Folco Lulli

Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970.

Life and career Born in Florence, the son of the baritone Gino Lulli and the elder brother of actor Piero, in 1936 Lulli took part in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War as the commander of a group of Ethiopian troops. In 1943, he entered the Italian resistance movement and became a partisan; Captured by the Nazis, he was deported to Germany but managed to escape and move to the Soviet Union. The critical and commercial success of the film secured Lulli a long career as a character actor, equally split between villain and working-class roles. In 1964, he was awarded the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Mario Monicelli's The Organizer. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with Gente d'onore. He was also active on stage and television.

Lulli died on 23 May 1970 from embolism while hospitalized to treat thrombophlebitis.

Selected filmography

The Bandit (1946) - Andrea The White Primrose (1947) Flesh Will Surrender (1947) - Carlini Tragic Hunt (1947) - Un fattore The Captain's Daughter (1947) - Zulai (uncredited) Bullet for Stefano (1947) - Il monco How I Lost the War (1947) - Ufficiale americano sul ponte The White Devil (1947) Crossroads of Passion (1948) - Viù Without Pity (1948) - Giacomo Escape to France (1948) - Riccardo Torre L'eroe della strada (1948) - Operaio turbulento Vertigine d'amore (1949) - Luca / France: Romain Toucas A Night of Fame (1949) - Ramirez Toto Looks for a House (1949) - Turco How I Discovered America (1949) - Il signorotto Hawk of the Nile (1950) - Ibrahim No Peace Under the Olive Tree (1950) - Agostino Bonfiglio Variety Lights (1950) - Adelmo Conti Brief Rapture (1951) - Meccanico caposquadra della stazione Love and Blood (1951) - Pietro Shadows Over Naples (1951) - Pietro Tragic Serenade (1951) - Don Vincenzo Matturini Nobody's Children (1951) - Anselmo Vannini Lorenzaccio (1951) - Scoronconcalo In Olden Days (1952) - Secondo contadino toscano (segment "Questione d'interesse") Falsehood (1952) - Rocco La colpa di una madre (1952) - Enrico Prisoners of Darkness (1952) - Amedeo Pisani Infame accusa (1953) - Giovannino The Wages of Fear (1953) - Luigi Jeunes mariés (1953) - L'aubergiste Riscatto (1953) - Il Maremmano Noi cannibali (1953) - Tongo Island Sinner (1954) - Don Pietro Ingarsia Non vogliamo morire (1954) - Carter Maddalena (1954) - Domenico, il bovaro Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Don Raffaele Submarine Attack (1954) - Nostromo, First Mate The Air of Paris (1954) - Angelo Posi Acque amare (1954) - Nightclub Owner (uncredited) Orient Express (1954) - Filippo dal Pozzo The Count of Monte Cristo (1954, part 1, 2) - Jacopo (1955) - Hussein The Star of Rio (1955) - Mario Rice Girl (1956) - Pietro Guerrini We're All Necessary (1956) - Iniesta, un ladrón (1956) - Carlo Ferrelli The House of Intrigue (1956) - King Kong Kaarden Io, Caterina (1957) - Nobile Tolomei An Eye for an Eye (1957) - Bortak The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) - Don Bernardo El hereje (1958) The Sky Burns (1958) - Tazzoli (1958) - Sciacciabratta Polikuschka (1958) - Polikuschka Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Zemanzius - Zenobia's Prime Minister Délit de fuite (1959) - Franco Wolves of the Deep (1959) - Nostromo The Great War (1959) - Bordin Marie of the Isles (1959) - Le capitaine Le Fort La nuit des traqués (1959) - Lino The Regattas of San Francisco (1960) - Luigi, le père de Lidia Under Ten Flags (1960) - Paco Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) - Pachiderma The Huns (1960) - Igor Esther and the King (1960) - Tobiah Vacanze in Argentina (1960) - Giovannino Fioravanti Spade senza bandiera (1961) - Diego Benvenuti di Pianora The Tartars (1961) - Togrul Rome 1585 (1961) - Fra Silenzio Oh Islam (1961) - Prince Aktai Romulus and the Sabines (1961) - King Titus Tazio Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Viking King Harald La Fayette (1962) - Le Boursier Venus Against the Son of Hercules (1962) Warriors Five (1962) - Marzi Dulcinea (1962) - Sancho Panza Un alibi per morire (1962) The Shortest Day (1963) - Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) - José The Organizer (1963) - Pautasso Revenge of the Musketeers (1963) - Cardinal Mazarini Les Parias de la gloire (1964) - Blosky Last Plane to Baalbek (1964) - John Volpi Oltraggio al pudore (1964) - Gabriele's Father Black Humor (1965) - Count Ripoli (segment 3 'La cornacchia') Marco the Magnificent (1965) - Spinello, Venetian Merchant For Love and Gold (1966) - Pecoro Lightning Bolt (1966) - Mr. Rehte The Murderer with the Silk Scarf (1966) - Polizeirat Erwin Moll Le Grand Restaurant (1966) - Le président Novalès Blockhead (1966) - Testa Di Rapa The Viscount (1967) - Rico Barone Gente d'onore (1967) - Turi The Longest Hunt (1968) - Don Hernando Gutierrez Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968) - Colonel Bob Ford Mercanti di vergini (1969) Baltagul (1969) - oierul Bogza A Golden Widow (1969) - Le Sicilien - un tueur Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969) - Le patron d'Eric Raptus (1969) - Avv. Montani L'âne de Zigliara (1970) Tre nel mille (1971) - (final film role)