Luciano Foti

[Johan Melle]

Luciano Foti in Blade violent (I violenti) (1983).

Luciano Foti was a very prolific generico in the 1960s, 70s and 80s - often cast as priests, policemen or doctors. He was quite often entrusted with speaking roles, but was nevertheless credited only in a few television productions in which he played small roles, and in Year of the Gun (1991), an American production filmed in Italy.

Additionally, Luciano also sometimes worked behind the scenes and is credited as 'production secretary' in the Totò comedy Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) and in Toh, è morta la nonna! (1969), and as 'production coordinator' in the giallo Macchie solari (1975), and he also has very brief acting roles in these films.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1961

1. I due marescialli (uncredited) .... Fascist
   
   1962
2. Lo smemorato di Collegno (uncredited) .... Courthouse usher
3. Totò Diabolicus (uncredited) .... Security man
   
   1963
4. I cuori infranti - segment "E vissero felici" (uncredited) .... Barman
5. Goliath e la schiava ribelle (uncredited) .... Guard
6. Il giovedì (uncredited) .... Man on the bus
   
   1964
7. Canzoni, bulli e pupe (uncredited) .... Police agent
8. Maciste nelle miniere di Re Salomone (uncredited) .... Guard
9. Roma contro Roma (uncredited) .... Armenian soldier
   
   1965
10. I complessi - segments 'Una giornata decisiva' and 'Il complesso della schiava nubiana' (uncredited) .... Quirino's workmate / Usher
    
    1966
11. Navajo Joe (uncredited) .... Man in saloon
12. Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore (uncredited) .... Nurse
13. Il terzo occhio (uncredited) .... Policeman
14. Te lo leggo negli occhi (uncredited) .... Serenella's co-worker
    
    1967
15. Ad ogni costo (uncredited) .... Police agent
16. A suon di lupara (uncredited) .... Journalist
    
    1968
17. Madigan's Millions / Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi (uncredited) .... Policeman
    
    1969
18. Toh, è morta la nonna! (uncredited) .... TV repairman
    
    1972
19. Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (uncredited) .... Policeman
    
    1973
20. Il picciotto (TV mini series) (credited) .... Loud man in the street
    
    1974
21. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (uncredited) .... St. Patrick's Day celebrant
22. L'anticristo (uncredited) .... Servant in the Oderisi villa
23. Nucleo centrale investigativo (TV series) - episode 5: "Il falso Tiziano" (credited) .... Priest
    
    1975
24. La peccatrice (uncredited) .... Priest
25. Macchie solari (uncredited) .... Man in erotic slides
26. Pasqualino Settebellezze (uncredited) .... Kapo
    
    1976
27. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Man at the race course
28. Signore e signori buonanotte (uncredited) .... Television studio technician
    
    1977
29. La banda del Trucido (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer
30. La svastica nel ventre (uncredited) .... Nazi at brothel
31. Messalina, Messalina (uncredited) .... Senator
32. Napoli spara! (uncredited) .... Policeman at telephone exchange
33. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (uncredited) .... Latecomer clerk
    
    1978
34. Così come sei (uncredited) .... Man at the horse race
35. Follie di notte (uncredited) .... Man in audience at nightclub act
36. Il testimone (uncredited) .... Party guest
37. Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (uncredited) .... Journalist
38. L'ultimo guappo (uncredited) .... Man at the dance hall
39. La cage aux folles / Il vizietto (uncredited) .... The priest
40. Le notti porno nel mondo n. 2 (uncredited) .... Man in audience at nightclub act
41. La mazzetta (uncredited) .... Doctor at the hospital
42. Quando c'era lui... caro lei! (uncredited) .... Priest
43. La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (uncredited) .... Officer
44. Madame Bovary (TV Mini-Series) (uncredited) .... Man whose cigar is destroyed by a whip
45. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Nazi supporter
46. Zio Adolfo in arte Führer (uncredited) .... SS General
    
    1979
47. Ammazzare il tempo (uncredited) .... Man in the newspaper office
48. Caro papà (uncredited) .... Man in airport with Millozza
49. Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (uncredited) .... Man attending Dr. Jekyll's lecture
50. Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer (doubtful identification)
51. Giallo a Venezia (uncredited) .... Surveillance cop
52. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Man at nightclub
53. Il corpo della ragassa (uncredited) .... Brothel client
54. La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta - segment "Povero diavolo" (uncredited) .... Luigi, the porter
55. La patata bollente (uncredited) .... Factory worker
56. La poliziotta della squadra del buoncostume (uncredited) .... Scappavia's fellow-worker at dinner
57. Letti selvaggi - segment "Attenzione a quei due" (uncredited) .... Train passenger
58. Napoli... la camorra sfida, la città risponde (uncredited) .... Journalist
59. Pensione amore servizio completo (uncredited) .... Client of Pensione Amore
60. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Policeman standing outside police building
61. The Black Stallion (uncredited) .... Boat passenger
62. Tutti a squola (uncredited) .... Parent
63. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre (uncredited) .... Man at the firemen's ball
    
    1980
64. Arrivano i gatti (uncredited) .... Cook
65. Fantozzi contro tutti (uncredited) .... Wedding celebration guest
66. Il casinista (uncredited) .... Policeman
67. La cicala (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
68. La tua vita per mio figlio (uncredited) .... Passerby
69. Luca il contrabbandiere (uncredited) .... Police inspector
70. Mi faccio la barca (uncredited) .... Man at night club
71. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Lawyer
    
    1981
72. Bianco, rosso e Verdone (uncredited) .... Scrutineer
73. Caligola e Messalina (uncredited) .... Man watching gladiator fight
74. Carcerato (uncredited) .... Man in the court room
75. Culo e camicia (uncredited) .... Man at the racecourseè
76. Don Luigi Sturzo (TV Mini-Series) (uncredited) .... Man at the conference
77. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Priest
78. I fichissimi (uncredited) .... Priest
79. I ragazzi di celluloide (TV mini series) (credited) .... Café waiter
80. Il marchese del Grillo (uncredited) .... Parson of Santa Maria
81. Il turno (uncredited) .... Priest
82. Inchon! (uncredited) .... Officer at military briefing
83. La dottoressa di campagna (uncredited) .... One of the influential villagers
84. La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Guest at inn
85. La salamandra (uncredited) .... Party guest
86. L'isola del gabbiano (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Policeman at the beach
87. Lion of the Desert (uncredited) .... Man watching the trail
88. Manolesta (uncredited) .... Employment office clerk
89. Napoli, Palermo, New York, il triangolo della camorra (uncredited) .... role?
90. Quando la coppia scoppia (uncredited) .... Policeman
91. Spaghetti a mezzanotte (uncredited) .... Party guest
92. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini series) - episode 2: "L'educazione sentimentale" (uncredited) .... Man beaten by Fascists
    
    1982
93. Amici miei atto II (uncredited) .... Man in theater
94. Borotalco (uncredited) .... The Priest
95. Caligola - la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Upset man watching executions
96. Che casino... con Pierino! (uncredited) .... role?
97. Dio li fa e poi li accoppia (uncredited) .... Parishioner
98. Giggi il bullo (uncredited) .... role?
99. Grand Hotel Excelsior (uncredited) .... Cook with huge hair
100. Inverno al mare (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... The judge's assistant
101. La casa stregata (uncredited) .... Bank clerk
102. Liszt Ferenc (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Priest
103. Morte in Vaticano (uncredited) .... Journalist
104. Panagulis Zei (TV mini series) - episode 4 (uncredited) .... Lawyer/Judge
105. Pappa e ciccia (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer (ep.1) / Man on the plane (ep.2)
106. Pierino la peste alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Bar customer
107. Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande - Third episode (uncredited) .... Authority assistant at the Del Prà factory[/i]
108. La sconosciuta (TV mini series) (credited) .... Commissioner
109. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Il Macho" (uncredited) .... Man in elevator
110. Spaghetti House (uncredited) .... Cook
111. Violenza in un carcere femminile (uncredited) .... Prisoner
112. W la foca (uncredited) .... Doctor in "Villa Sottiletta"
     
     1983
113. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Candy seller
114. Al bar dello sport (uncredited) .... Porter of Lino's home
115. Benvenuta (uncredited) .... Party guest
116. Blade Violent (I violenti) (uncredited) .... Policeman
117. F.F.S.S., cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Tavern customer
118. Nana (uncredited) .... Client at the erotic club
119. Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio - segment 'Il mago' .... (uncredited) Member of the TV jury / Spectator at the magic challenge
120. Paulo Roberto Cotechino centravanti di sfondamento .... (uncredited) Waiter
121. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Man with eviction
122. Vai alla grande (uncredited) .... Priest
     
     1984
123. ...e la vita continua (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Party guest
124. Così parlò Bellavista (uncredited) .... Man in court of justice
125. Delitto in Formula Uno (uncredited) .... Nico's colleague policeman
126. Dimensione violenza (uncredited) .... Policeman
127. I due carabinieri (uncredited) .... Station master
128. L'allenatore nel pallone (uncredited) .... Member of Longobarda's managers
129. La bella Otero (TV mini series) - episode 4 (uncredited) .... Photographer on train
130. Magic Moments (uncredited) .... Man watching the striptease
131. Mi faccia causa (uncredited) .... Man in the courtroom
     
     1985
132. Il pentito (uncredited) .... role?
133. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (uncredited) .... Prison warrant officer
134. Saving Grace (uncredited) .... Sleeping priest in confessional
     
     1986
135. Attentato al Papa (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Journalist
136. Naso di cane (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Plainclothes cop
137. Quando arriva il giudice (TV series) - episode 5: "La notte delle stelle" (uncredited) .... Guest at the costume party
138. Scuola di ladri (uncredited) .... Employee of the real estate company
139. Superfantozzi (uncredited) .... Politician in 1870
140. Troppo forte (uncredited) .... Man who sequesters the elephant
     
     1987
141. Caramelle da uno sconosciuto (uncredited) .... Priest
142. Da grande (uncredited) .... Stationery shop's owner
143. I ragazzi della 3C (TV series) - season 1, episode 10: "La festa" (uncredited) .... Police commissioner
144. La famiglia Brandacci (TV) (uncredited) .... Priest
145. Orgia libera (uncredited) .... Giorgio, Karin's psychiatrist
146. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
     
     1988
147. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Il ragioniere
148. Big Man - La fanciulla che ride (TV) (uncredited) .... Museum porter
149. Casa mia casa mia... (uncredited) .... Priest
150. Festa di Capodanno (TV movie) (uncredited) .... Priest
     
     1989
151. Classe di ferro (TV series) - season 1, episode 8: "Operazione Simpatia" (uncredited) .... Priest
152. Splendor (uncredited) .... Card player at the club
     
     1990
153. Fantozzi alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Patient at hospital
154. Il giudice istruttore (TV series) - episode 4: "Simulazione di reato" (uncredited) .... Carlo Amodio's lawyer
155. Nel giardino delle rose (uncredited) .... Party guest
156. The Godfather Part III (uncredited) .... Audience member
157. Tolgo il disturbo (uncredited) .... Party guest
     
     1991
158. Doris una diva del regime (TV mini-series) - episode 2 (uncredited) .... Priest
159. I ragazzi del muretto (TV series) - episode 7: "Sospetti" (uncredited) .... Man at the parent-meeting
160. I ragazzi del muretto (TV series) - episode 8: "La scelta di Sara" (uncredited) .... Carabiniere officer
161. Il commissario Corso (TV series) - episodes 6, 8, 10 and 12 (credited) .... Inspector Vacalebre
162. Le comiche 2 (uncredited) .... Legionnaire
163. Year of the Gun (credited) .... Security guard
     
     1993
164. I ragazzi del muretto (TV series) - episode 19: "Il mestiere più antico del mondo" (uncredited) .... Apartment manager

OTHER WORKS

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• La sberla (1978) (TV variety show) - ep. 1, sketch "Al ristorante" .... Bread player at the restaurant

CREW FILMOGRAPHY

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• Lo smemorato di collegno (1962) - Production secretary
• Toh, è morta la nonna! (1969) - Production secretary
• Macchie solari (1975) - Production coordinator

FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK

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• La peccatrice (1974) (credited as "Segretario di produzione") .... Priest

[Johan Melle]

Napoli... la camorra sfida, la città risponde (1979) - pic from T.R.S.

Caligola e Messalina (1981)

Lion of the Desert (1981)

The Salamander (1981)

[Johan Melle]

Violenza in un carcere femminile (1982) - new pic by cinemaitaliano

Il terzo occhio (1966)

La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981)

[Emiliano]

L'allenatore nel pallone (1984)

Bianco rosso e verdone (1981)

La poliziotta della squadra del buoncostume (1979) as Scappavia's fellow-worker at dinner

Napoli spara! (1977)

[Johan Melle]

Ad ogni costo (1967)

Caligola - la storia mai raccontata (1982)

Inchon! (1981)

[vecchiaguardia]

Luciano Foti as a priest in I fichissimi (1981)

Tutti a squola (1979)

Napoli, Palermo, New York - Il triangolo della camorra (1981)

[vecchiaguardia]

Manolesta (1981)

Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981) as a Party guest

La tua vita per mio figlio (1980) as a passerby

[Emiliano]

Al bar dello sport (1980)

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983) - 1st pic by Ghibarian
Double role, as member of the TV jury:

And spectator of the magic challenge:

L'ultimo guappo (1978) - pic by nemesi

La svastica nel ventre (1977) as Nazi at brothel

The same scene is also shown in this movie still from the film's publicity brochure - pic by Johan Melle

[Emiliano]

Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre (1979) - pic by T.R.S.

Che casino... con Pierino! (1982) pic by vecchiaguardia

[Johan Melle]

Another interesting discovery: Luciano Foti (with Giuseppe Marrocco) in Killing N. 21: "Dollari e piombo" (published 15 July 1967)

Erna Sheurer was one of the queens of fotoromanzi neri. She was in many, many numbers of "Killing" and "Le avventure di Don Archer". It's too bad that all the actors in "Killing" are uncredited because so many interesting actresses appeared in them: Erna of course but also Rosemarie Lindt, Annie Alberti, Lea Lander, Gabriella Giorgelli, Mary Arden, Beryl Cunningham, and actors like Dario Michaelis, Nino Vingelli, Paul Muller, Renato Baldini, George Hilton, Erno Crisa, Gérard Landry, Mimmo Poli, Alberto Farnese, Rico Boido etc. And many of the same actors (plus Gioia Desideri, Katia Cardinali etc) are in Don Archer too. Very impressive, I think!


Foti has also a small role in "I fratelli Zaccheo" - long fotoromanzo-a-puntate published in Grand Hotel in 1984