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Vasco, Aldo

Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:47

Legge E Legge - Aldo Vasco2.jpg
Aldo Vasco, in La legge è legge (1958)

Aldo Vasco was a generico-actor who was active in Italian cinema from at least the late 1930s and until the mid 1970s.

Characterized by his intense, sunken eyes and slightly gorillaesque features, Aldo was frequently cast as policemen, but also as criminals or working class men. Although he was credited in a fair number of films (usually at the very bottom of the cast list), he mostly appeared in bit parts and usually - but not always - speaking a few lines.

Aldo landed a major role in the rare western Buffalo Bill a Roma (1950), but this appears to have made no impact on his career, and he was soon back to playing minor uncredited roles again. He did, however, appear in films for a number of prestigious directors such as Federico Fellini, René Clement, Alberto Lattuada, Christian-Jaque, Francesco Rosi and above all Luigi Zampa, whose films he was regularly cast in. He also appeared in four films in the Don Camillo film series - playing a different character in each one.

All online filmographies I've come across list L'onorevole Angelina (1947) as Aldo's earliest film, but the earliest appearance I've found from him is from ten years earlier, so there are no doubt many more 1940s and late 1930s roles just waiting to be discovered.

Filmography

1937
  1. Il feroce Saladino .... Man pretending to by hypnotized (uncredited)

    1941
  2. Marco Visconti .... Conspirator (uncredited)

    1947
  3. L'onorevole Angelina .... Policeman (uncredited)

    1950
  4. Buffalo Bill a Roma .... Pietro ( poster credit - role unconfirmed)
  5. È più facile che un cammello .... Policeman (credited)

    1951
  6. I sette nani alla riscossa .... Messenger (uncredited)

    1952
  7. Altri tempi - segment "Il tamburino sardo" .... Soldier (credited)

    1953
  8. Anni facili .... role? (credited)
  9. Riscatto .... Carabinieri officer (uncredited)

    1954
  10. Appassionatamente .... A miner (credited)
  11. Ballata tragica .... Bar patron (uncredited)
  12. Disonorata senza colpa .... Contraband officer (credited)
  13. Il mostro dell'isola .... Don Gaetano henchman playing cards (uncredited)
  14. Il seduttore .... Restaurant security guard (uncredited)
  15. La romana .... Police inspector (credited)
  16. La schiava del peccato .... Reporter (uncredited)
  17. Peccato che sia una canaglia .... Traffic policeman (uncredited)
  18. Prima di sera .... Angry farmer (uncredited)
  19. Scuola elementare .... Member of the teaching staff (uncredited)
  20. Un americano a Roma .... Nazi guard (uncredited)
  21. Un giorno in pretura .... Court house usher (uncredited)

    1955
  22. Bravissimo .... Farmer (uncredited)
  23. Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone .... Tasca, the sharecropper (uncredited)
  24. Il padrone sono me .... Protester at the gates (uncredited)
  25. Un giglio infranto .... Baron Zimmer's informant (uncredited)

    1956
  26. Canzone proibita .... Alpino soldier (uncredited)
  27. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere .... One of Giovanni's men (credited)
  28. Il bigamo .... Policeman in the court room (uncredited)
  29. Il cavaliere dalla spada nera .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
  30. Le schiave di Cartagine .... Arguing man in the senate (uncredited)
  31. Peccato di castità .... Police officer at the accident scene (uncredited)

    1957
  32. I vampiri .... Police agent (uncredited)
  33. Kean - Genio e sregolatezza .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
  34. Parola di ladro .... Man at the tavern (uncredited)
  35. Serenate per 16 bionde .... Audience member at music show (uncredited)

    1958
  36. I soliti ignoti .... Police officer who arrests Cosimo (uncredited)
  37. La legge è legge .... The brigadier (credited)
  38. La zia d'America va a sciare .... Officer in the hotel nightclub (uncredited)
  39. Ladro lui, ladra lei .... Maresciallo (uncredited)
  40. Le dritte .... Journalist (uncredited)
  41. Mia nonna poliziotto .... Member of the criminal gang (uncredited)
  42. Totò nella luna .... Prison guard (uncredited)

    1959
  43. Fantasmi e ladri .... Mario, one of the thieves (uncredited)
  44. Il magistrato .... Dock worker (credited)
  45. Il nemico di mia moglie .... Librarian (uncredited)
  46. Il terrore dei barbari .... Villager killed by barbarians (uncredited)
  47. Prepotenti più di prima .... Police officer at the train station (uncredited)
  48. Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito .... Domingo (uncredited)

    1960
  49. A noi piace freddo...!! .... Partisan in funeral procession (uncredited)
  50. L'impiegato .... Office clerk (uncredited)
  51. L'ultimo zar .... Doctor (uncredited)
  52. La dolce vita .... Father of the miracle children (uncredited)
  53. Salambò .... Captain of the prison guards (uncredited)

    1961
  54. Che gioia vivere .... Anarchist (uncredited)
  55. Costantino il grande .... Man helping to care for Hadrian (uncredited)
  56. Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo .... One of Peppone's men (uncredited)
  57. Il ladro di Bagdad .... Courtier (uncredited)
  58. Psycosissimo .... Security guard (uncredited)

    1963
  59. Io Semiramide .... Arriba (credited)
  60. Le mani sulla città .... Spectator in parliament (uncredited)
  61. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo .... Red guard (uncredited)
  62. Zorro e i tre moschettieri .... Nobleman at the ball (uncredited)

    1964
  63. Gli invincibili fratelli Maciste .... Overseer of the temple construction (uncredited)
  64. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo .... Slave who falls from the aquaduct (uncredited)
  65. La rivolta dei pretoriani .... Calpurnio (uncredited)
  66. The Visit .... Villager (uncredited)

    1965
  67. I grandi condottieri .... Father of Samson (uncredited)
  68. Il compagno Don Camillo .... A socialist comrade (credited)

    1967
  69. Arriva Dorellik .... One of the Duponts (uncredited)
  70. L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Porter at cigar factory (uncredited)

    1970
  71. Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? .... Doctor (credited)
  72. Satiricosissimo .... Chariot cleaner (uncredited)

    1972
  73. Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi .... Ticket taker at dance hall (credited)

    1973
  74. Bisturi la mafia bianca .... Hospital nurse (credited)
  75. Ludwig .... Priest (uncredited)

Additional credits
  • Trois filles dans le vent (1981) .... seen in footage taken from Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (re-used footage)

More Aldo!
There are a few more titles that Aldo is listed with in appearing that I have been unable to find copies of, so here are some more to look for...
  • In amore si pecca in due (1953) - ANICA
  • Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1953) - ANICA
  • Vestire gli ignudi (1954) - ANICA
  • Luna nova (1955) - ANICA
  • Accadde di notte (1956) - ANICA
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Re: Aldo Vasco

Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:50

Marco Visconti (1941) as Conspirator

The earliest role I've found for Aldo is just a small non-speaking part, but he does get a pretty great close-up.
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:52

L'onorevole Angelina (1947) as Policeman

The first on many Luigi Zampa films that Aldo appeared in.
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:56

Buffalo Bill a Roma (1950) as Pietro (role to be confirmed)

I've not been able to find a copy of this very rare early Italian western, but Aldo is pictured and credited in both the fotobusta and the poster below. He is fourth billed and this appears to have been the biggest role of his career.
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:58

É più facile che un cammello (1950) credited, as Policeman

Another appearance in a Luigi Zampa film.
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 2:59

I sette nani alla riscossa (1951) as Messenger
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 3:01

Altri tempi (1952) - segment "Il tamburino sardo", credited, as Soldier
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 3:02

Appassionatamente (1954) credited, as A miner
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 3:04

Ballata tragica (1954) as Bar patron
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Post by Johan Melle » 04/04/2021, 3:05

Disonorata senza colpa (1954) credited, as Contraband officer
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