Ciarpelloni, Alfredo

[Johan Melle]

Alfredo Ciarpelloni in Fango bollente (1975)

Alfredo Ciarpelloni, called "er banzo", was a roman cinema worker, that is one of those who often contributed, without specific credit, to the making of a film taking care of a technical aspect.

Thanks to his ruggedly roman face and robustly built body size, he was used for small appearances in many Italian films, typically as temperamental and physically threatening characters.

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Filmography

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1969

1. Fellini - Block notes di un regista .... Actor playing gladiator for Fellini (uncredited)
   
   1970
2. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... .... Saloon customer (uncredited)
   
   1971
3. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio .... Inmate of the Sagunto prison (uncredited)
   
   1972
4. Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi .... Bar patron (uncredited)
5. Roma .... Brothel client (uncredited)
   
   1973
6. Il boss .... Cocchi's thug (uncredited)
7. Il delitto Matteotti .... Communist at Gramsci's home (uncredited)
8. Io e lui .... Member of the movie crew (uncredited)
9. Le cinque giornate .... Revolutionary (uncredited)
   
   1975
10. Fango bollente .... Cement truck driver (uncredited)
    
    1978
11. Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra - 3rd segment .... Man throwing a slipper in the square (uncredited)
12. L'inquilina del piano di sopra .... Truck driver (uncredited)
    
    1980
13. Un sacco bello .... Stretcher-bearer (credited as "segretario di produzione")
    
    1994
14. Perdiamoci di vista .... Taxi driver who brings Arianna home (uncredited)

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Other works

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• Bla Bla Bla - sketch: "Million Dollar Gegia" (TV RaiDue, 2005) .... Alfredo, the sparring partner (uncredited)

[Johan Melle]

The earliest role I've found for him is Fellini - Block notes di un regista (1969) where he appears as a Roman actor who plays a gladiator (together with Ennio Antonelli) in a scene for Fellini.

[Johan Melle]

A memorable little part in Fango bollente (1975) as a cement truck driver that Joe Dallesandro and his buddies nearly crash with, leading to a violent fight with deadly consequences

[Johan Melle]

L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978) as a truck driver who gets into an altercation with Silvia Dionisio and Lino Toffolo

[Emiliano]

This is certainly his best known role as it appears in a cult film of Italian comedy: Un sacco bello (1980). His role is that of a stretcher-bearer at the hospital who cynically with his colleagues welcomes a friend of Verdone suffering from spasmodic pains and stalling making diagnosis by reading the newspaper.

His part continues after a while, when he continues with a brief comic line.

And credited as "segretario di produzione"

[Emiliano]

Briefly in Il boss (1973) as Cocchi's thug
He is one of the Calabrians who is assassinated by Henry Silva's men with a shot in the face (off screen).

[Emiliano]

In a sketch from the television show Bla Bla Bla (2005), where he takes part in a mini parody of "Million Dollar Baby", with Gegia and Bruno Bernardini.

Source here

[Emiliano]

Perdiamoci di vista (1994) as Taxi driver who brings Arianna home
Still a small gag with Verdone, in which he repeatedly takes and returns Asia Argento in Verdone's arms - because she is capricious - before taking her home.

[vecchiaguardia]

Le cinque giornate (1973) as Revolutionary

[Johan Melle]

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi (1972) as a bar patron, seen in the background playing cards

Later, he and the rest of the bar patrons are seen protesting during a political convention