Aristide Catoni is a generico who shows up everywhere in 1950s and early 1960s movies. His big, funny glasses make him instantly recognizable and he was used for funny little parts on several occasions, including numerous comedies with Totò.
A big thank you to Ciavazzaro for identifying Aristide.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Il signor Max (uncredited) .... Man at party on the cruise ship
1939 - Imputato alzatevi! (uncredited) .... Co-defense lawyer
1941 - È caduta una donna (uncredited) .... Spectator at horse race
- I mariti (uncredited) .... Man congratulating Fabio
- I pirati della Malesia (uncredited) .... Sailor
- L'elisir d'amore (uncredited) .... Villager
1942 - Colpi di timone (uncredited) .... Shareholder / Usher at shareholders meeting
- Giorno di nozze (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- Una signora dell'Ovest (uncredited) .... Audience member at Arianna's performance
- Una storia d'amore (uncredited) .... Bar customer
1943 - Dagli Appennini alle Ande (uncredited) .... Sailor who comforts Marco
- Due cuori fra le belve (uncredited) .... Audience member at lecture
- I nostri sogni (uncredited) .... Colleague of Signor Posci
- Il fidanzato di mia moglie (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
1947 - I due orfanelli (uncredited) .... House servant
- Sinfonia fatale (uncredited) .... Theatre audience member
1948 - Anni difficili (uncredited) .... Fascist in training
- Caccia all'uomo (uncredited) .... Priest
- Fifa e arena (uncredited) .... Spectator at bullfight
- Il fiacre n°13 - I° episodio "Delitto" (uncredited) .... Servant at the gentleman's club
- La Certosa di Parma (uncredited) .... Man in angry mob
- Totò al Giro d'Italia (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner tormented by the professor
- Una lettera all'alba (uncredited) .... Juror
1949 - Al diavolo la celebrità (uncredited) .... Journalist at press conference
- I pompieri di Viggiù (uncredited) .... Man in theatre audience
- L'imperatore di Capri (uncredited) .... Hotel receptionist
- Riso amaro (uncredited) .... Man in the train window
- Yvonne la Nuit (uncredited) .... Audience member in the theater
1950 - Alina (uncredited) .... Casinò player
- È più facile che un cammello... (credited) .... Truck driver
- La strada buia (uncredited) .... Marchese Camponeschi, one of Ralph's friends
- Prima comunione (uncredited) .... Man who tries to break up the fight in the café
- Quel fantasma di mio marito (uncredited) .... Man answering the phone
- Totò cerca moglie (uncredited) .... Waiter at the embassy party
- Tototarzan (uncredited) .... Train conductor
1951 - Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (uncredited) .... Caretaker summoned to break the door open
- Domani è un altro giorno (uncredited) .... Barman
- Era lui, sì, sì! (uncredited) .... Department store employee
- Il tradimento (uncredited) .... Judge
- Io sono il Capataz (uncredited) .... Captured government soldier
- La città si difende (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
- Sette ore di guai (uncredited) .... Bus ticket collector
- Una bruna indiavolata (uncredited) .... Train conductor
1952 - Altri tempi - segment "Il processo di Frine" (uncredited) .... Juror
- Camicie rosse (uncredited) .... High-ranking military officer
- Il romanzo della mia vita (uncredited) .... Diner in restaurant
- Il tallone di Achille (uncredited) .... Spectator at wrestling match
- La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna (uncredited) .... Journalist
- Non è vero... ma ci credo! (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- Totò e i Re di Roma (uncredited) .... Man in funeral procession
1953 - Anna perdonami (uncredited) .... Party guest observing the card game
- Il sacco di Roma (uncredited) .... Role?
- La passeggiata (credited) .... Antiques dealer
- Stazione Termini (uncredited) .... Priest
- Un turco napoletano (uncredited) .... Bather
1954 - Desiderio è sole (uncredited) .... Card player
- Disonorata senza colpa (uncredited) .... Court clerk
- La schiava del peccato (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
- Papà Pacifico (uncredited) .... Barman
- Pietà per chi cade (uncredited) .... Spectator at the trial
- Se vincessi cento milioni - segment: "L'indossatrice" (uncredited) .... Concierge
- The Barefoot Contessa (uncredited) .... Roulette player
- Torna! (uncredited) .... Casino player
1955 - Buonanotte... avvocato! (uncredited) .... Nightclub client
- Il coraggio (uncredited) .... "Coraggio e volontà" member
- La donna più bella del mondo (uncredited) .... Theatre patron
- La moglie è uguale per tutti (uncredited) .... Wedding reception guest
- Piccola posta (uncredited) .... Man holding dog at opening of pet salon
- Scapricciatiello (uncredited) .... Member of the wedding procession
1956 - Canzone proibita (uncredited) .... The impresario
- Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) (credited) .... Debt collector
- La fortuna di essere donna (uncredited) .... Grand Hotel waiter
- Totò lascia o raddoppia? (uncredited) .... Man at the hippodrome
1957 - Arrivano i dollari! (uncredited) .... Station master
- Ascoltami (uncredited) .... Clerk at office of vital records
- C'è un sentiero nel cielo (uncredited) .... Tavern customer
- I vampiri (uncredited) .... Porter
- Il conte Max (uncredited) .... Passerby at Via Veneto
- La ragazza del Palio (uncredited) .... Maitre D'
- Le notti bianche (uncredited) .... Man in the street
- Onore e sangue (uncredited) .... Juror
- Primo applauso (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer (role unconfirmed)
- Totò, Vittorio e la Dottoressa (uncredited) .... Patient with crutches
1958 - Adorabili e bugiarde (uncredited) .... Passerby
- Amore e chiacchiere (uncredited) .... Train passenger
- Carosello di canzoni (uncredited) .... Court official
- Il conte di Matera (uncredited) .... Priest
- Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Doorman
- Totò e Marcellino (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (uncredited) .... Spectator at theatre
- Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (uncredited) .... Cafe customer
1959 - Annibale (uncredited) .... Senator
- Ben-Hur (uncredited) .... Man watching parade
- Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (uncredited) .... Theatre audience member
- I tartassati (uncredited) .... Porter
- Il Generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Prisoner
- Il moralista (uncredited) .... Dancing man at nightclub
- Juke box urli d'amore (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- La battaglia di Maratona (uncredited) .... Flute player
- La cambiale (uncredited) .... Arturo
- Lui, lei e il nonno (uncredited) .... Nightclub bartender
- Nel segno di Roma (uncredited) .... Senator
- Non perdiamo la testa (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Quanto sei bella Roma (uncredited) .... Veterinarian
- Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (uncredited) .... Party guest
1960 - Caccia al marito (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
- Femmine di lusso (uncredited) .... Porter on the train
- Gastone (uncredited) .... Tabarin client
- Il conquistatore d'Oriente (uncredited) .... Advisor to Omar
- L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Executive
- La vendetta dei barbari (uncredited) .... Courtier
- Le pillole di Ercole (uncredited) .... Man at the wild party
- Letto a tre piazze (uncredited) .... The porter
- Madri pericolose (credited) .... Fatima's father
- Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Man weighing the treasure
- Poveri milionari (uncredited) .... Ticket seller at train station
- The Angel Wore Red (uncredited) .... Nationalist prisoner
- Ti aspetterò all'inferno (uncredited) .... Security guard
1961 - Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo (uncredited) .... Member of the PC in the parliament
- Vanina Vanini (uncredited) .... Man awaiting the priests arrival
- Viva l'Italia (uncredited) .... The reverend
1962 - 2 samurai per 100 geishe (uncredited) .... Plane passenger
- Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) (uncredited) .... Officer who sends Ferroni to prison
- Duello nella Sila (uncredited) .... Stage coach passenger
1963 - Il successo (uncredited) .... The porter
- La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. - segment "Il pollo ruspante" (uncredited) .... Spectator at meeting
- The Pink Panther (uncredited) .... Costume party guest
- Totò e Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Senator
1964 - Danza macabra (uncredited) .... Butler
- I due mafiosi (uncredited) .... Waiter
- Le belle famiglie - segment: "La cernia" (uncredited) .... Bartender
- Omicron (uncredited) .... Gala guest
- Queste pazze pazze donne - segment: "Gentil sesso" (uncredited) .... Club proprietor
- The Visit (uncredited) .... Villager
1966 - Bel ami 2000 / 100 ragazze per un playboy (credited) .... Angry party guest
1967 - La bisbetica domata (uncredited) .... Villager
- Le dolci signore (uncredited) .... Audience member at Orphans benefit
1968 - Niente rose per OSS 117 (uncredited) .... Party guest
More Catoni!
Additional titles where Aristide is supposed to appear.
- Canzone d'amore (1954) ANICA
- Serenata d'amore (1955) ANICA