About Ernesto Colli
Lived 1940 – 1982 (aged 42). Ernesto Colli was an Italian actor, film actor, stage actor and television actor.
Ernesto Colli (16 May 1940 – 19 November 1982) was an Italian film, television and stage actor.
Life and career Born in Biella, Colli graduated from liceo classico, then he started acting in some amateur dramatics and starred in two lost Super 8 films. After one year of university he decided to abandon his studies to enroll the Fersen drama school in Rome. and Deadly Inheritance.
The last role he played was that of a porter of a stable in Rome, in the movie Pierino La Peste Alla Riscossa!, shot a few months before his death and in which he already appeared with the face and the physique excavated by disease.
Selected filmography
1960s Il morbidone (1965) - Monsignor's man (uncredited) Pleasant Nights (1966) - Baccio The Devil in Love (1966) Deadly Inheritance (1968) - Janot Lucrezia (1968) - Ambassador Veletto Spirits of the Dead (1968) - One of the Manetti brothers - director (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited) Faustina (1968) - Vespasiano - Lover of Faustina's mother Italiani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (1969) The Conspiracy of Torture (1969) - Chief Guard (uncredited)
1970s Belle d'amore (1970) - Magnaccia (uncredited) Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970) Lady Caliph (1970) - A worker La Poudre d'escampette (1971) Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Gigi Per amore o per forza (1971) Maddalena (1971) Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971) - Parking attendant Caliber 9 (1972) - Alfredo Bertolon (1972) Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! (1972) - Dr. Torres Decameron nº 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) - Renutio (segment "The Mummy") Winged Devils (1972) - Lieutenant Ernesto del Prete The Infamous Column (1972) - Judge Rugantino (1973) Torso (1973) - Gianni Tomasso, the scarf vendor Non ho tempo (1973) Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973) - Patient on the bus Seven Hours of Violence (1973) - Tomassian Buona parte di Paolina (1973) Claretta and Ben (1974) - Remengo The Antichrist (1974) - Possessed man Bello come un arcangelo (1974) - Cicillo, sacristan Autopsy (1975) - Ivo The Suspect (1975) - Party functionary in Paris Giubbe rosse (1975) - Photographer (uncredited) The Peaceful Age (1975) - House painter Go Gorilla Go (1975) - The watchman of Builder's Yard (uncredited) Illustrious Corpses (1976) - Detective on night duty Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) - Roschetto Meet Him and Die (1976) - Settecapelli (Seven hairs) Puttana galera! (1976) Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (1978) - News anchor (uncredited) Il Porno Shop Della Settima Strada (1979) - Bob Switch (1979) - The sick Pierino la Peste Alla Riscossa! (1982) - Doorman of Via Piccolomini
1980s Porca vacca (1982) - (final film role)
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Who was Ernesto Colli?
Italian actor
When was Ernesto Colli born?
Ernesto Colli was born on 16 May 1940 in Biella.
When did Ernesto Colli die?
Ernesto Colli died on 19 November 1982 in Rome.
What was Ernesto Colli's occupation?
Ernesto Colli was an actor, film actor, stage actor and television actor.
What nationality was Ernesto Colli?
Ernesto Colli was Italian.
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