Alias: Mirko Baiocchi.
He was a musician (accordionist) and extra, and is present in dozens of films from the early forties till seventies, almost always plays a musical instrument, often a piano, or a bass or a guitar.
Listed exceptionally at the end of the first Fantozzi (1975) as Baiocchi, he interprets the famous role of Maestro Canello, the one who, to take a double pay, puts forward the hands of the watch at the Fantozzi's party, to be punctual elsewhere.
Over the years this character has become very famous, like other protagonists of the Fantozzi series, so much to become an object of worship and reinterpretations in the form of tribute designs, which inevitably sprout every Saint Sylvester's Day on the italians social networks.
He lived in Rome, in Via Enea, 14.1
[1] Cineguida di Dante Lazzaro 1943-XXI.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Il ponte dei sospiri (uncredited) .... Horn player
1941 - I mariti (uncredited) .... Spectator at the trial
- L'elisir d'amore (uncredited) .... Villager
- Tosca (uncredited) .... Servant
1942 - La bisbetica domata (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- Una signora dell'Ovest (uncredited) .... Audience member at Arianna's performance
1946 - Roma città libera (uncredited) .... Dancer
1947 - Sinfonia fatale (uncredited) .... Theatre audience member
1948 - Cuore (uncredited) .... Dancing officer
- Follie per l'opera (uncredited) .... Dancing man
1949 - Il bacio di una morta (uncredited) .... Guest at the ball
- Yvonne la Nuit (uncredited) .... Audience member in the theater
1950 - Alina (uncredited) .... Man at casino
- Luci del varietà (uncredited) .... Man with the commander
1951 - Incantesimo tragico (uncredited) .... Guest at the engagement ball
- Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (uncredited) .... Man waiting in line outside the restaurant
- Otello (uncredited) .... Venetian senator
1952 - Non è vero ma ci credo (uncredited) .... Party guest
1953 - Febbre di vivere (uncredited) .... Man at the racetrack
- Ho scelto l'amore (uncredited) .... Communist in Venice
- La cieca di Sorrento (uncredited) .... Piano player
- La passeggiata (uncredited) .... Man in Paolo's dream
- Non è mai troppo tardi (uncredited) .... Man dancing at party
- Puccini (uncredited) .... Audience member at the opera
- Saluti e baci (uncredited) .... Role?
1954 - Appassionatamente (uncredited) .... Musician at the ball
- Canzone d'amore (uncredited) .... Man at the singing contest
- Casa Ricordi (uncredited) .... Orchestra member
- La schiava del peccato (uncredited) .... Hotel customer in Firenze
- Nel gorgo del peccato (uncredited) .... Diner
1955 - Buonanotte... avvocato! (uncredited) .... Man in nightclub
- La canzone del cuore (uncredited) .... Band musician at nightclub
- La moglie è uguale per tutti (uncredited) .... Wedding reception guest
- La vena d'oro (uncredited) .... Musician at the party
- Scapricciatiello (uncredited) .... Musician playing in the trattoria
1956 - Accadde di notte (uncredited) .... Musician in nightclub
- Beatrice Cenci (uncredited) .... Musician
- Canzone proibita (uncredited) .... Soldier-musician at the hospital
- Londra chiama Polo Nord (uncredited) .... British officer
- Noi siamo le colonne (uncredited) .... Musician
- Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (uncredited) .... Musician in the night-club
1957 - Ascoltami (uncredited) .... Band musician
- El Alamein (uncredited) .... Musician
- I dritti (uncredited) .... Choreographer
- I misteri di Parigi (uncredited) .... Man at tavern
- Il ricatto di un padre (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
- La canzone del destino (uncredited) .... Accordion player
- Serenata per sedici bionde (uncredited) .... Spectator at music show
- Vivendo cantando... che male ti fò? (credited?) .... Musician
1958 - Arrivederci Roma (uncredited) .... Musician
- Domenica è sempre domenica (uncredited) .... Accordion player
- La zia d'America va a sciare (uncredited) .... Pianist in the hotel nightclub orchestra
- Mia nonna poliziotto (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
1959 - A qualcuna piace calvo (uncredited) .... Band musician at the Sing Sing nightclub
- Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Musician
- I cavalieri del diavolo (uncredited) .... Musician at the ball
- Il padrone delle ferriere (uncredited) .... Musician
- La storia di una monaca (uncredited) .... Bishop's assistent
- Non perdiamo la testa (uncredited) .... Musician at the party
- Prepotenti più di prima (uncredited) .... Accordion player at the baptism party
1960 - Gastone (uncredited) .... Tabarin client
- Il mulino delle donne di pietra (uncredited) .... Accordion player in the tavern
- Il terrore della maschera rossa (uncredited) .... Musician
- La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Nightclub musician
- Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Nightclub musician
1961 - I fratelli corsi (uncredited) .... Accordion player at the ball
- Psycosissimo (uncredited) .... Audience member at the strip show
1962 - Carmen di Trastevere (uncredited) .... Musician
- La congiura dei Dieci (uncredited) .... Musician at the ball
- La cuccagna (uncredited) .... Musician
- La monaca di Monza (uncredited) .... Priest
- Il sorpasso (uncredited) .... Accordion player
1963 - Divorzio alla siciliana (uncredited) .... Musician at the first wedding
- La cieca di Sorrento (uncredited) .... Musician at the ball
1964 - I due evasi di Sing Sing (uncredited) .... Musician with shekere
- L'ora di uccidere (uncredited) .... Musician with trumpet
- Nel gorgo del peccato (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer
- Sedotti e bidonati (uncredited) .... Musician in restaurant orchestra
1965 - Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide (uncredited) .... Musician in nightclub
- Il compagno Don Camillo (uncredited) .... Russian accordionist
1966 - I due sergenti del generale Custer (uncredited) .... Accordionist
- Per pochi dollari ancora (uncredited).... Saloon band director
1967 - Arriva Dorellik (uncredited) .... Man at the night club
- Gente d'onore (uncredited) .... Musician in night club
- I giorni dell'ira (uncredited) .... Pianist
1968 - ...e per tetto un cielo di stelle (uncredited) .... Accordion player
- Al di là della legge (uncredited) .... Squeezebox player
- Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (uncredited) .... Accordion player
1969 - I quattro del pater noster (uncredited) .... Casino bass player
1970 - Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (credited) .... Armando Perichetti
- Waterloo (uncredited) .... Officer at the ball
1971 - È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (uncredited) .... Croupier
- In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Mandolin player at the toga party
- La supertestimone (uncredited) .... Organist at the prison wedding
1972 - Joe Valachi (uncredited) .... Cello player at the wedding party
1973 - Amarcord (uncredited) .... Band musician at the Grand Hotel
- L'altra faccia del padrino (uncredited) .... Accordion player
- Los Amigos (uncredited) .... Saloon visitor
- Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (uncredited) .... Pianist-Conductor
- Zanna Bianca (uncredited) .... Pianist
1974 - Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (uncredited) .... Bass player at St. Patrick's Day celebration
- Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... Musician in restaurant orchestra
1975 - Fantozzi (credited) .... Maestro Canello
- Occhio alla vedova (uncredited) .... Musician at wedding
1976 - Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (uncredited) .... role?
- Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri (uncredited) .... Lead musician at the party
1977 - Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Musician
1979 - Dimenticare Venezia (uncredited) .... Musician
- Squadra antigangsters (uncredited) .... Musician