Giovanni Baghino, most often credited as Gianni, was a bit part actor working consistantly in Italian films from the late 1940’s until his death in 1995. His floppy black hair (grey from the mid-70’s onwards) and thick eyebrows should make him easily identifiable. Like Mimmo Poli, who he frequently appeared in films with, Gianni often had small speaking parts, but the great majority of these roles were uncredited.
His unconfirmed biographical details, found on all the usual sources, are that he was born on June 25th 1919 in Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy and died in the same location on April 23rd 1995, aged 75. He was credited on a number of occasions with his surname spelled "Bachino", so there's a possibility that could be his real name.
There will certainly be more titles to be discovered for Gianni.
- Il passatore .... Bandit (uncredited)
1948 - Fifa e arena .... Guitar player (uncredited)
1949 - Anselmo ha fretta / La sposa non può attendere .... Man with the bicycle (uncredited)
- La fiamma che non si spegne .... Member of the criminal gang (uncredited)
1951 - La città si difende .... Hoodlum (uncredited)
- Sette ore di guai .... Pastry delivery man (uncredited)
1953 - L'amore in città - segment: "Tentato suicidio" .... Man with interviewed suicide survivor (uncredited)
- Via Padova 46 .... Pool player (uncredited)
1954 - Il seduttore .... Seller of liqueurs and pastries (uncredited)
- L'arte di arrangiarsi .... Mental patient (uncredited)
- Un americano a Roma .... Theatre patron (uncredited)
- Un giorno in pretura .... Fruit thief (uncredited)
1955 - Accadde al penitenziario .... Burglar (uncredited)
- Buonanotte... avvocato! .... Husband of amputee woman (uncredited)
- Il bidone .... Shanty town dweller (uncredited)
- Il coraggio .... Man in crowd (uncredited)
- La donna più bella del mondo .... Emilio (uncredited)
- La ladra .... The lookout (uncredited)
- Lo scapolo .... Bus passenger (uncredited)
- Piccola posta .... Greengrocer (uncredited)
- Totò e Carolina .... Marco (uncredited)
- Un eroe dei nostri tempi .... Bomb maker (uncredited)
1956 - Amaramente .... The brigadier (credited)
- Il cavaliere dalla spada nera .... Luca (credited)
- Maruzzella .... Man in Piazza Navona (uncredited)
- Mio figlio Nerone .... Man who hissed at the spectacular (uncredited)
- Ragazzi di Trastevere (Short film) .... Sartafossi (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1957 - La ragazza del palio .... role? (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Le notti di Cabiria .... Cross bearer (uncredited)
- Padri e figli... .... Man in football stadium (uncredited)
- Primo applauso .... Angry car driver (credited)
- Rascel-Fifì .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
- Susanna tutta panna .... Brigadier (uncredited)
1958 - Afrodite, Dea dell'amore .... Guard (uncredited)
- Ladro lui, ladra lei .... Longo (uncredited)
- Mia nonna poliziotto .... Member of the criminal gang (uncredited)
- Ricordati di Napoli .... Client in Taxi Girls nightclub (uncredited)
1959 - Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti .... Football supporter (uncredited)
- Il cavaliere del castello maledetto .... Soldier (uncredited)
- Il Generale Della Rovere .... Scalise (uncredited)
- Il mondo dei miracoli .... Camera assistant (uncredited)
- La grande guerra .... Soldier on train (uncredited)
- L'arciere Nero .... role? (credited as "Giovanni Baghino")
- Noi siamo due evasi .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- Uomini e nobiluomini .... Preacher (credited as Giovanni Bachino)
1960 - I baccanali di Tiberio .... Competitor in the contest (credited as Giovanni Bachino)
- Il gobbo .... Man kidnapping Nella (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Il mattatore .... René (uncredited)
- La dolce vita .... Man caught in the downpour (uncredited)
- I pirati della costa (credited) .... Sailor (uncredited)
1961 - A noi piace freddo .... Partisan (uncredited)
- Drakut il vendicatore .... Sander (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Il carabiniere a cavallo .... Audello, a flea market seller (uncredited)
- Il segreto dello sparviero nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
- Il terrore dei mari .... Jack (credited)
- I fratelli corsi .... role? (uncredited)
- La vendetta di Ursus .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita .... Thief (uncredited)
- Una spada nell'ombra .... Gypsy (credited)
1962 - Totò diabolicus .... Gigi "the scarred" (uncredited)
- Una vita violenta .... Rioter hiding in the hospital / actor in "film within the film" (uncredited)
1963 - Ercole contro Moloch .... Prison guard (uncredited)
- Golia e il cavaliere mascherato .... Goha, the treasurer (credited)
- I due colonnelli .... Barefoot soldier (uncredited)
- Il monaco di Monza .... Drunkard (uncredited)
- Il segno del coyote .... Commissioner (uncredited)
- Totò contro i quattro .... Gratta (uncredited)
- Totosexy .... Prisoner (credited as G. Medici Bachino)
- Ursus nella terra di fuoco .... Spectator at the contest of strength (uncredited)
- Zorro contro Maciste .... Guard (credited)
1964 - Amore facile .... Tourist guide (uncredited)
- Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia .... Prison guard (uncredited)
- Il colosso di Roma .... Etruscan soldier (uncredited)
- Il segreto del vestito rosso .... Dino's neighbour (credited?)
- Sansone contro il Corsaro Nero .... Rodrigo's spy (credited)
- Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas .... Cowboy in saloon (uncredited)
1965 - Il mistero dell'isola maledetta .... Pirate (uncredited)
1967 - Assalto al tesoro di stato .... Ahmed (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- L'indomabile Angelica .... Banker at slave auction (uncredited)
- Wanted .... Man guarding Billy Baker (uncredited)
1968 - Non cantare spara (TV mini-series) - eps. 5 & 8 (credited as "Giovanni Baghino" but not found)
- Spara, Gringo, spara .... Barman who goes for the sheriff (uncredited)
- Straziami ma di baci saziami .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
- Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire .... Townsman (uncredited)
1969 - Il triangolo rosso (TV series) S. 2, ep. 5: "La luce bianca" .... Bus driver (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Zenabel .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
1970 - F.B.I. Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore (TV series) - ep. 5: "Labbra serrate" .... Guest at the reception (uncredited)
- I clowns .... Man in circus ring (uncredited)
- Le castagne sono buone .... Man at flea market (uncredited)
- Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale .... Role not found (credited as Giovanni Bachino)
1971 - Detenuto in attesa di giudizio .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi .... Prisoner (uncredited)
1973 - Polvere di stelle .... Spectator at Teatro Caracioni (uncredited)
- Rugantino .... Guard officer (uncredited)
- Vogliamo i colonnelli .... Paramilitary disguised as a carabiniere (uncredited)
1974 - C'eravamo tanto amati .... Man at the Trevi fountain film shoot (uncredited)
1975 - Due cuori una cappella .... Tonino (credited)
1976 - Brutti, sporchi e cattivi .... Shanty town dweller attacking the police (uncredited)
- Il comune senso del pudore .... Himself (uncredited)
- Polvere di stelle .... Spectator at Teatro Caracioni (uncredited)
- Sturmtruppen .... Role not found (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1977 - Un borghese piccolo piccolo .... role? (uncredited)
1978 - Return of the Saint (TV series, episode 5: The Village That Sold It's Soul) .... Mario (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1979 - Buone notizie .... Fortune teller on TV (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- I viaggiatori della sera .... Holiday village guest who wins the lottery (uncredited)
- Il malato immaginario .... Role not found (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1980 - Arrivano i gatti .... Rivetti (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Io e Caterina .... Man with luggage cart exiting airport (uncredited)
- Un uomo da ridere (TV mini-series, episode 2) .... Bachino (credited as Giovanni Bachino)
1981 - Il Marchese del Grillo .... Man who gets arrested (uncredited)
1982 - In viaggio con papà .... Passerby involved to defend the seagull (uncredited)
1983 - F.F.S.S. Cioè... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? .... One of Fellini's faces (uncredited)
- Il tassinaro .... Taxi driver (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1984 - Tutti dentro .... Man arrested in bed (uncredited)
1985 - Le due vite di Mattia Pascal .... Policeman (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Mi faccia causa .... Lazio supporter at Oreste and Valfredo's trial (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Mussolini and I (TV mini-series, episode 3) .... Prison warden (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1986 - Ginger e Fred .... Server at the studio canteen (uncredited)
- Troppo forte .... Court usher (uncredited)
1987 - I picari .... Tavern keeper (uncredited)
1990 - Il male oscuro .... Role not found (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- La primavera di Michelangelo (TV mini series) - episode 3 .... Builder (credited as Giovanni Bachino)
1991 - Classe di ferro (TV series, season 2, episode 8: Licenza ordinaria) .... role? (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
- Rossini! Rossini! .... Spectator in Argentine theatre (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1993 - Mario, Maria e Mario .... Bar proprietor (credited as Giovanni Baghino)
1995 - Romanzo di un giovane povero .... Man at the funeral (uncredited)
- 11 uomini e un pallone (1948) ANICA
- Suor Maria (1955) ANICA
- Serenata al vento (1956) ANICA
- Perfide ma belle (1957) ANICA
- Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952) Listed by IMDb, no role
- Gastone (1960) Listed by IMDb, no role
- Il boss (1973) Listed by ANICA
- Viaggio con Anita (1978) Listed by ANICA