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.

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FILMOGRAPHY

1962

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

OTHER WORKS

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

CREW FILMOGRAPHY

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

[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)

Delitto in formula uno (1984) as Policeman at the typewriter - pic by Emiliano

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