Armando Tortorici

[Emiliano]

Armando Tortorici in Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza (1968).

Class of 1941^[1], of probable Sicilian origins considering the surname, he begin his film career alongside the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Than he participated in several "poliziotteschi" and he continued to work in the cinema as "generico" even when the comic couple had only gone on television. He had a quite substantial credited role in the movie Puttana galera (1976).

His last news is dated 1997, that he, aged 56, was arrested for being a pickpocket in trams. In this newspaper article it is clearly mentioned he had played a cop in 1993's movie La scorta^[1].

[1] Article from "La Repubblica" (march 27, 1997), discovered by our user FatmanDan on October 4, 2020.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1964

1. I due evasi di Sing Sing (uncredited) .... Man on stage with the senator
2. I due pericoli pubblici (uncredited) .... Male nurse
3. Totò contro il Pirata Nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
   
   1966
4. I due sanculotti (uncredited) .... Revolutionary in tavern / Sans-culotte at tribunal
5. Thompson 1880 (uncredited) .... Cowboy watching the dancers
   
   1967
6. Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (uncredited) .... Man in the billiard room
   
   1968
7. I due deputati (uncredited) .... Spectator at assembly
8. I due pompieri (uncredited) .... Man at the award ceremony
9. Joko invoca Dio... e muori (uncredited) .... Saloon customer
   
   1969
10. Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza (uncredited) .... Criminal freed by Don Chisciotte
11. Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (uncredited) .... Sailor of Hispaniola
    
    1970
12. Amore formula 2 (uncredited) .... Mechanic at the pit stop
13. Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) (uncredited) .... Protester
14. I due maghi del pallone (uncredited) .... SCHIAPP supporter
15. Il clan dei due borsalini (uncredited) .... Policeman at typewriter
16. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (uncredited) .... Protester under arrest
17. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (uncredited) .... Mexican prisoner / Austrian soldier
18. La califfa (uncredited) .... Industrial worker on strike
19. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (uncredited) .... Lawyer
20. Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Spectator at "Voci nuove festival"
    
    1971
21. Cose di Cosa Nostra (uncredited).... Bar customer
22. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! (uncredited) .... Roulette spectator
23. I due assi del guantone (uncredited) .... Policeman / Spectator at boxing match
24. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Jubilant football supporter
25. La tarantola dal ventre nero (uncredited) .... Man in road of the furrier's murder
26. Ma che musica maestro! (uncredited) .... Trainman
27. Sacco e Vanzetti (uncredited) .... Man outside courtroom
28. The Statue (La statua) (uncredited) .... Recruit
    
    1972
29. La violenza: Quinto potere (uncredited) .... Man at the ceremony
    
    1973
30. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Man in mourning
31. Continuavano a chiamarli... Er Più, Er Meno (uncredited) .... Prison guard
32. Ku fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore (uncredited) .... Spectator at Karate competition
33. Tutti figli di mammasantissima (uncredited) .... Man in the final fight
    
    1974
34. Commissariato di notturna (uncredited) .... Policeman
35. Il cittadino si ribella (uncredited) .... Casino player
36. L'eredità dello zio buonanima (uncredited) .... Painter
37. Prigione di donne (uncredited) .... Policeman
38. Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda - segment "Frate Fontanarosa" (uncredited) .... Monk
    
    1975
39. Carambola, filotto... tutti in buca (uncredited) .... Bandit
40. Due cuori una cappella (uncredited) .... Man on the stairs
41. Due Magnum 38 per una città di carogne (uncredited) .... Policeman
42. La baby sitter (uncredited) .... Policeman
43. Mahogany (uncredited) .... Worker in the dress studio
44. Occhio alla vedova (uncredited) .... Thug
45. Piedone a Hong Kong (uncredited) .... Policeman
46. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Policeman
    
    1976
47. A Matter of Time (uncredited) .... Hotel cook
48. Amore grande amore libero (uncredited) .... Prison guard
49. Caro Michele (uncredited) .... Train passenger
50. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Man at cinema
51. Puttana galera! (credited) .... Prison guard
52. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Policeman
    
    1977
53. Io ho paura (uncredited) .... Policeman
54. Kakkientruppen (uncredited) .... Army nurse
55. Napoli si ribella (uncredited) .... Policeman
56. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Nerone's servant
    
    1978
57. Diamanti sporchi di sangue (uncredited) .... Cop in the prologue
58. Dove vai in vacanza? - segment: "Le vacanze intelligenti" (uncredited) .... Greengrocer
59. Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Policeman
60. Quel maledetto treno blindato (uncredited) .... Partisan
    
    1979
61. Caro papà (uncredited) .... Policeman
62. Il giocattolo (uncredited) .... Policeman at the attorney
63. L'importante è non farsi notare (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
64. Letti selvaggi - segment "L'arabo" (uncredited) .... Policeman
65. Martin Eden (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
66. Un uomo in ginocchio (uncredited) .... Policeman
67. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre (uncredited) .... Fireman at the firemen's ball
    
    1980
68. Ciao marziano (uncredited) .... Policeman
69. Fico d'India (uncredited) .... Policeman
70. Fontamara (uncredited) .... Police agent checking documents
71. L'avvertimento (uncredited) .... Policeman
72. Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri (uncredited) .... Policeman
73. Il casinista (uncredited) .... Henchman
74. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Policeman
    
    1981
75. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Nut
76. L'aldilà... e tu vivrai nel terrore (uncredited) .... Zombie at hospital
77. La poliziotta a New York (uncredited) .... Man of Turco
78. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini series) - episode 2: "L'educazione sentimentale" (uncredited) .... Police agent who ransacks Gramsci's room
    
    1984
79. Mi faccia causa (uncredited) .... Football supporter at the stadium
    
    1985
80. È arrivato mio fratello (uncredited) .... Man in the holding cell
81. I pompieri (uncredited) .... Cook
82. Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì (uncredited) .... Audience member in the TV studio
    
    1986
83. Attentato al Papa (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Prison guard
84. Il camorrista (uncredited) .... Prisoner
85. Scuola di ladri (uncredited) .... Delinquent at the wedding that takes out the revolver
    
    1990
86. Pierino torna a scuola (uncredited) .... Man at greyhound track
    
    1991
87. Ultrà (uncredited) .... Prison guard
    
    1993
88. La scorta (uncredited) .... Policeman putting some gasoline
    
    1996
89. Fantozzi - Il ritorno (uncredited) .... Caretaker or Tenant

[Emiliano]

I due deputati (1968)

Ku fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore (1973)

Ma che musica maestro! (1971)

Satiricosissimo (1970)

[Emiliano]

Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (1980)

Napoli si ribella (1977)

La poliziotta a New York (1981)

Il comune senso del pudore (1976)

Un uomo in ginocchio (1979)

[Emiliano]

I pompieri (1985)

Il clan dei due borsalini (1971) as Policeman at typewriter

pic by Ghibarian

Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (1971) (uncredited) as Lawyer

pic by Ghibarian

I due maghi del pallone (1970)

pic by Ciavazzaro

Il camorrista (1986)

pic by vecchiaguardia

[Emiliano]

I due pompieri (1968)

pic by vecchiaguardia

Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre (1979)

pic by Johan Melle

Carambola, filotto... tutti in buca (1975) as Bandit

pic by Ghibarian

Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (1967) as Man in the billiard room

pic by Ghibarian

[Emiliano]

Continuavano a chiamarli... Er Più, Er Meno (1972) as Jailer

Due Magnum 38 per una città di carogne (1975) also with Nestore Cavaricci and Raniero Dorascenzi

pic by vecchiaguardia

Mi faccia causa (1984) as Football supporter at the stadium

pic by Ghibarian

Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

È arrivato mio fratello (1985) as Man in the holding cell

[Emiliano]

Ultrà (1990) as Prison guard

He appears in a small talking role in Pierino torna a scuola (1990) as man at greyhound track

[Emiliano]

In nome del popolo italiano (1971) as Jubilant football supporter

pic by Ghibarian

Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973)

pic by T.R.S.

I carabbimatti (1981) as Nut

Dove vai in vacanza? - segment: "Le vacanze intelligenti" (1978) as Greengrocer

[Emiliano]

L'importante è non farsi notare (1979) as Hospital patient

Quel maledetto treno blindato (1978) as Partisan

pic by Ghibarian

Letti selvaggi - segment 'L'arabo' (1979) as Policeman

pic by Ghibarian

[Johan Melle]

I have been searching through my old fotoromanzo magazines to look for "new" generici and in one magazine I found an article about Enzo Cerusico that includes a picture from the film No. Il caso è felicemente risolto (1973) - and look who is in the picture together with Cerusico!

Emiliano reply: I cannot find our man in that role. In the movie, for this scene there are others actors that play the policemen.

This thing is happened probably because they have tried most photogenic actors to make the publicity photos.