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
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. Canzoni, bulli e pupe (uncredited) .... Nightclub client who gets a cake in the face
15. Il piombo e la carne .... Man in courtroom
16. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Nobleman
17. I tre centurioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner / Man in the street
18. La rivolta dei sette (uncredited) .... Temple priest / Man in the street
19. La vendetta dei gladiatori (uncredited) .... Courtier
20. La vendetta di Spartacus (uncredited) .... Villager / Senator
21. Saul e David (uncredited) .... Priest / Spectator watching the slaughter of the priests
22. Sinbad contro i sette saraceni .... Wizard
23. Super rapina a Milano (uncredited) .... Monk on TV
    
    1965
24. Kindar l'invulnerabile (uncredited) .... King Eman's man
25. La montagna di Luce (uncredited) .... One of Sitama's men
    
    1966
26. Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini series) - episode 7: "Il giudizio" .... Parliament member
    
    1967
27. Due Rrringos nel Texas …. Disapproving old man at the dance
28. Little Rita nel west (uncredited) .... Townsman
29. Vita di Cavour (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Parliament member
30. Voltati... ti uccido! (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
    
    1968
31. Ed ora... raccomanda l'anima a Dio! .... Saloon customer
32. L'affare Dreyfus (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Juror in the trial of Emile Zola
33. Odissea (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Man in Alcinoo's court
34. Preparati la bara! .... Man at the hanging
35. Sangue chiama sangue .... Priest who gets shot
36. Una pistola per cento bare (uncredited) .... Townsman at the hanging
    
    1969
37. I fratelli Karamazov (TV mini series) - episodes 6 & 7 .... Mikhail Gorskin, a juror
    
    1970
38. Brancaleone alle crociate …. Man hanging in tree
39. La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza episode In cerca delle Indie oltre l'oceano ignoto …. Monk
    
    1971
40. ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Monk
41. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto, mi chiamano Alleluja (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1972
42. L'udienza (uncredited) .... Priest at the papal hearing
    
    1973
43. La Tosca (uncredited) .... Monk
44. 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