Umberto Alivernini

[Johan Melle]

Umberto Alivernini in the fotoromanzo "I fiori sul fango" (1949)

A ubiquitous presence in Italian cinema of the 1950s, Umberto Alivernini can be spotted in numerous comedies and melodramas of that era.

His ruggedly handsome features also attracted the attention of the famed milanese fotoromanzo magazine Bolero Film, who cast him in a supporting role the fotoromanzo "Perdutamente tua" (1948), in which his surname is misspelled as Oliverini, and he subsequently he appeared in a villainous role in "Fiori sul fango" (published in Sogno in 1949). He then abandoning this genre and focused his efforts on movies, appearing as an extra in a steady stream of films up until the early 1960s.

Surprisingly, Umberto also appears in a couple of films made between the mid 1970s and early 1980s, so there should be more roles to be found from the 1960s and early 1970s as well. However, he has at least one credit as capogruppo (a term for the person in charge of casting extras) so it is also possible that he worked largely in this capacity from the 1960s and onwards instead of appearing on-screen himself.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1949

1. Totò le Mokò (uncredited) .... Guest at the Grand Hotel
   
   1950
2. La strada buia (uncredited) .... Airplane passenger
3. Le sei mogli di Barbablù (uncredited) .... Sailor
   
   1951
4. Anna (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
5. Era lui, sì, sì! (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
6. Incantesimo tragico (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
   
   1952
7. La muta di Portici (uncredited) .... Rebel
8. Lo sai che i papaveri... (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
9. Roma ore 11 (uncredited) .... Onlooker at the scene of the accident
   
   1953
10. Anna perdonami (uncredited) .... Party guest
11. Febbre di vivere (uncredited) .... Man at the hippodrome
12. Una di quelle (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
    
    1954
13. Dov'è la libertà...? (uncredited) .... Man at the dance marathon
14. La schiava del peccato (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
15. Una parigina a Roma (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1955
16. Addio, Napoli! (uncredited) .... Casino player
    
    1956
17. Totò lascia o raddoppia? (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
18. Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (uncredited) .... Tabarin customer
    
    1957
19. Arrivano i dollari! (uncredited) .... Umberto, a friend of Cesaretto
20. Malafemmena (uncredited) .... Policeman
21. Parola di ladro (uncredited) .... Jewelry shop guard
    
    1958
22. Carosello di canzoni (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
23. La legge è legge (uncredited) .... Carabinieri officer
24. Mia nonna poliziotto (uncredited) .... Policeman
25. Totò a Parigi (uncredited) .... Nightclub client
26. Totò e Marcellino (uncredited) .... The groom
27. Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (uncredited) .... Man who buys a ribbon
    
    1959
28. Ben-Hur (uncredited) .... Officer at the chariot race
29. I ragazzi del juke box (uncredited) .... Audience member at the coronation ceremony
30. Lui, lei e il nonno (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
31. Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1960
32. A noi piace freddo...!! (uncredited) .... Hospital nurse
    
    1961
33. Che gioia vivere (uncredited) .... Prison guard
    
    1963
34. La cieca di Sorrento (credited as Production secretary) .... Not found
    
    1973
35. Più forte sorelle (credited as 2° capo gruppo) .... No on-screen role
    
    1975
36. Labbra di lurido blu (credited) .... Bar customer
    
    1977
37. Nerone (uncredited) .... Senator
    
    1980
38. Il lupo & l'agnello (uncredited) .... Onlooker

FOTOROMANZI

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• "Perdutamente tua" (published in Bolero Film from May to October 1948) - credited as Umberto Oliverini
• "I fiori sul fango" (Published in Sogno from July to December 1949) - credited

[Johan Melle]

Umberto Alivernini (credited as Umberto Oliverini) in the fotoromanzo "Perdutamente tua, published in Bolero Film from May to October 1948

And his second fotoromanzo role: "I fiori sul fango", published in Sogno from July to December 1949

[Johan Melle]

And the movie roles:

Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950) as Sailor

Incantesimo tragico (1951) as Wedding guest

Febbre di vivere (1953) as a man at the hippodrome who gets very angry when it doesn't go well with the horse he was betting on

[Johan Melle]

Addio, Napoli! (1955) as Casino player

Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956) as Nightclub customer

And a small speaking part in Arrivano i dollari! (1957) as Umberto, a friend of Cesaretto (Mario Riva) - yet another example of a film in which a generico is addressed with his actual name

[Johan Melle]

La legge è legge (1958) as Carabinieri officer

Totò e Marcellino (1958) as The groom

[van den bremt rudy]

Totò le Mokò (1949) as invitational guest at the grand hotel
uncredited role in this Totò comedy.

Earliest role so far found

[Johan Melle]

La muta di Portici (1952) as Rebel

Pic by PeplumParadise

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956) as Tabarin customer

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

[Johan Melle]

La strada buia (1950) as Airplane passenger

Dov'è la libertà...? (1954) as Man at the dance marathon

[Johan Melle]

I ragazzi del juke box (1959) as Audience member at the coronation ceremony

[van den bremt rudy]

Carosello di canzoni (1958) as nightclub customer
here he is sitting on the table with Nino capozzi

new role for umberto