Tortorici, Armando

[Emiliano]

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

Class of 1941[1], of probable Sicilian origins (deducing it by his surname), Armando Tortorici begins his film career alongside the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. After he participated in several Italian Crime movies, the so called Poliziotteschi and he continued to work in the cinema always as an extra (generico) even when the comic couple which brought him to the fore, had only gone only on TV. 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 a newspaper article it is clearly mentioned he had played a cop in 1993's movie La scorta.[1]

Filmography

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1964

1. I due evasi di Sing Sing .... Man on stage with the senator (uncredited)
2. I due pericoli pubblici .... Male nurse (uncredited)
3. Totò contro il Pirata Nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
   
   1966
4. I due sanculotti .... Revolutionary in tavern (uncredited) / Sans-culotte at tribunal (uncredited)
5. Thompson 1880 .... Cowboy watching the dancers (uncredited)
   
   1967
6. Il bello, il brutto, il cretino .... Man outside sheriff's office (uncredited)
7. Il lungo, il corto, il gatto .... Man in the billiard room (uncredited)
   
   1968
8. I due deputati .... Spectator at assembly (uncredited)
9. I due pompieri .... Man at the award ceremony (uncredited)
10. Joko invoca Dio... e muori .... Saloon customer (uncredited)
    
    1969
11. Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza .... Criminal freed by Don Chisciotte (uncredited)
12. Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera .... Sailor of Hispaniola (uncredited)
    
    1970
13. Amore formula 2 .... Mechanic at the pit stop (uncredited)
14. Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) .... Protester (uncredited)
15. I due maghi del pallone .... SCHIAPP supporter (uncredited)
16. Il clan dei due borsalini .... Policeman at typewriter (uncredited)
17. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto .... Protester under arrest (uncredited)
18. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... .... Mexican prisoner (uncredited) / Austrian soldier (uncredited)
19. La califfa .... Industrial worker on strike (uncredited)
20. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? .... Lawyer (uncredited)
21. Satiricosissimo .... Spectator at "Voci nuove festival" (uncredited)
    
    1971
22. Confessione di un commissario di polizia.... Arrested man in the police station (uncredited)
23. Cose di Cosa Nostra.... Bar customer (uncredited)
24. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Roulette spectator (uncredited)
25. I due assi del guantone .... Policeman (uncredited) / Spectator at boxing match (uncredited)
26. In nome del popolo italiano .... Jubilant football supporter (uncredited)
27. La tarantola dal ventre nero .... Man in road of the furrier's murder (uncredited)
28. Ma che musica maestro! .... Trainman (uncredited)
29. Sacco e Vanzetti .... Man outside courtroom (uncredited)
30. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto, mi chiamano Alleluja .... Fake monk (uncredited)
31. The Statue (La statua) .... Recruit (uncredited)
    
    1972
32. La violenza: Quinto potere .... Man at the ceremony (uncredited)
33. Le llamaban calamidad .... Barkeeper (uncredited)
    
    1973
34. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Man in mourning (uncredited)
35. Continuavano a chiamarli... Er Più, Er Meno .... Prison guard (uncredited)
36. Il boss .... Gangster in projection room watching a porn movie (uncredited)
37. Ku fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore .... Spectator at Karate competition (uncredited)
38. Patroclooo!... E il soldato Camillone grande, grosso e frescone .... Passport control officer (uncredited)
39. Tutti figli di mammasantissima .... Man in the final fight (uncredited)
    
    1974
40. Commissariato di notturna .... Policeman (uncredited)
41. Il cittadino si ribella .... Casino player (uncredited)
42. L'eredità dello zio buonanima .... Painter (uncredited)
43. Prigione di donne .... Policeman (uncredited)
44. Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda - segment "Frate Fontanarosa" .... Monk (uncredited)
    
    1975
45. Carambola, filotto... tutti in buca .... Bandit (uncredited)
46. Due cuori una cappella .... Man on the stairs (uncredited)
47. Due Magnum 38 per una città di carogne .... Policeman (uncredited)
48. La baby sitter .... Policeman (uncredited)
49. Mahogany .... Worker in the dress studio (uncredited)
50. Occhio alla vedova .... Thug (uncredited)
51. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Market vendor / Policeman (uncredited)
52. Roma violenta .... Policeman (uncredited)
    
    1976
53. A Matter of Time .... Hotel cook (uncredited)
54. Amore grande amore libero .... Prison guard (uncredited)
55. Caro Michele .... Train passenger (uncredited)
56. Il comune senso del pudore .... Man at cinema (uncredited)
57. Puttana galera! .... Prison guard (credited)
58. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza .... Policeman (uncredited)
    
    1977
59. Io ho paura .... Policeman (uncredited)
60. Kakkientruppen .... Army nurse (uncredited)
61. Napoli si ribella .... Policeman (uncredited)
62. Per amore di Poppea .... Nerone's servant (uncredited)
    
    1978
63. Diamanti sporchi di sangue .... Cop in the prologue (uncredited)
64. Dove vai in vacanza? - segment: "Le vacanze intelligenti" .... Greengrocer (uncredited)
65. Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini series) .... Policeman (uncredited)
66. Napoli... serenata calibro 9 .... Policeman (uncredited)
67. Quel maledetto treno blindato .... Partisan (uncredited)
    
    1979
68. Caro papà .... Policeman (uncredited)
69. Il giocattolo .... Policeman at the attorney (uncredited)
70. L'importante è non farsi notare .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
71. Letti selvaggi - segment "L'arabo" .... Policeman (uncredited)
72. Martin Eden (TV mini series) .... Passerby on the street (uncredited)
73. Un uomo in ginocchio .... Policeman (uncredited)
74. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre .... Fireman at the firemen's ball (uncredited)
    
    1980
75. Ciao marziano .... Policeman (uncredited)
76. Fico d'India .... Policeman (uncredited)
77. Fontamara .... Police agent checking documents (uncredited)
78. L'avvertimento .... Policeman (uncredited)
79. Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri .... Policeman (uncredited)
80. Il casinista .... Henchman (uncredited)
81. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino .... Policeman (uncredited)
    
    1981
82. I carabbimatti .... Nut (uncredited)
83. L'aldilà... e tu vivrai nel terrore .... Zombie at hospital (uncredited)
84. La poliziotta a New York .... Man of Turco (uncredited)
85. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini series) - episode 2: "L'educazione sentimentale" .... Police agent who ransacks Gramsci's room (uncredited)
    
    1985
86. È arrivato mio fratello .... Man in the holding cell (uncredited)
87. I pompieri .... Cook (uncredited)
88. Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì .... Audience member in the TV studio (uncredited)
89. Mi faccia causa .... Roma supporter at football match (uncredited)
    
    1986
90. Attentato al Papa (TV mini series) .... Prison guard (uncredited)
91. Il camorrista .... Prisoner (uncredited)
92. Scuola di ladri .... Delinquent at the wedding that takes out the revolver (uncredited)
    
    1987
93. Animali metropolitani .... Man in the street (uncredited)
    
    1990
94. Pierino torna a scuola .... Man at greyhound track (uncredited)
    
    1991
95. Ultrà .... Prison guard (uncredited)
    
    1993
96. La scorta .... Policeman putting some gasoline (uncredited)
    
    1996
97. Fantozzi - Il ritorno .... Caretaker or Tenant (uncredited)

Notes and sources

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1. La Repubblica (march 27, 1997) - discovered by FatmanDan on October 4, 2020.

[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


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.