Catoni, Aristide

[Johan Melle]

Aristide Catoni in L'imperatore di Capri (1949)

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.

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Filmography

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1937

1. Il signor Max .... Man at party on the cruise ship (uncredited)
   
   1938
2. Il trovatello - L'ha fatto una signora .... Diner in restaurant / Man celebrating lotto win (uncredited)
   
   1939
3. Imputato alzatevi! .... Co-defense lawyer (uncredited)
   
   1940
4. L'assedio dell'Alcazar .... Man in the war office (uncredited)
   
   1941
5. È caduta una donna .... Spectator at horse race (uncredited)
6. I mariti .... Man congratulating Fabio (uncredited)
7. I pirati della Malesia .... Sailor (uncredited)
8. L'elisir d'amore .... Villager (uncredited)
   
   1942
9. Colpi di timone .... Shareholder (uncredited) / Usher at shareholders meeting (uncredited)
10. Giorno di nozze .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
11. Una signora dell'Ovest .... Audience member at Arianna's performance (uncredited)
12. Una storia d'amore .... Bar customer (uncredited)
    
    1943
13. Dagli Appennini alle Ande .... Sailor who comforts Marco (uncredited)
14. Due cuori fra le belve .... Audience member at lecture (uncredited)
15. I nostri sogni .... Colleague of Signor Posci (uncredited)
16. Il fidanzato di mia moglie .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
    
    1947
17. I due orfanelli .... House servant (uncredited)
18. Sinfonia fatale .... Theatre audience member (uncredited)
    
    1948
19. Anni difficili .... Fascist in training (uncredited)
20. Caccia all'uomo .... Priest (uncredited)
21. Fifa e arena .... Spectator at bullfight (uncredited)
22. Il fiacre n°13 - I° episodio "Delitto" .... Servant at the gentleman's club (uncredited)
23. La Certosa di Parma .... Man in angry mob (uncredited)
24. Totò al Giro d'Italia .... Restaurant diner tormented by the professor (uncredited)
25. Una lettera all'alba .... Juror (uncredited)
    
    1949
26. Al diavolo la celebrità .... Journalist at press conference (uncredited)
27. I pompieri di Viggiù .... Man in theatre audience (uncredited)
28. L'imperatore di Capri .... Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
29. Riso amaro .... Man in the train window (uncredited)
30. Yvonne la Nuit .... Audience member in the theater (uncredited)
    
    1950
31. Alina .... Casinò player (uncredited)
32. È più facile che un cammello... .... Truck driver (credited)
33. La strada buia .... Marchese Camponeschi, one of Ralph's friends (uncredited)
34. Miss Italia .... Trouble maker (uncredited)
35. Prima comunione .... Man who tries to break up the fight in the café (uncredited)
36. Quel fantasma di mio marito .... Man answering the phone (uncredited)
37. Totò cerca moglie .... Waiter at the embassy party (uncredited)
38. Tototarzan .... Train conductor (uncredited)
    
    1951
39. Cameriera bella presenza offresi... .... Caretaker summoned to break the door open (uncredited)
40. Domani è un altro giorno .... Barman (uncredited)
41. Era lui, sì, sì! .... Department store employee (uncredited)
42. Il tradimento .... Judge (uncredited)
43. Io sono il Capataz .... Captured government soldier (uncredited)
44. La città si difende .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
45. Sette ore di guai .... Bus ticket collector (uncredited)
46. Una bruna indiavolata .... Train conductor (uncredited)
    
    1952
47. Altri tempi - segment "Il processo di Frine" .... Juror (uncredited)
48. Camicie rosse .... High-ranking military officer (uncredited)
49. Il romanzo della mia vita .... Diner in restaurant (uncredited)
50. Il tallone di Achille .... Spectator at wrestling match (uncredited)
51. La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna .... Journalist (uncredited)
52. Non è vero... ma ci credo! .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
53. Totò e i Re di Roma .... Man in funeral procession (uncredited)
    
    1953
54. Anna perdonami .... Party guest observing the card game (uncredited)
55. Il sacco di Roma .... role?
56. La passeggiata .... Antiques dealer (credited)
57. Stazione Termini .... Priest (uncredited)
58. Un turco napoletano .... Bather (uncredited)
    
    1954
59. Canzone d'amore .... Lorenzo, Sandro's father (credited)
60. Desiderio è sole .... Card player (uncredited)
61. Disonorata senza colpa .... Court clerk (uncredited)
62. Gli amori di Manon Lescaut .... Cloth seller at market (uncredited)
63. La schiava del peccato .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
64. Papà Pacifico .... Barman (uncredited)
65. Pietà per chi cade .... Spectator at the trial (uncredited)
66. Scuola elementare .... Audience member at educational awards ceremony (uncredited)
67. Se vincessi cento milioni - segment: "L'indossatrice" .... Concierge (uncredited)
68. The Barefoot Contessa .... Roulette player (uncredited)
69. Torna! .... Casino player (uncredited)
    
    1955
70. Buonanotte... avvocato! .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
71. Il coraggio .... "Coraggio e volontà" member (uncredited)
72. La donna più bella del mondo .... Theatre patron (uncredited)
73. La moglie è uguale per tutti .... Wedding reception guest (uncredited)
74. Piccola posta .... Man holding dog at opening of pet salon (uncredited)
75. I pinguini ci guardano .... Old husband (uncredited)
76. Scapricciatiello .... Member of the wedding procession (uncredited)
    
    1956
77. Canzone proibita .... The impresario (uncredited)
78. Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) .... Debt collector (credited)
79. Il prezzo della gloria .... Man in concert audience (uncredited)
80. La fortuna di essere donna .... Grand Hotel waiter (uncredited)
81. Totò lascia o raddoppia? .... Man at the hippodrome (uncredited)
    
    1957
82. Arrivano i dollari! .... Station master (uncredited)
83. Ascoltami .... Clerk at office of vital records (uncredited)
84. C'è un sentiero nel cielo .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
85. I vampiri .... Porter (uncredited)
86. Il conte Max .... Passerby at Via Veneto (uncredited)
87. La ragazza del Palio .... Maitre D' (uncredited)
88. Le notti bianche .... Man in the street (uncredited)
89. Malafemmena .... Man at the celebration (uncredited)
90. Onore e sangue .... Juror (uncredited)
91. Primo applauso .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
92. Totò, Vittorio e la Dottoressa .... Patient with crutches (uncredited)
    
    1958
93. Adorabili e bugiarde .... Passerby (uncredited)
94. Amore e chiacchiere .... Train passenger (uncredited)
95. Carosello di canzoni .... Court official (uncredited)
96. Il conte di Matera .... Priest (uncredited)
97. Ladro lui, ladra lei .... Doorman (uncredited)
98. Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina .... Nightclub barman (uncredited)
99. Totò e Marcellino .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
100. Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche .... Spectator at theatre (uncredited)
101. Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! .... Cafe customer (uncredited)
     
     1959
102. Annibale .... Senator (uncredited)
103. Ben-Hur .... Man watching parade (uncredited)
104. Ferdinando I° re di Napoli .... Theatre audience member (uncredited)
105. I tartassati .... Porter (uncredited)
106. Il Generale Della Rovere .... Prisoner (uncredited)
107. Il moralista .... Dancing man at nightclub (uncredited)
108. Juke box urli d'amore .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
109. La battaglia di Maratona .... Flute player (uncredited)
110. La cambiale .... Arturo (uncredited)
111. Lui, lei e il nonno .... Nightclub bartender (uncredited)
112. Nel segno di Roma .... Senator (uncredited)
113. Non perdiamo la testa .... Party guest (uncredited)
114. Quanto sei bella Roma .... Veterinarian (uncredited)
115. Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito .... Party guest (uncredited)
     
     1960
116. Caccia al marito .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
117. Femmine di lusso .... Porter on the train (uncredited)
118. Gastone .... Tabarin client (uncredited)
119. Il conquistatore d'Oriente .... Advisor to Omar (uncredited)
120. L'impiegato .... Executive (uncredited)
121. La vendetta dei barbari .... Courtier (uncredited)
122. Le pillole di Ercole .... Man at the wild party (uncredited)
123. Letto a tre piazze .... The porter (uncredited)
124. Madri pericolose .... Fatima's father (credited)
125. Morgan il pirata .... Man weighing the treasure (uncredited)
126. Poveri milionari .... Ticket seller at train station (uncredited)
127. The Angel Wore Red .... Nationalist prisoner (uncredited)
128. Ti aspetterò all'inferno .... Security guard (uncredited)
     
     1961
129. Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo .... Member of the PC in the parliament (uncredited)
130. Vanina Vanini .... Man awaiting the priests arrival (uncredited)
131. Viva l'Italia .... The reverend (uncredited)
     
     1962
132. 2 samurai per 100 geishe .... Plane passenger (uncredited)
133. Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) .... Officer who sends Ferroni to prison (uncredited)
134. Duello nella Sila .... Stage coach passenger (uncredited)
     
     1963
135. Il successo .... The porter (uncredited)
136. La donna degli altri è sempre più bella .... Party guest (uncredited)
137. Ro.Go.Pa.G. - segment "Il pollo ruspante" .... Spectator at meeting (uncredited)
138. The Pink Panther .... Costume party guest (uncredited)
139. Totò e Cleopatra .... Senator (uncredited)
     
     1964
140. Danza macabra .... Butler (uncredited)
141. I due mafiosi .... Waiter (uncredited)
142. Le belle famiglie - segment: "La cernia" .... Bartender (uncredited)
143. Omicron .... Gala guest (uncredited)
144. Queste pazze pazze donne - segment: "Gentil sesso" .... Club proprietor (uncredited)
145. The Visit .... Villager (uncredited)
     
     1966
146. Bel ami 2000 / 100 ragazze per un playboy .... Angry party guest (credited)
     
     1967
147. La bisbetica domata .... Villager (uncredited)
148. Le dolci signore .... Audience member at Orphans benefit (uncredited)
     
     1968
149. Niente rose per OSS 117 .... Party guest (uncredited)

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More Catoni!

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Additional titles where Aristide is supposed to appear.

• Serenata d'amore (1955) ANICA

[Johan Melle]

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

[Johan Melle]

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

[Ciavazzaro]

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)

[Johan Melle]

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

[Johan Melle]

With Renato Rascel in La passeggiata (1953) as Antiques dealer

And with Anna Magnani in Il più grande amore (Suor Letizia) (1956) as Debt collector

[Johan Melle]

On the left in Altri tempi (1952) - segment "Il processo di Frine" as Juror

Totò e Cleopatra (1963) as Senator

[Ciavazzaro]

Another 1950's role again as poker player with Ugo Mari in Alina (1950)

[Johan Melle]

Earliest role so far in Una lettera all'alba (1948) as Juror

And a nice little speaking role for Aristide in Era lui, sì, sì! (1951) as Department store employee

[Johan Melle]

Disonorata senza colpa (1954) as Court clerk

And a funny speaking role with Totò in Totò e Marcellino (1958) as Wedding guest