Paolo Labbia

[Johan Melle]

Paolo Labbia in La bella di Lodi (1963)

Alias: Paolo Labia

This tall old man with large, distinctive ears was active in both films and fotoromanzi during the 1950s, popping up quite frequently in various comedies with Totò.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1954

1. Camilla (uncredited) .... Banquet guest
   
   1955
2. Io piaccio (uncredited) .... Board member
   
   1956
3. Il bigamo (uncredited) .... Man at the court house
4. La fortuna di essere donna (uncredited) .... Party guest
5. Londra chiama Polo Nord (uncredited) .... Military judge
6. War and Peace (uncredited) .... Man in mourning
   
   1957
7. I vampiri (uncredited) .... Man at the funeral and at the party
8. Seven Hills of Rome (uncredited) .... Audience member at concert
9. Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa (uncredited) .... Restaurant client
   
   1958
10. Domenica è sempre domenica (uncredited) .... Party guest
11. The Naked Maja (La Maja desnuda) (uncredited) .... Servant
12. Totò a Parigi (uncredited) .... Nightclub client
13. Totò nella luna (uncredited) .... Officer at the top secret Pentagon meeting
    
    1959
14. Annibale (uncredited) .... Senator
15. I sicari di Hitler (uncredited) .... Party guest
16. Il generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Gambler
17. The Nun's Story (uncredited) .... A postulant's father
18. Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1960
19. Apocalisse sul fiume giallo (uncredited) .... Gambler
20. Femmine di lusso (uncredited) .... Train passenger
21. Genitori in blue jeans (uncredited) .... Customer in nightclub
22. Il vigile (uncredited) .... Party guest
23. La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Servant at Maddalena's house
24. Signori si nasce (uncredited) .... Card player in gentlemen's club
25. Un amore a Roma (uncredited) .... Marcello's father
    
    1961
26. Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo (uncredited) .... Member of the PC in the parliament
27. Psycosissimo (uncredited) .... Audience member at the strip show
    
    1962
28. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Director of the peplum film / Restaurant diner
29. Il commissario (uncredited) .... Monsignor at the conference
30. La marcia su Roma (uncredited) .... Guest at the Marchese's villa
    
    1963
31. La bella di Lodi (uncredited) .... Priest
32. La ragazza che sapeva troppo (uncredited) .... Sleeping airplane passenger

FOTOROMANZI

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1. "Regina del mio cuore" (published in Polvere di Stelle during 1957-58)
2. "Sulle ali della tempesta" (published in Cine Tipo during 1961) - credited

[Johan Melle]

So far, the only known credited role for Paolo is in the fotoromanzo "Sulle ali della tempesta", published in several parts in the magazine Cine Tipo during 1961

He also has a fairly nice uncredited supporting role in "Regina del mio cuore", published in several parts in the magazine Polvere di Stelle during 1957-58

[Johan Melle]

In Fellini's famous La dolce vita (1960) as Servant at Maddalena's house.
He's not credited in the actual film, but the book "I film di Federico Fellini" (1995) has a detailed cast list in which he's listed as Paolo Labia with just one B

Also present in Il bigamo (1956) as Man at the court house

And in the famous Hollywood epic War and Peace (1956) as Man in mourning

[Ciavazzaro]

Paolo in I vampiri (1957). First at the funeral speaking some lines

And then at the party

[Johan Melle]

In three comedies with Totò:

Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa (1957) as Restaurant client

Totò nella luna (1958) as Officer at the top secret Pentagon meeting

Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959) as Party guest

[Ciavazzaro]

Again with Totò but this time with a moustache in Signori si nasce (1960) as Card player in gentlemen's club

[Johan Melle]

Totò a Parigi (1958) as Nightclub client

[PeplumParadise]

Annibale (1959) as Senator

[PeplumParadise]

Genitori in blue jeans (1960) as Customer in night club

[Johan Melle]

Camilla (1954) as Banquet guest