for marketing purposes. A young singer living in the province is believed ... view
Character:
Roberto
Original title: Ho tanta voglia di cantare
1943
Rather than renouncing his artistic dreams and working in his father's company, a young man, who is vocally equipped, is content to perform at street ... view
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L'industriale
1943
An anthology of several segments about everyday Italian life. ... view
Character:
Original title: Non mi muovo!
1943
Former batsman Carlo Mezzetti, who has been left homeless with his daughter Annuccia, takes advantage of favorable situations and legal loopholes to f ... view
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1943
Count Alberto has lost his wealth at the gaming table, he wants to commit suicide but is stopped by a doctor who offers him an exchange, a week of lif ... view
Character:
Matteo Boccaloni
1943
Two half brothers, one a pilot, the other a repairman at the plane factory of their father, are in a disagreement due to the envy of the younger broth ... view
Character:
Pacini, il maresciallo della sussistenza
1942
In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality, arouses people's curiosity and gossip. The young m ... view
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Pallone, il bidello
Original title: Avanti c'è posto!
1942
A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome. ... view
Character:
Il controllore
Original title: Se io fossi onesto
1942
The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain ... view
Character:
direttore del carcere
1941
A comedy of errors where floundering pediatrician Pietro takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay for the debts of his high-spending girlfr ... view
Character:
Antonio Perticone
Character:
L'uffiziale giudiziario
Original title: I grandi magazzini
1939
In a massive department store the driver romances the shopgirl. The problem is that the manager also has his eye on her, and some employees seem to be ... view
Character:
Gaetano
Original title: Io, suo padre
1939
An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light m ... view
Character:
Il cavaliere
1938
A taxi driver finds a baby in his cab after the mother accidentally leaves him behind. ... view
Character:
Pasquale
Original title: Il signor Max
1937
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a ... view
Character:
Pepe