Ezio Rossi is a little known actor who worked in Italian film and television for more than 40 years, but about whom absolutely nothing is known.
ANICA lists seven film appearances for him, with the earliest one being Campo di maggio (1935). The other films are all from 1952-55, plus one from 1961. He apparently worked as a generico, appearing in mostly uncredited roles during the 1930s and 40s.
From the mid 1950s and onward, he worked almost exclusively in television, playing credited roles in an impressive amount of TV movies and series up until the mid 1970s. Yet despite being credited, his roles never amounted to much more than that of a generico - nearly always lasting just a few seconds and limited to a single scene. He would often be listed at the end of the cast lists with the additional actors whose roles are unspecified.
Ezio is sometimes difficult to recognize due to the wigs, fake beards and costumes he was outfitted with, but he can be recognized (provided that the print is sufficiently sharp) by a characterisitic wart on his right cheek.
So far I've only found credited roles for Ezio, but there's surely a lot of uncredited work from the 1940s etc to be uncovered.
- Roma ore 11 .... Giorgetta's father (credited)
1953 - La voce del silenzio .... Priest (credited)
1955 - Il conte Aquila .... Farmer (credited)
1957 - Questa sera si recita a soggetto (TV movie) .... Club patron (credited)
1958 - Aprite: Polizia! (TV series) Ep. 2: "Jazz freddo" .... Croupier (credited)
- Canne al venti (TV mini-series) Ep. 4 .... Doctor (credited)
- Umiliati e offesi (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Schultz (credited)
1959 - Il romanzo di un maestro (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Old school master (credited)
1960 - L'ultimo zar .... Nobleman (uncredited)
- La pisana (TV movie) .... role unknown (credited)
- Ragazza mia (TV mini-series) Ep.1 .... The banker (credited)
- Tutto da rifare pover'uomo (TV series) Ep. 3 .... The traveller (credited)
1961 - Giallo club (TV series) S. 4, ep. 2, "Omicidio quiz" .... Doctor Cousin (credited)
1962 - Il mondo è una prigione (TV movie) .... Prisoner (credited)
- Più rosa che giallo (TV series) Ep. 5: "La signora della collana" .... Gregory Overside (credited)
- Una tragedia americana (TV mini-series) Eps. 5, 6 (credited, but not found)
1963 - La sciarpa (TV mini-series) Eps. 1, 3, 4 .... First worker (credited)
- Ritorna il tenente Sheridan (TV series) S. 1, ep. 2, "Una dote per Ghita" .... Lawrence Bennet (credited)
1964 - Gli equivoci di una notte (1964) (TV movie) .... Role unknown (credited)
- I grandi camaleonti (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... The dean (credited)
- I miserabili (TV mini-series) Ep. 9: "Ponine" .... Doorman (credited)
- Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) Ep.: "Un'ombra su Maigret" .... One of Dandurand's associates (credited)
- Vita di Michelangelo (TV mini-series) Ep. 2 .... The bishop (credited, but not found)
1965 - Scaramouche (TV mini-series) - episode 2 .... Master of ceremonies (credited)
1966 - Le avventure di Laura Storm (TV series) - season 2, ep. 1: "Il tredicesimo coltello" .... Stagehand (credited)
- Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) - ep.: "L'ombra cinese" .... Doctor (credited)
1967 - Caravaggio (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Hospital cook (credited)
- Il triangolo rosso (TV series) S. 1, ep. 3: “Corte d’Assise" .... Gualtierotti (credited)
- Vita di Cavour (TV mini-series) Ep. 2 .... First minister (credited)
1968 - Il circolo Pickwick (TV mini-series) Ep. 4 .... Judge (credited)
- L'inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) Ep.: "Il cadavere scomparso" .... Hospital porter (credited)
- La donna di quadri (TV mini-series) Ep. 3 .... Majordomo (credited)
- Lazarillo (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... role? (credited)
1969 - I fratelli Karamazov (TV mini-series) Eps. 1, 4 .... Orthodox monk (credited)
- Il triangolo rosso (TV series) S. 2, ep. 2: “La fuga" .... Old man (credited)
1970 - Papà Goriot (TV mini-series) Eps.1, 2 .... Boarding house lodger (credited)
1971 - ...e le stelle stanno a guardare (TV mini-series) Ep. 6 .... Spectator at the trial (credited)
1972 - All'ultimo minuto (TV series) - season 2, ep. 3: "Il rapido delle 13.30" .... Train passenger (credited)
- I demoni (TV mini-series) Ep. 4 .... Second gentleman (credited, but not found)
- Il sospetto (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Bookstore clerk (credited)
1973 - Qui squadra mobile (TV series) S. 1, ep. 6: "Senza difesa" .... Dog walker (credited)
- Vino e pane (TV mini-series) Ep. 4 .... Client of the "Girasole" (credited)
1974 - Il commissario De Vincenzi (TV series) S. 1, ep. 1: "Il candelabro a sette fiamme" .... Old train passenger (credited)