Alfredo Ciarpelloni

Post by **Johan Melle** » 20/11/2019, 14:58

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.

FILMOGRAPHY

1969

Fellini - Block notes di un regista (uncredited) .... Actor playing gladiator for Fellini

1972
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi (uncredited) .... Bar patron

1973
Il boss (uncredited) .... Cocchi's thug
Il delitto Matteotti (uncredited) .... Communist at Gramsci's home
Io e lui (uncredited) .... Member of the movie crew
Le cinque giornate (uncredited) .... Revolutionary

1975
Fango bollente (uncredited) .... Cement truck driver

1978
Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra - 3rd segment (uncredited) .... Man throwing a slipper in the square
L'inquilina del piano di sopra (uncredited) .... Truck driver

1980
Un sacco bello (credited as "segretario di produzione") .... Stretcher-bearer

1994
Perdiamoci di vista (uncredited) .... Taxi driver who brings Arianna home

OTHERS WORKS

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 20/11/2019, 15:00

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.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 20/11/2019, 15:02

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 20/11/2019, 15:04

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 20/11/2019, 20:08

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"

Post by **Emiliano** » 20/11/2019, 20:15

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).

Post by **Emiliano** » 20/11/2019, 21:32

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 20/11/2019, 22:11

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.