Aristide Catoni

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/04/2019, 22:46

Aristide Catoni in L'imperatore di Capri (1949)

Aristide Catoni is a generico who shows up in a lot of 1950s and 60s 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

1948

Una lettera all'alba (uncredited) .... Juror

1949
L'imperatore di Capri (uncredited) .... Hotel receptionist

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
Tototarzan (uncredited) .... Train conductor

1951
Era lui, sì, sì! (uncredited) .... Department store employee
Il tradimento (uncredited) .... Judge
La città si difende (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner

1952
Altri tempi - segment "Il processo di Frine" (uncredited) .... Juror
Camicie rosse (uncredited) .... High-ranking military officer

1953
La passeggiata (credited) .... Antiques dealer

1954
Desiderio è sole (uncredited) .... Card player
Disonorata senza colpa (uncredited) .... Court clerk
Torna! (uncredited) .... Casino player

1955
Buonanotte... avvocato! (uncredited) .... Nightclub client

1956
Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) (credited) .... Debt collector
Totò lascia o raddoppia? (uncredited) .... Man at the hippodrome

1957
Arrivano i dollari! (uncredited) .... Station master
Ascoltami (uncredited) .... Clerk at office of vital records
I Vampiri (uncredited) .... Porter
La ragazza del Palio (uncredited) .... Maitre D'

1958
Adorabili e bugiarde (uncredited) .... Passerby
Totò e Marcellino (uncredited) .... Wedding guest

1959
Il moralista (uncredited) .... Dancing man at nightclub
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
Gastone (uncredited) .... Tabarin client
L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Executive
Letto a tre piazze (uncredited) .... The porter
Madri pericolose (credited) .... Father of Fatima

1961
Viva l'Italia (uncredited) .... Reverend

1962
Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) (uncredited) .... Officer who sends Ferroni to prison

1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (uncredited) .... Party guest
Totò e Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Senator

1964
Queste pazze pazze donne - segment: "Gentil sesso" (uncredited) .... Female catch club proprietor
The Visit (uncredited) .... Villager

1966
Bel ami 2000 / 100 ragazze per un playboy (credited) .... Angry party guest

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/04/2019, 22:48

Some of this roles from the early 1950s:

Quel fantasma di mio marito (1950) as Man answering the phone

Il tradimento (1951) as Judge

Without his usual glasses in Camicie rosse (1952) as High-ranking military officer

And with a monocle in Torna! (1954) as Casino player

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/04/2019, 22:52

One of his funny roles in Non perdiamo la testa (1959) as Party guest

One of his biggest roles in Letto a tre piazze (1960) where he has a nice little speaking role as The porter

With Vera Drudi in The Visit (1964) as Villager

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 27/04/2019, 23:35

Some credited roles

Madri pericolose (1960) he plays the Indian father of Edith Peters

Very nice role as the angry husband of Pupita Lea watching the naked protagonist in Belami 2000 (1966)

Uncredited but speaking role in La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/04/2019, 23:56

Small but memorable and credited role for Aristide in Luigi Zampa's È più facile che un cammello... (1950) as a truck driver who accidentally kills Jean Gabin when he hits him with his truck

This action sets in swing the whole plot of the movie, because Gabin is denied entry into heaven and is given a chance to return to life for half a day to redeem himself, and Aristide appears in a few more moments and is given a bit of dialogue