Mari, Ugo

[Emiliano]

Ugo Mari in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Ugo Mari, was a very active generico, present in dozen of movies from at least the the late 1930s and until the mid 1970s.

He appears often in films starring the legendary comic Totò, where he has small speaking roles, but he was apparently credited in only two films: Daniele Cortis (1947) and Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) (1956).

He lived in Rome, in Via Acherusio, 44. [1]

Filmography

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1939

1. I grandi magazzini .... Department store customer (uncredited)
2. Imputato alzatevi! .... Juror (uncredited)
   
   1940
3. L'assedio dell'Alcazar .... Man at military dinner (uncredited)
4. Non me lo dire! .... Creditor (uncredited)
   
   1941
5. I mariti .... Spectator at the trial (uncredited)
6. L'avventuriera del piano di sopra .... Passerby on the street (uncredited)
   
   1942
7. A che servono questi quattrini? .... Spectator at the horse race (uncredited)
8. Colpi di timone .... Shareholder (uncredited)
9. La contessa Castiglione .... Man with the costume designer (uncredited)
10. Una signora dell'Ovest .... Audience member at Arianna's performance (uncredited)
    
    1943
11. Dagli Appennini alle Ande .... Barman (uncredited)
12. I nostri sogni .... Colleague of Signor Posci (uncredited)
13. La signora in nero .... Party guest (uncredited)
14. Silenzio, si gira! .... Audience member at cinema (uncredited)
15. T'amerò sempre .... Plant attendant (uncredited)
16. Tristi amori .... Ball guest (uncredited)
    
    1944
17. I bambini ci guardano .... Man at the meeting (uncredited)
18. La fornarina .... Priest at Raffaello's funeral (uncredited)
19. Sorelle Materassi .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
20. Zazà .... Music hall patron (uncredited)
    
    1945
21. Il ratto delle sabine .... Audience member in the theater (uncredited)
22. Lo sbaglio di essere vivo .... Hotel bartender (uncredited)
23. Torna a Sorrento .... Waiter (uncredited)
    
    1946
24. Un americano in vacanza .... Café customer (uncredited)
    
    1947
25. Sinfonia fatale .... Theatre audience member (uncredited)
    
    1948
26. Fiamme sul mare .... Man listening to radio broadcast (uncredited)
27. L'ebreo errante .... Man watching the explosions (uncredited)
    
    1949
28. Il bacio di una morta .... Guest at the ball (uncredited)
29. L'imperatore di Capri .... Hotel guest who gets a cake thrown in the face (uncredited)
30. Prince of Foxes .... Conspirator with Orsini (uncredited)
31. Yvonne la Nuit .... Man in hotel reception (uncredited)
    
    1950
32. Alina .... Casino player (uncredited)
33. È arrivato il cavaliere .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
34. Figaro qua, Figaro là .... Figaro's complaining customer (uncredited)
35. La forza del destino .... Monk (uncredited)
36. Luci del varietà .... Sleeping man in nightclub (uncredited)
37. Prima comunione .... Man who tries to break up the fight in the café (uncredited)
38. Tormento .... Waiter (uncredited)
39. Tototarzan .... Spectator outside the hotel (uncredited)
40. Vita da cani .... Majordomo (uncredited)
    
    1951
41. Amor non ho! Però, però... .... Nightclub waiter (uncredited)
42. Cameriera bella presenza offresi... .... A fan of Leonardo (uncredited)
43. Era lui, sì, sì! .... Client in Fernando's office (uncredited)
44. Il tradimento .... Juror (uncredited)
45. La città si difende .... Restaurant client (uncredited)
    
    1952
46. Altri tempi - segments "Una selezione di canzoni del tempo" & "Il processo di Frine" .... Café manager (uncredited) / Court usher (uncredited)
47. Gli innocenti pagano .... Party guest (uncredited)
48. Il romanzo della mia vita .... Sleeping husband (uncredited)
49. Il tallone di Achille .... Foreign country representative (uncredited)
50. La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna .... Journalist (uncredited)
51. La presidentessa .... Man at the ministry (uncredited)
52. La zia d'America va a sciare .... Man in hotel nightclub (uncredited)
53. Le infedeli .... Theatre patron (uncredited)
54. Papà diventa mamma .... Audience member at magic show (uncredited)
55. Roma ore 11 .... Onlooker at the scene of the accident (uncredited)
56. Totò a colori .... Musician in waiting room (uncredited)
57. Totò e i Re di Roma .... Audience member in the music hall (uncredited)
58. Tre storie proibite .... Bar customer (uncredited)
59. Vacanze col gangster .... Bank teller (uncredited)
60. When in Rome .... Priest in church (uncredited)
    
    1953
61. ...e Napoli canta! .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
62. Febbre di vivere .... Man at the hippodrome (uncredited)
63. Il sacco di Roma .... unknown role (uncredited)
64. La passeggiata .... One of Paolo's colleagues (uncredited)
65. Non è mai troppo tardi .... Man dancing at party (uncredited)
66. Puccini .... Guest at Tacchi's house (uncredited)
67. Stazione Termini .... Priest (uncredited)
68. The Man From Cairo / Dramma nella Kasbah .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
69. Un turco napoletano .... Bather (uncredited)
    
    1954
70. Accadde al commissariato .... Man at baggage-check counter (uncredited)
71. Attila, il flagello di Dio .... Courtier (uncredited)
72. Canzone d'amore .... Audience member at song contest (uncredited)
73. Casta diva .... Man at the opera (uncredited)
74. Destini di donne - segment "Lysistrata" .... Lower senator (uncredited)
75. Lettera napoletana .... Dancing man (uncredited)
76. Piccola santa .... Engagement party guest (uncredited)
77. Senso .... Officer in Verona's Austrian headquartes
78. The Barefoot Contessa .... Cigar-smoking man at the nightclub (uncredited)
79. Una parigina a Roma .... Admirer who wants Riccardo's autograph (uncredited)
80. Uomini ombra .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1955
81. Addio, Napoli! .... Gambler (uncredited)
82. Amici per la pelle .... Man at the hotel (uncredited)
83. I due compari .... Man that Giovanni tries to sell a pen to (uncredited)
84. I pappagalli .... Audience member at the concert (uncredited)
85. La ladra .... Cafe customer (uncredited) (uncertain identification)
86. Lo scapolo .... Night club patron (uncredited)
87. Piccola posta .... Party guest (uncredited)
88. Siamo uomini o caporali .... Man watching fashion show (uncredited)
    
    1956
89. Beatrice Cenci .... Food server (uncredited)
90. Canzone proibita .... Audience member at concert (uncredited)
91. Helen of Troy .... Trojan in crowd at the arrival of the wooden horse (uncredited)
92. Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) .... Man buying nets from the convent (credited)
93. La fortuna di essere donna .... Man at Grand Hotel, by the buffet table (uncredited)
94. Le schiave di Cartagine .... Bidder at slave auction (uncredited)
95. Maruzzella .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
96. Mio figlio Nerone .... Courtier (uncredited)
97. Quando tramonta il sole .... One of Eugenia's admirers (uncredited)
98. Tempo di villeggiatura .... Man watching the dancing (uncredited)
99. Totò lascia o raddoppia? .... Man at the hippodrome (uncredited)
100. Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
101. Una pelliccia di visone .... Party guest (uncredited)
     
     1957
102. Amore e chiacchiere .... Guest at Paseroni's house (uncredited)
103. Ascoltami .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
104. Belle ma povere .... Party guest (uncredited)
105. C'è un sentiero nel cielo .... Troupe member (uncredited)
106. I colpevoli .... Audience member at violin concert (uncredited)
107. Il diavolo nero .... Courtier (uncredited)
108. Il ricatto di un padre .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
109. La ragazza del Palio .... Waiter (uncredited)
110. Onore e sangue .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
111. Rascel-Fifì .... Man at the wedding (uncredited)
112. Serenate per 16 bionde .... Man in theatre audience (uncredited)
113. Seven Hills of Rome .... Man at nightclub (uncredited)
114. Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa .... Nightclub customer who falls asleep (uncredited)
115. Vivendo cantando... che male ti fò? .... unknown role (credited?)
     
     1958
116. Ballerina e buon Dio .... Spectator at first acrobat show (uncredited)
117. Totò nella luna .... Wedding party guest (uncredited)
     
     1959
118. Annibale .... Senator (uncredited)
119. Ben-Hur .... Nobleman (uncredited)
120. Ercole e la regina di Lidia .... Courtier (uncredited)
121. Fantasmi e ladri .... Street spectator (uncredited)
122. Il nemico di mia moglie .... Travel agency clerk (uncredited)
123. Il raccomandato di Ferro .... Office employee (uncredited)
124. Il vedovo .... Party guest (uncredited)
125. La cambiale .... Nightclub barman (uncredited)
126. Lui, lei e il nonno .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
127. Nel segno di Roma .... Senator (uncredited)
128. Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
     
     1960
129. Caccia al marito .... Party guest (uncredited)
130. Delitto in pieno sole .... Man in the street (uncredited)
131. Ferdinando I° re di Napoli .... Theatre audience member (uncredited)
132. Gastone .... Tabarin client (uncredited)
133. Genitori in blue-jeans .... Passenger on the train platform (uncredited)
134. Gli amori di Ercole .... Courtier (uncredited)
135. I piaceri dello scapolo .... Man at the auction (uncredited)
136. Il mattatore .... Train passenger (uncredited)
137. It Started In Naples .... Priest on the train platform (uncredited)
138. La vendetta dei barbari .... Councillor (uncredited)
139. Madri pericolose .... Party guest (uncredited)
140. Messalina, Venere imperatrice .... Reveller at Messalina's victory celebration (uncredited)
141. Morte di un amico .... Man in the street (uncredited)
142. Risate di gioia .... Man at the New Year's Eve party (uncredited)
143. Signori si nasce .... Member of the gentlemen's club (uncredited)
144. Ti aspetterò all'inferno .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
145. Tu che ne dici? .... Spectator at male fashion show (uncredited)
146. Urlatori alla sbarra .... Politician (uncredited)
     
     1961
147. Che gioia vivere .... Man in crowd at airship launch (uncredited)
148. Costantino il grande .... Spectator at the lion pit (uncredited)
149. Francis of Assisi .... Priest (uncredited)
150. Gli invasori .... Bishop (uncredited)
151. Il carabiniere a cavallo .... Sleeping man who is accidentally painted (uncredited)
152. Il ladro di Bagdad .... Courtier (uncredited)
153. Il relitto .... Party guest (uncredited)
154. La vendetta di Ursus .... Advisor to successive Kings (uncredited)
155. Le ambiziose .... Beauty contest spectator (uncredited)
156. Nefertite, regina del Nilo .... Official in palace (uncredited)
157. Orazi e Curiazi .... Senator (uncredited)
158. Romolo e Remo .... Priest of Pan (uncredited)
159. Scandali al mare .... Waiter (uncredited)
160. Solimano il conquistatore .... Nobleman playing blind man's bluff (uncredited)
161. Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita .... Party guest playing strip poker (uncredited)
162. Totòtruffa 62 .... Bartender (uncredited)
163. Vanina Vanini .... Priest in procession (uncredited)
     
     1962
164. I motorizzati .... Man in the motor insurance office / Man outside the motor insurance office (uncredited)
165. Il colpo segreto di D'Artagnan .... Conspirator (uncredited)
166. Il tiranno di Siracusa .... Man in the market (uncredited)
167. La voglia matta .... Performer (uncredited)
168. Totò di notte n. 1 .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
169. Ulisse contro Ercole .... Elder (uncredited)
170. Una domenica d'estate .... Curious man on the beach (uncredited)
     
     1963
171. 8 1/2 .... Passerby (uncredited)
172. Avventura al motel .... Man at the airport (uncredited)
173. Caterina di Russia .... Man gambling (uncredited)
174. Ercole contro Moloch .... Nobleman watching sacrifice (uncredited)
175. Gidget Goes to Rome .... Party guest (uncredited)
176. I compagni .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
177. Il leone di San Marco .... Guest at the ball (uncredited)
178. Io Semiramide .... Man with Semiramide at the executions (uncredited)
179. L'attico .... Cardinal Mari, one of the cardinals in the fantasy sequence
180. Le monachine .... Audience member at the presentation (uncredited)
181. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo .... Courtier (uncredited)
182. Oro per i Cesari .... Courtier (uncredited)
183. Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem .... Party guest (uncredited)
184. Zorro contro Maciste .... Man at the coronation (uncredited)
185. Zorro e i tre moschettieri .... King's councillor (uncredited)
     
     1964
186. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... Victim of Totò Baby (uncredited)
187. Controsesso - segment "Una donna d'affari" .... Engineer Busardi (uncredited)
188. Coriolano eroe senza patria .... Senator (uncredited)
189. Ercole contro Roma .... Senator (uncredited)
190. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo .... Spectator at the arena (uncredited)
191. I due evasi di Sing Sing .... Sauna goer (uncredited)
192. I due pericoli pubblici .... Casino player (uncredited)
193. I predoni della steppa .... Courtier of Altan Khan (uncredited)
194. I tre centurioni .... Courtier in Elagabalus' court (uncredited)
195. Il colosso di Roma .... Senator (uncredited)
196. Il Leone di Tebe .... Egyptian courtier (uncredited)
197. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori .... Courtier (uncredited)
198. L'ultimo gladiatore .... Senator (uncredited)
199. La vendetta dei gladiatori .... Senator at the arena (uncredited)
200. Queste pazze pazze donne - segment "Siciliani in Milano" .... Nightclub diner (uncredited)
201. Sandokan alla riscossa .... Man listening to announcements (uncredited)
202. Una spada per l'Impero .... Senator (uncredited)
     
     1965
203. Fantomas minaccia il mondo .... Guest at scientific international congress (uncredited)
204. Giulietta degli spiriti .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
205. I complessi - segment "Il complesso della schiava nubiana" .... Party guest (uncredited)
206. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... Nobleman (uncredited)
207. Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "La donna che viveva sola" .... Man at the ceremony (uncredited)
208. L'avventuriero della Tortuga .... Priest (uncredited)
209. La donna di fiori (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Casino patron (uncredited)
210. Letti sbagliati (episode "La seconda moglie") .... Man leaving Schuman haute couture building (uncredited)
211. Rita, la figlia americana .... Complaining audience member at concert (uncredited)
212. Sette contro tutti .... Courtier (uncredited)
213. Sette uomini d'oro .... Bank customer (uncredited)
214. The Agony and the Ecstasy .... Priest (uncredited)
     
     1966
215. After the Fox .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
216. I criminali della galassia .... Scientist on planet Delfos (uncredited)
217. I diafanoidi vengono da Marte .... Scientist (uncredited)
218. Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini-series) - ep. 7: "Il giudizio" .... Parliament member (uncredited)
219. Operazione Goldman .... Pool bar customer (uncredited)
220. Tecnica di una spia .... Bar customer (uncredited)
     
     1967
221. Il fischio al naso .... Guest of the clinic on the armchair (uncredited)
222. Il tigre .... Man at the ceremony (uncredited)
223. The Taming of the Shrew .... Man at mass (uncredited)
224. Tutto Totò (TV series) - episode 9: "Premio Nobel" .... Nobel commission member (uncredited)
225. Vita di Cavour (TV mini-series) .... Parliament member (uncredited)
     
     1968
226. Cin cin... cianuro .... Man in funeral procession (uncredited)
227. House of Cards .... Party guest (uncredited)
228. Il medico della mutua .... Patient in waiting room (uncredited)
229. Il profeta .... Clerk (uncredited)
230. L'incoronazione di Carlo Magno (TV movie) .... Bishop in procession (uncredited)
231. La pecora nera .... Journalist at the airport (uncredited)
232. Le petit baigneur / Si salvi chi può .... Member of the regatta committee (uncredited)
233. Tenderly .... Dead husband (uncredited)
234. The Shoes of the Fisherman .... Cardinal (uncredited)
235. Tre supermen a Tokyo .... Embassy official (uncredited)
     
     1969
236. Atti degli apostoli (TV mini-series) - ep. 5 .... Roman citizen (uncredited)
237. Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera .... Lord at the market that scares Franco (uncredited)
238. I 2 magnifici fresconi .... Strip club customer (uncredited) (re-used footage)
239. I fratelli Karamazov (TV mini-series) - ep. 6 .... Spectator at the trial (uncredited)
240. Le calde notti di Poppea .... Panicking man in brothel (uncredited)
241. Satyricon .... Pistone (uncredited)
242. The Appointment .... Bar customer (uncredited) / Man at fashion show (uncredited)
     
     1970
243. F.B.I. Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV series) - ep. 1: "Sparita il giorno delle nozze" .... Priest at the post-funeral (uncredited)
244. Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! .... Homosexual (uncredited)
245. L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo .... Mario Zandri, a pervert in the police lineup (uncredited)
246. La califfa .... Member of the industrialists committee (uncredited)
247. Lady Barbara .... Old man playing scopa (uncredited)
248. Satiricosissimo .... Senator (uncredited)
     
     1971
249. Nini Tirabusciò, la donna che inventò la mossa .... Old bald spectactor (uncredited)
     
     1972
250. Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi .... Professor Illario Bertinetti (uncredited)
251. Il vero e il falso .... Judge at the 2nd trial (uncredited)
252. Joe Petrosino (TV mini-series) .... Man at the inquest (uncredited)
253. Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso .... Man at the art gallery (uncredited)
     
     1973
254. Io e lui .... Party guest (uncredited)
255. Polvere di stelle .... Member of the group of wealthy people in Rome (uncredited)
     
     1974
256. Daisy Miller .... Man at the baths (uncredited)
257. Il saprofita .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
258. Pane e cioccolata .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
259. Paolo il freddo .... Party guest (uncredited)
260. Roma (TV movie) .... Cardinal at the funeral (uncredited)

Filmography to check

• Daniele Cortis (1947) (credited) as Leopoldo
• La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952) I'm pretty sure he plays one of the judges but on my copy the image is too soft to be certain - Nick

Notes and sources

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1. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1943.

[Ciavazzaro]

With many other generici in Nini Tirabusciò, la donna che inventò la mossa (1971) together with many colleagues, on the right:

As one of the victims of Totò Baby in Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (1964)

Together with Lella Cattanei in Il saprofita (1974) as a hotel guest

Party guests roles:

Io e lui (1973)

Paolo il freddo (1974) with Lydia Zanussi

As politician in Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi (1972)

[Ciavazzaro]

As judge in Il vero e il falso (1972)

As man at the inquest in the sceneggiato Joe Petrosino (1972)

Another giallo ! Man in the art gallery in Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972)

Restaurant diner in Pane e cioccolata (1974)

Party guest in Il vedovo (1959)

Audience member at the concert in I pappagalli (1955)

Man in the office in I motorizzati (1962)
Images upgraded here

[Johan Melle]

I know Ugo! I actually have a very old fotoromanzo where he is credited! "Anime nella bufera", published in the magazine Tipo from N. 37 (18 June 1949) to N. 50 (17 September 1949)!

He's also present at the coronation in Zorro contro Maciste (1963)

[van den bremt rudy]

Rare credited role for Ugo Mari in Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) (1956) as a man buying nets from the convent

[Emiliano]

Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969) as Lord at the market that scares Franco

[Johan Melle]

Here are a couple of new and really nice roles for Ugo!

He's a party guest playing strip poker in Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)

Cool little speaking role for him in Rita, la figlia americana (1965) as an audience member who complains during the concert conducted by Totò and then finally leaves in anger

In spite of this, he's back as an audience member at another Totò concert, but looks no more impressed this time :p

Ugo can also be spotted as a patient in the waiting room in Il medico della mutua (1968)

And in Lady Barbara (1970) he's an old man playing scopa with Carlo Delle Piane - another brief speaking role

[Ciavazzaro]

F.B.I. Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV series, 1970) - ep. 1: "Sparita il giorno delle nozze" as Priest at the post-funeral

[Johan Melle]

Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951) as an admirer of Vittorio De Sica who congratulates him after his performance

And a brief but very cool speaking role in Satyricon (1969) - the Polidoro version - as a rich, old homosexual named Pistone

[Johan Melle]

Yes, Ugo has a credited role in the fotoromanzo "Anime nella bufera" (1949) that I posted some scans from, but I've now found out that Ugo's involvement in fotoromanzi began even earlier, and it was in a crew capacity!

He is credited as aiuto produzione on the fotoromanzo "Perdutamente tua", written by Damiano Damiani(!) and published in the magazine Bolero Film from N. 54 (30 May 1948) to N. 74 (17 October 1948)

Of course, we already know that some of our generici also had some productions jobs (Luciano Foti for example), but it's very interesting to see the same thing happening in fotoromanzi.

But how can I be 100% sure that this Ugo Mari is the same as the actor Ugo Mari, you might be wondering. Well, I'm sure because Ugo also has a little uncredited acting role in this fotoromanzo. Or actually, he has two roles!

First, he appears as the father-in-law of Enzo Fiermonte

It's a very small role - Ugo is only seen in three frames

Then a little later he plays a policeman, but now with a moustache

This, too, was a very little role - only three frames

I think it's quite possible that Ugo was a production assistant etc on other fotoromanzi from this period too, but unfortunately, such production roles are usually not credited. Usually, only writers, directors and photographers (and sometimes costume designers and make-up artists) are credited.