Salvatore Furnari was a dwarf actor active in Italian films from at least the start of the 1940's until the early 1980's.
Of the many dwarf actors who worked in Italian cinema, Salvatore enjoyed by far the lengthiest career, and, at least in the 50's and 60's, had the highest profile, being particularly popular in the peplum genre. While the majority of his roles were inevitably defined by his size, occasionally, such as in I cento cavalieri, he would play roles where this was not relevant.
Sadly, despite him being a familiar face, there are no biographical details currently known.
I have found a few undocumented roles for Salvatore and I am sure there should be more to be discovered.
- Nascita di Salomè .... Dwarf (credit unknown)
1946 - Partenza ore 7 .... The dwarf (credited as "Salvatore")
1951 - I sette nani alla riscossa .... Toto (credited)
- O.K. Nero .... Dwarf (uncredited)
1953 - Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente .... Dwarf (uncredited)
1954 - La cortigiana di Babilonia .... Dwarf who receives golden cup (uncredited)
1958 - La rivolta dei gladiatori .... Astarte (credited)
1959 - Le legioni di Cleopatra .... Mark Anthony's mute dwarf companion (credited)
- Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia .... Dwarf (uncredited)
1960 - I giganti della Tessaglia .... Dwarf companion of Argo's father (credited)
- Il principe fusto .... Dwarf waiter at the cocktail party (uncredited)
- La vendetta di Ercole .... Dwarf friend of Hercules (credited)
- Tu che ne dici? .... Baby Little (credited)
1961 - Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide .... Timoteo (credited)
- Il conquistatore di Maracaibo .... Vileno (credited)
1962 - Le 7 fatiche di Alì Babà .... Setel (credited)
- Vulcano, figlio di Giove .... Geo (credited)
1964 - I cento cavalieri .... Bandit leader (credited)
- La rivolta dei pretoriani .... Elpidion (credited)
1965 - Vita di Dante (TV mini-series) ep. 3 .... The fool (credited)
1966 - Il Natale che quasi non fu .... Elf (credited)
1969 - Dio perdoni la mia pistola .... Burt (uncredited)
- Femina ridens .... Dwarf (uncredited)
- I lupi (TV movie) .... The spy (credited)
1971 - I quattro pistoleri di Santa Trinità .... Ned (credited)
- I racconti di Padre Brown (TV series) ep. 5: "I tre strumenti di morte" .... The very small drunk (credited)
1972 - Il sospetto (TV mini-series) ep. 2 .... Creepy dwarf in the window (uncredited)
- Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento .... Barman (credited)
1973 - Kid il monello del west .... The dwarf (credited)
- La torta in cielo .... Excellency (credited)
1974 - Orlando Furioso (TV mini-series) eps. 3, 4 .... Dwarf of Doralice (credited)
- Sotto il placido Don (TV mini-series) ep. 4 .... Mime actor (credited)
1975 - Gamma (TV mini-series) eps. 1, 2 .... Pisolo (credited)
- L'arbre de Guernica .... Dwarf seeking equality (credited)
- Mondo candido .... Dwarf under the table (uncredited)
1976 - Il vangelo secondo Simone e Matteo .... The cashier's partner (uncredited)
- La principessa sul pisello .... Mosciolo (credited)
- Movie Rush - La febbre del cinema .... Dwarf in the holding cell (uncredited)
1977 - Maschio latino cercasi .... Nanninella (uncredited)
- Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) eps. 1, 2 .... Dancing dwarf (uncredited)
- Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer .... Von Buttiglione's bodyguard (uncredited)
1978 - Pugni, dollari e spinaci .... Goliath (credited)
- Quando c'era lui... caro lei! .... Vittorio Emanuele III (credited)
1979 - Caligola .... Dwarf (uncredited)
- Giallo napoletano .... Agostino Ampolla (credited)
1980 - La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello .... Dwarf in erotic dream sequence (uncredited)
1983 - 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York .... Dwarf rebel gang member (uncredited)
- Fuga dal Bronx (credited but not found)
- Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941) ANICA as Dwarf
- Arriviamo noi! (1942) ANICA as Dwarf
- Destino (1951) IMDb as Sansone
- La prima notte di nozze (1976) ANICA
- Una donna di notte (1979) ANICA
- ...E si salvò solo l'aretino Pietro con una mano avanti e l'altra dietro (1972) IMDb as Farfarello. I have been through this film numerous times without ever finding Salvatore