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

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1961

1. Il conquistatore di Corinto (uncredited) .... Assemblyman
2. La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Priest
3. Romolo e Remo .... Man at Pagan ceremony
4. Ursus nella valle dei leoni (uncredited) .... Prisoner tied to elephants
   
   1962
5. Arrivano i titani (uncredited) .... Citizen
6. Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (uncredited) .... Senator
7. Le sette folgori di Assur (uncredited) .... Courtier
8. Ponzio Pilato (uncredited) .... Nobleman in the palace / Senator / Citizen of Judaea
9. Ursus gladiatore ribelle (uncredited) .... Councillor
   
   1963
10. Brenno il nemico di Roma (uncredited) .... Senator / Peasant entering Rome
11. Il terrore dei Mantelli Rossi (credited?) .... Father Lorenzo
12. Jason and the Argonauts (uncredited) .... One of the gods
13. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (uncredited) .... Man in marketplace watching virgins being taken
    
    1964
14. Anthar l'invincibile (uncredited) .... Spectator at the rhinoceros wrestling
15. Canzoni, bulli e pupe (uncredited) .... Nightclub client who gets a cake in the face
16. Il piombo e la carne .... Man in courtroom
17. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Nobleman
18. I tre centurioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner / Man in the street
19. La rivolta dei sette (uncredited) .... Temple priest / Man in the street
20. La vendetta dei gladiatori (uncredited) .... Courtier
21. La vendetta di Spartacus (uncredited) .... Villager / Senator
22. Saul e David (uncredited) .... Priest / Spectator watching the slaughter of the priests
23. Sinbad contro i sette saraceni .... Wizard
24. Super rapina a Milano (uncredited) .... Monk on TV
    
    1965
25. Kindar l'invulnerabile (uncredited) .... King Eman's man
26. La magnifica sfida .... Councillor of Atatur
27. La montagna di Luce (uncredited) .... One of Sitama's men
    
    1966
28. Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini series) - episode 7: "Il giudizio" .... Parliament member
    
    1967
29. Bang Bang Kid …. Townsman of Limerick
30. Due Rrringos nel Texas …. Disapproving old man at the dance
31. Little Rita nel west (uncredited) .... Townsman
32. Vita di Cavour (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Parliament member
33. Voltati... ti uccido! (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
    
    1968
34. Ed ora... raccomanda l'anima a Dio! .... Saloon customer
35. L'affare Dreyfus (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Juror in the trial of Emile Zola
36. Odissea (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Man in Alcinoo's court
37. Preparati la bara! .... Man at the hanging
38. Sangue chiama sangue .... Priest who gets shot
39. Una pistola per cento bare (uncredited) .... Townsman at the hanging
    
    1969
40. I fratelli Karamazov (TV mini series) - episodes 6 & 7 .... Mikhail Gorskin, a juror
    
    1970
41. Brancaleone alle crociate .... Man hanging in tree
42. La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza episode In cerca delle Indie oltre l'oceano ignoto …. Monk
43. Ninì Tirabusciò, la donna che invento la mossa .... Striker on the march
    
    1971
44. ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Monk
45. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto, mi chiamano Alleluja (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1972
46. L'udienza (uncredited) .... Priest at the papal hearing
    
    1973
47. La Tosca (uncredited) .... Monk
48. 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

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
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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
Previously an uncertain identification, I think this close-up behind Terence Hill confirms that it's our man - Nick

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