Before being absorbed by the cinema, he attended the prose theatre with Gramatica, Zacconi and the revue one, even as "capocomico".[1]
His unconfirmed biographical details, repeated by many sources, are that he was born in Bologna[1], on April 6th 1909, and died on February 11th 1990 in Ferrara.
I have found a number of undocumented roles for Aldo, so I'm sure there will be more, particularly from the 30's and 40's.
- Height: 1,79 m.
- Weight: 72 kg.
- Instruction: Technical Institute.
- Foreign languages: English, French (knowledge of Spanish and German).
- Abodes: Rome, via Rasella, 131 (1949); Rome, via del Tritone, 94 (1963).
- I pirati della Malesia …. Namur (uncredited)
1942 - Bengasi …. Australian soldier (uncredited)
1943 - Due cuori fra le belve …. Reporter (uncredited)
- Il treno crociato …. Soldier in the choir (uncredited)
- Tristi amori …. Ball guest (uncredited)
1944 - Il diavolo va in collegio …. Director (uncredited)
1948 - Fifa e arena …. Journalist (uncredited)
1950 - Tototarzan …. Train conductor (uncredited)
1951 - Messalina …. Guard of animals (uncredited)
- Quo Vadis …. Guard of animals (uncredited)
1954 - Accadde al commissariato …. Duranti (credited)
- Angela …. Doorman (credited)
- Attila …. Dominicus (credited)
- La schiava del peccato …. Police officer Gamberini (uncredited)
- Ulisse …. Polites (uncredited)
1955 - L'ultimo amante .... Nello, Giorgio's accomplice (uncredited)
- La storia di Carmen (TV movie) …. role? (credited)
- Proibito …. Taddei's lieutenant (uncredited)
1956 - Il bigamo …. Police officer in the park (uncredited)
- Suor Letizia …. Fisherman (credited)
1958 - Guardia, ladro e cameriera …. Pappalardo (uncredited)
- La legge è legge …. role? (credited)
- La mina …. Boat owner who wants to sell (credited)
- La spada e la croce …. Commander (credited)
- Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina …. Paid wedding guest (uncredited)
- Le fatiche di Ercole …. Tifi (credited)
1959 - Ben-Hur …. Guard arresting Judah (uncredited)
- Ercole e la regina di Lidia …. Tifi (credited)
- Il terrore dei barbari …. Barbarian (uncredited)
- La grana …. Inspector (uncredited)
- La notte del grande assalto …. Rinaldo (credited)
- Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) …. Metal worker (uncredited)
1960 - Esther and the King …. Captain of the guards (uncredited)
- Il conquistatore d'Oriente …. Chief prison guard (credited)
- Il sepolcro dei re …. Pharaoh's guard (uncredited)
- Jovanka e le altre …. Partisan (uncredited)
- Morgan il pirata …. Pirate who finds Ines (uncredited)
- Saffo - Venere di Lesbo …. Demetrio (uncredited)
- Signori si nasce …. role? (credited)
- Space Men …. Jackson (uncredited)
- The Angel Wore Red …. Chaplain (uncredited)
1961 - Francis of Assisi …. Sultan's bodyguard (uncredited)
- I fratelli Corsi …. Count Morny (credited)
- Il relitto …. Don (credited)
- La freccia d'oro …. Prince of Basora's General (uncredited)
- Orazi e Curiazi …. Officer who offers his sons to fight (uncredited)
- Psycosissimo …. Police officer (uncredited)
- Rosmunda e Alboino …. One of Alboino's men (credited)
1962 - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie …. Quintus Cicero (uncredited)
- Il tiranno di Siracusa …. Fencing master (uncredited)
- Lo sterminatore dei barbari …. Baron Berthold (credited)
- Ponzio Pilato …. Isacco (credited)
1963 - Brenno il nemico di Roma …. role? (credited)
- Ercole sfida Sansone …. Tifi (credited)
- Finché dura la tempesta …. Italian marine (uncredited)
- Giacobbe ed Esau …. role? (poster credit)
- Gidget goes to Rome …. Police officer arresting Gidget (uncredited)
- Goliath e la schiava ribelle …. High priest (credited)
- Il crollo di Roma …. Tullio's father (uncredited)
- Il segno di Zorro …. Man eating in the kitchen (uncredited)
- L'eroe di Babilonia …. Emissary of Ciro (uncredited)
- Obiettivo ragazze …. Policeman (uncredited)
- Vino, whisky e acqua salata …. Submarine officer (credited)
1964 - Gli schiavi più forti del mondo …. Gaio's lieutenant (credited)
- La vendetta di Spartacus …. Caio Rutilio (credited)
- Panic Button …. Workman (credited)
1965 - Erik il vichingo …. Viking priest (credited)
- Soldati e caporali …. Military doctor (credited)
- Teresa Confalonieri (1934) - ANICA
- Campo di maggio (1935) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949
- Il Conte di Bréchard (1937) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949
- Ai vostri ordini, signora... (1939) - ANICA
- Eravamo settbe vedove (1939) - ANICA as Marine
- La fanciulla di Portici (1940) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949
- Catene invisibili (1942) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949 as altro losco amico di Enrico
- Fra' Diavolo (1942) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949 as altro brigante. In the poor quality copies available it didn't seem like Aldo in this role, so I think better to wait for a better quality copy to appear to make sure. He is not credited.
- Il fanciullo del West (1942) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949 as John Donovan
- La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1942) - ANICA
- La maestrina (1942) - ANICA
- Quota 731 (1942) - Cineguida 1949
- Stasera niente di nuovo (1942) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949 as complice di Giorgio
- Un colpo di pistola (1942) - ANICA/Cineguida 1949. I looked through this one a couple of times without spotting Aldo, though the copy I found was not great. He is not credited.
- Un tiro en reserva (1942) - IMDb
- Barriera a settentrione (1950) - ANICA as milite guardia di finanza
- La catena dell'odio (1955) - ANICA as Nardi
- Malafemmena (1957) - ANICA as Defence lawyer
- Terrore sulla città (1957) - ANICA
- Cuori sul mare (1950) It is "Aldo Dini" who is credited, see below
- Perdonami! (1953) There is an "Aldo Dini" credited who some websites think is a mis-spelling of Pini, but with at least 4 credited roles it would appear that Dini is actually another actor (and possibly a generico!)
- Hanno rubato un tram (1954) ANICA with no role. I've been through this film pretty thoroughly without managing to find Aldo.
- Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) IMDb with no role. Does not appear. I assume that this film, which was released as "The Sword and the Cross" in English, has been confused with La spada e la croce (1958), in which Aldo does appear.
- I magnifici tre (1961) This one contains a credit for a "Lido Pini" which again some sources believe should belong to Aldo, but again he is nowhere to be seen so this is presumably yet another actor with a similar-sounding name.
- I due della legione (1962) This is another credit for "Aldo Dini".
- Sette contro tutti (1965) IMDb with no role. Does not appear. Maybe confused with his appearance in Gli schiavi più forti del mondo, aka Seven Slaves Against Rome?
1. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1949. 2. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1943. 3. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1956. 4. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1961. 5. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1963-64. |