White Peplum Beard

[Johan Melle]

??? in Odissea (1968)

This distinct-looking bald, white-bearded man was an active generico in the 1960s and especially in peplum films and in RAI sceneggiati, where he usually played jurors or parliament members.

He plays an important role in the film Il terrore dei Mantelli Rossi (1963) and he could be credited. His name, by subtraction, could be Sergio Prestano.


FILMOGRAPHY

1961

1. La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Priest
2. Romolo e Remo .... Man at Pagan ceremony
3. Ursus nella valle dei leoni (uncredited) .... Prisoner tied to elephants
   
   1962
4. Arrivano i titani (uncredited) .... Citizen
5. Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (uncredited) .... Senator
6. Le sette folgori di Assur (uncredited) .... Courtier
7. Ursus gladiatore ribelle (uncredited) .... Councillor
   
   1963
8. Brenno il nemico di Roma (uncredited) .... Senator
9. Il terrore dei Mantelli Rossi (credited?) .... Father Lorenzo
10. Jason and the Argonauts (uncredited) .... One of the gods
11. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (uncredited) .... Man in marketplace watching virgins being taken
    
    1964
12. Canzoni, bulli e pupe (uncredited) .... Nightclub client who gets a cake in the face
13. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Nobleman
14. I tre centurioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner / Man in the street
15. La rivolta dei sette (uncredited) .... Temple priest
16. La vendetta dei gladiatori (uncredited) .... Courtier
17. La vendetta di Spartacus (uncredited) .... Villager / Senator
18. Saul e David (uncredited) .... Priest
19. Super rapina a Milano (uncredited) .... Monk on TV
    
    1965
20. Kindar l'invulnerabile (uncredited) .... King Eman's man
    
    1966
21. Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini series) - episode 7: "Il giudizio" .... Parliament member
    
    1967
22. Due Rrringos nel Texas …. Disapproving old man at the dance
23. Little Rita nel west (uncredited) .... Townsman (uncertain identification)
24. Vita di Cavour (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Parliament member
    
    1968
25. Ed ora... raccomanda l'anima a Dio! .... Saloon customer
26. L'affare Dreyfus (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Juror in the trial of Emile Zola
27. Odissea (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Man of the court
28. Una pistola per cento bare (uncredited) .... Townsman at the hanging
    
    1969
29. I fratelli Karamazov (TV mini series) .... Juror
    
    1970
30. Brancaleone alle crociate …. Man hanging in tree
31. La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza episode In cerca delle Indie oltre l'oceano ignoto …. Monk
    
    1971
32. ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Monk
33. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto, mi chiamano Alleluja (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1972
34. L'udienza (uncredited) .... Priest at the papal hearing
    
    1973
35. La Tosca (uncredited) .... Monk
36. Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Man at the funeral

[Johan Melle]

...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (1971) as a Monk

[Johan Melle]

Kindar l'invulnerabile (1965) as King Eman's man

I fratelli Karamazov (1969) (TV mini series) as Juror

L'udienza (1972) as Priest at the papal hearing

[Johan Melle]

La vendetta dei gladiatori (1964) as Courtier

La rivolta dei sette (1964) as Temple priest

Una pistola per cento bare (1968) as Townsman at the hanging

[Johan Melle]

He is one of the gods in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), a famous American adventure movie shot in Italy

[Johan Melle]

Should probably be him in Little Rita nel west (1967) as a townsman

pic by Carlos

Vita di Cavour (1967) (TV mini series) as Parliament member

He's also present in a later parliament scene, but now he's standing and dressed differently. I assume it's a different role but not sure what he's supposed to be here...

[Johan Melle]

Two more RAI TV mini series productions for our friend:

Il conte di Montecristo - episode 7: "Il giudizio" (1966) as Parliament member

L'affare Dreyfus (1968) as Juror in the trial of Emile Zola

And the first fotoromanzo discovery: as a bartender in the western fotoromanzo Mina N. 5: "Lacrime di sposa" (August 1962)

[carlos]

Due Rrringos nel Texas (1967) as Disapproving old man at the dance

ID by Johan

[PeplumParadise]

So I finally joined the forum, still not sure how it all works but I'll give it a go.

His earliest known appearance that I'm aware of was in Ursus nella valle dei leoni (1961) as Prisoner tied to elephants

[PeplumParadise]

Le sette folgori di Assur (1962) as Courtier