Foti, Luciano

[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.

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Filmography

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1961

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

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Other works

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

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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

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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