Rizzo, Alfredo


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Post by PeplumParadise » 21/10/2021, 8:43

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Alfredo Rizzo in Cineguida 1963-64
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Alfredo Rizzo in Cineguida 1949
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Alfredo Rizzo in Cineguida 1956
Alfredo Rizzo was a small part actor and, latterly, also a director and screenwriter. He was active in Italian films at least from the late 1930's until the mid-1980's.

Alfredo was born on January 2nd 1902 to Italian parents in Nice, France. He was the older brother of actor Carlo Rizzo.

All sources say he made his film debut in 1939, opposite Macario in Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei?. He worked steadily in films from the mid-1940's and throughout the 50’s and 60’s, appearing regularly for directors as diverse as Fellini and Luigi Batzella and he was a particular favourite of comedians Franco and Ciccio, with whom he appeared in at least 11 films.

In the 1970’s, and in his 70’s, Alfredo belatedly launched a second career as a director and story writer, mainly of erotic comedies.

He died in Rome on September 6th 1991, aged 89[5].

I have found a few undocumented roles for Alfredo, so there are probably more to be discovered.

Biographical note[1, 2, 3, 4]

  • Birthplace: Nizza (France).
  • Height: 1,72 m.
  • Weight: 70 kg.
  • Instruction: Classical lyceum.
  • Acting school: National Academy of Dramatic Art.
  • Foreign languages: French, English.
  • Dubbing.
  • Revue theater (even as "capocomico")
  • Abode: Rome, via Frattina, 78 (1949-'56); Rome, via Capo d'Africa, 23 (1961-'63).
Filmography

1939
  1. Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei? .... Restaurant customer with a fly in his soup (uncredited)

    1948
  2. Fiamme sul mare .... Barber in Argentina (uncredited)

    1949
  3. Come scopersi l'America .... Nazi (uncredited)
  4. I pompieri di Viggiù .... Fireman from Milan (credited)
  5. Torna a Napoli .... Customer who wants coffee (credited)

    1950
  6. I cadetti di Guascogna .... Sergeant (credited)

    1951
  7. Auguri e figli maschi! .... Clerk at Paciottini's office (uncredited)
  8. La paura fa 90 .... Prompter (poster credit - unconfirmed role)
  9. La vendetta del corsaro .... Sergeant (uncredited)
  10. Messalina .... Roman citizen / Spectator in the arena (uncredited)
  11. Quo Vadis .... Nero's hairdresser (uncredited)
  12. Una bruna indiavolata! .... Fake witness (credited)

    1952
  13. Carica eroica .... Colonel (credited)
  14. È arrivato l'accordatore .... Bandit from Milan (uncredited)
  15. Il romanzo della mia vita .... Bandit with the cap (credited)
  16. Io, Amleto .... Deaf tavern customer (uncredited)
  17. La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna .... Onofrio (credited)
  18. Papà diventa mamma .... Hypnotised man who laughs (credited)

    1953
  19. Anni facili .... Pen salesman (credited)
  20. Pane, amore e fantasia .... Brigadier Squinzi (credited)
  21. Roman Holiday .... Taxi driver (uncredited)
  22. Siamo tutti inquilini .... Tenant (uncredited)

    1954
  23. Assi alla ribalta …. unknown role (credited)
  24. Milanesi a Napoli .... Alfredo (credited)
  25. Il maestro di Don Giovanni .... Spy (credited)

    1956
  26. War and Peace .... Russian soldier in green / Russian soldier in red (uncredited)

    1957
  27. Interpol .... Abbata (uncredited)

    1959
  28. Il terrore dell'Oklahoma .... Sheriff (poster credit - unconfirmed role)

    1960
  29. A qualcuna piace calvo .... Bryll agent (credited)
  30. Caravan petrol .... Lorry driver (credited)
  31. I baccanali di Tiberio .... Bruto's partner (uncredited)
  32. It Started in Naples .... Nightclub waiter (uncredited)
  33. L'ultima preda del vampiro .... Lucas (credited)
  34. La dolce vita .... Television director (uncredited)

    1961
  35. L'impareggiabile Arturo (TV movie) .... "A man" (credited)

    1962
  36. Boccaccio '70 .... Billboard construction foreman (uncredited)
  37. Carmen di Trastevere .... Doorman at the villa (uncredited)
  38. Gli anni ruggenti .... Actor playing Menelik (credited)
  39. Il criminale .... Fussy man on the train (credited)
  40. Il segno del vendicatore .... Brother Giovanni (credited)
  41. La strage dei vampiri .... Servant (credited)
  42. Totò di notte n. 1 .... Nightclub patron (uncredited)

    1963
  43. Giacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con Dio .... Laban (credited)
  44. Il segno di Zorro .... Servant (credited)
  45. Vino, whisky e acqua salata .... Submarine crew member (credited)

    1964
  46. Due mafiosi nel Far West .... Colonel Peabody (credited)
  47. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo .... Efrem (credited)
  48. I due evasi di Sing Sing .... Sauna manager (uncredited)
  49. Le sette vipere .... Italian judge (credited)
  50. Una sporca faccenda .... Francesco (credited)

    1965
  51. 5 tombe per un medium .... Dr. Nemek (credited as "Alfred Rice")
  52. Colorado Charlie .... Sam (credited as "Alfred Rice")
  53. Il boia scarlatto .... Daniel Parks (credited as "Alfred Rice")
  54. La meravigliosa Angelica .... Butcher (uncredited)
  55. La vedovella .... Carlo Sardelli (poster credit - unconfirmed role)
  56. Per una manciata d'oro .... Doctor (poster credit - unconfirmed role)
  57. S.2.S. - Base morte chiama Suniper .... unknown role (poster credit - unconfirmed role)

    1966
  58. 7 monaci d'oro .... (credited, but not found)
  59. I due sanculotti .... Linguaveloce (uncredited)
  60. Vaya con dios gringo .... The inspector's assistant (credited)

    1967
  61. Cuore matto... matto da legare .... Ravazzetti (credited)
  62. Granada, addio! .... Tailor (credited)
  63. Nato per uccidere .... Crooked gambler (uncredited)
  64. Non aspettare Django, spara .... Nico (credited)
  65. Tutto Totò (TV series) Ep.: "Don Giovannino" .... Man who takes the mannequin (credited)
  66. Tutto Totò (TV series) Ep.: "Il grande maestro" .... Postman (credited)
  67. Tutto Totò (TV series) Ep.: "Premio Nobel" .... News vendor interviewed for TV (credited)

    1968
  68. Brutti di notte .... Dr. Federzotti (credited)
  69. Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza .... The Governor's physician (credited)
  70. I 2 deputati .... Doctor Lucarini (credited)
  71. La vendetta è il mio perdono .... Peter (credited)
  72. Le mie prigioni (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Angelo Caldi, the caretaker (credited)
  73. Tre passi nel delirio .... Angry car driver (uncredited)

    1969
  74. Agguato sul Bosforo .... Martin (credited)
  75. Il triangolo rosso (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 6: "La tromba d'oro" .... Taxi driver (credited)
  76. Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza .... Monk (poster credit)
  77. Quel negozio di piazza navona (TV movie) .... Rag Giacche (credited)
  78. Satyricon .... The Innkeeper (credited)
  79. Stasera Fernandel (TV series) Ep. 5: "La bomba" .... The Captain (credited)
  80. Three .... Waiter (credited)

    1970
  81. Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione .... Vet (credited)
  82. Due bianchi nell'Africa nera .... Otto Krauser (credited)
  83. Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra .... Sergeant Douglas (credited)
  84. La prima notte del Dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del… giocattolo .... Federico (credited)
  85. Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera .... Luigi Fisichella (credited)
  86. Quando suona la campana .... Moreno (credited)
  87. Un caso di coscienza .... Club president (credited)

    1971
  88. Acquasanta Joe .... Captain (credited)
  89. I giardini del diavolo .... General (credited as actor and as director as "Fred Ritz")
  90. Il venditore di morte .... Judge Atwell (credited)
  91. Le belve .... Doctor Apposito (credited)
  92. Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? .... The anti-divorce speaker (credited)
  93. Quelle sporche anime dannate .... Jack Buchanan (credited)
  94. Venga a fare il soldato da noi .... Pizzuti (credited)

    1972
  95. Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura .... The Prior (credited)
  96. La colt era il suo Dio .... Ted Curtis (uncredited)
  97. Trop jolies pour être honnêtes .... Professor Natalini (credited)

    1974
  98. Carnalità .... (credited as director and for story)
  99. Sistemo l'America e torno .... Alex Biondi (credited)

    1975
  100. La bolognese .... (credited as director and for story)
  101. La sanguisuga conduce la danza .... (credited as director and for story)
  102. Quello della porta accanto (TV mini-series) Ep. 4: "Libera professione" .... Al Pacino (credited)

    1976
  103. Sorbole... che romagnola .... (credited as director and for story)

    1977
  104. Amore all'arrabbiata .... Giovanni (poster credit - unconfirmed role)
  105. Kaput Lager - Gli ultimi giorni delle SS .... Allied officer (uncredited - re-used footage)
  106. La bestia in calore .... Moreno (uncredited - re-used footage)
  107. Peccati di una giovane moglie di campagna .... (poster credit as director)

    1978
  108. Alessia... un vulcano sotto la pelle .... (credited as director and for story)
  109. Suggestionata .... (credited as director and for story)

    1979
  110. Due come noi (TV series) Ep. 1 .... Client of Siviglio, the barber (no credit info)

    1981
  111. Delitto al ristorante cinese .... Papetti's lover's husband (credited)
  112. Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici .... Lawyer Randolfi (credited)

    1983
  113. Il diavolo e l'acquasanta .... Mayor (credited)

    1986
  114. Le volpi della notte (TV movie) .... Zanussi (credited)

Additional credits
  • Lo scatolone (1982-1983 TV series) as Presenter

Titles to check
  • Macario contro Zagomar (1944) Cineguida / ANICA
  • Il richiamo della strada (1946) Cineguida / ANICA
  • L'amante del male (1946) Cineguida / ANICA as Judge Forlenza
  • Sperduti nel buio (1947) Cineguida / ANICA as De Rosa
  • I contrabbandieri del mare (1948) Cineguida / ANICA
  • Sono io l'assassino (1948) Cineguida / ANICA
  • Tempesta sul fiume (1948) Cineguida (there is no listing under this title on ANICA or IMDb, maybe the film was in production at the time of publication and was eventually released under a different title?)
  • Vivere a sbafo (1949) ANICA
  • I cavalieri della regina (1954) Cineguida / ANICA. This was one of several feature films compiled from episodes of the TV series I tre moschettieri, so if he appears in the film he must also presumably appear in the series.
  • Non scherzare con le donne (1955) ANICA
  • Sorrisi e canzoni (1958) ANICA
  • All'ultimo minuto (1973 TV series) Season 3, Ep. 3: "Il bulldozer", IMDb as Bulldozer operator

No Alfredo!
Titles where Alfredo is credited as appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found. There always has to be one!
  • Altri tempi - Zibaldone n. 1 (1952) IMDb with no role. I have checked this film several times and could not find Alfredo in the segment specified or anywhere else.
  • Un dollaro bucato (1965) IMDb with no role. He is not credited and does not appear.
  • Squadra antimafia (1978) IMDb as Old bald man. He is not in any of the roles that could fit this description, or any other.
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Alfredo Rizzo in Cineguida 1961
Notes and sources
1. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1949.
2. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1956.
3. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1961.
4. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1963-64.
5. Details of his birth and death are confirmed by newspaper obituaries.
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 12:48

Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei? (1939) as Restaurant customer with a fly in his soup.

This is currently Alfredo's earliest-known role. There is a 4 year gap before his next role, maybe war-related or maybe there are undocumented roles waiting to be found?
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:06

Fiamme sul mare (1948) as Barber in Argentina
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:10

Come scopersi l'America (1949) as Nazi
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with his brother, Carlo Rizzo

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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:13

I pompieri di Viggiù (1949) credited, as Fireman from Milan
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:16

Torna a Napoli (1949) credited, as Customer who wants coffee
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:20

I cadetti di Guascogna (1950) credited, as Sergeant
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:25

Auguri e figli maschi! (1951) as Clerk at Paciottini's office
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Thanks to Johan for providing the images

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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:26

La vendetta del corsaro (1951) as Sergeant
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Post by PeplumParadise » 27/06/2022, 13:29

Messalina (1951) in what appears to be dual roles as a barely seen Roman citizen and a Spectator in the arena
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