Piero Pastore

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Piero Pastore in Io, suo padre (1939)

Pietro Mario Pastore, known as Piero, was born in Padua, Italy on April 3rd 1903 (some sources claim 1908, but ’03 is the year on his grave). From a young age he was a professional football player, rising to the top of his profession, playing for internationally reknowned teams such as AC Milan and Juventus as well as the Italian national team - indeed it seems he is widely regarded as being the first “star” football player. In 1929 he began acting in films, and from 1932 this became his full time career, one in which he continued until his death. He began his acting career auspiciously with several high profile leading roles, however by the mid-30’s he was already playing smaller parts, and in the 50’s and 60’s he was kept very busy appearing in mostly uncredited bit parts. He died at the age of 64, on January 8th 1968, in Rome.

Given that he was a national sporting hero, with much accompanying publicity, then I think his biographical details, found from many sources, can be relied upon.

I have found numerous previously undocumented appearances by Piero in peplum and historical films, so there must almost certainly be additional roles to be found.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1929

1. Ragazze non scherzate (poster credit as Pietro Pastore) .... Role?
   
   1930
2. La leggenda di Wally (poster credit as Pietro Pastore) .... Hagenbach
   
   1933
3. Acciaio (credited) .... Mario Velini
   
   1935
4. Aldebarán (credited as Pietro Pastore) .... Sailor
   
   1936
5. Tredici uomini e un cannone (credited) .... Man No.7
   
   1938
6. Sotto la croce del sud (credited) .... Casale
   
   1939
7. Io, suo padre (credited) .... Sandro
8. Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (credited) .... Peasant
   
   1940
9. Fortuna (poster credit) .... Role?
   
   1941
10. La corona di ferro (uncredited) .... Sestio
    
    1942
11. Fari nella nebbia (uncredited) .... Mechanic
12. Giarabub (credited as Pastore Piero) .... Lieutenant Martini
    
    1943
13. Il treno crociato (uncredited) .... Corsi
14. L'uomo dalla croce (credited as P. Pastore) .... Beyrow
    
    1944
15. La donna della montagna (credited as Pietro Pastore) .... Rodolfo's assistant
    
    1945
16. Due lettere anonime (uncredited) .... Army veteran on the train
17. Quartieri alti (uncredited) .... Bottarini
    
    1946
18. Aquila nera (credited) .... Iwan
    
    1948
19. 11 uomini e un pallone (credited?) .... Marcello
    
    1949
20. Antonio di Padova (credited) .... Giano
    
    1950
21. È più facile che un cammello... (credited) .... A workers representative
22. Il monello della strada (credited) .... Mine worker
23. Prima comunione (uncredited) .... Removals man
    
    1951
24. La vendetta del corsaro (credited) .... Escuedo
25. Lorenzaccio (credited) .... Guard
26. Persiane chiuse (credited) .... Cinque
    
    1952
27. Camicie rosse (Anita Gribaldi) (credited as P. Pastore) .... Pietro
28. I tre corsari (uncredited) .... Captain of the galleon
29. Il segreto delle tre punte (credited) .... Riccardo Albertini
    
    1953
30. La nave delle donne maledette (uncredited) .... Pedro
31. Roman Holiday (uncredited) .... Secret Service agent
    
    1954
32. Attila (credited) .... Tribal leader
33. Il cardinale Lambertini (uncredited) .... Papal messenger
34. L'arte di arrangiarsi (uncredited) .... Army doctor
35. Pane amore e gelosia (uncredited) .... Fantozzi
36. Peccato che sia una canaglia (uncredited) .... The nurse
37. Toto cerca pace (uncredited) .... Desk clerk at Hotel Vesuvio
38. Ulisse (uncredited) .... One of Ulysses' men
39. Uomini ombra (uncredited) .... Police officer
    
    1955
40. Il falco d'oro (uncredited) .... Ambassador
41. Il segno di Venere (uncredited) .... Party guest
42. La bella mugnaia (uncredited) .... Nobleman
43. La donna più bella del mondo (uncredited) .... Gate guard at horse trials
44. Siamo uomini o caporali (uncredited) .... Member of the film crew
45. Suonno d'ammore (credited) .... Fisherman
46. Toto e Carolina (credited) .... Policeman in the office
47. War and Peace (uncredited) .... Soldier travelling with Andrei
    
    1956
48. Il cavaliere dalla spada nera (credited) .... Sebastiano
49. Lo spadaccino misterioso (uncredited) .... Role?
50. Scapricciatiello (uncredited) .... Occasional house servant
    
    1957
51. El Alamein (uncredited) .... General
52. Il conte Max (uncredited) .... Taxi driver
53. Io, Caterina (credited) .... Not found
54. Serenate per 16 bionde (uncredited) .... Engineer
    
    1958
55. Carosello di canzoni (uncredited) .... Nightclub Maitre d'
56. Erode il Grande (uncredited) .... General
57. Mia nonna poliziotto (uncredited) .... Brigadier Tinazzi
58. Totò e Marcellino (uncredited) .... Police inspector
    
    1959
59. Arrangiatevi (uncredited) .... Maestro Bruno
60. Cartagine in fiamme (uncredited) .... Conspirator
61. Fantasmi e ladri (uncredited) .... Exhibition guard outside museum
62. I ragazzi del juke box (uncredited) .... Songwriter
63. Il Generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Paolo Marconi
64. Il mondo dei miracoli (credited) .... Station master
65. Il raccomandato di Ferro (uncredited) .... Furniture dealer
66. Il terrore dei barbari (uncredited) .... Barbarian
67. L'arciere Nero (uncredited) .... Conspirator
68. Simpatico mascalzone (credited as P. Pastore) .... Sor Augusto
    
    1960
69. A noi piace freddo…! (uncredited) .... Partisan
70. I giganti della Tessaglia (uncredited) .... Citizen of Jolco
71. L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Office clerk
72. La vendetta di Ercole (uncredited) .... Prison guard
73. Saffo, venere di Lesbo (uncredited) .... Army captain
74. Signori si nasce (uncredited) .... Costumer's assistant
    
    1961
75. Il segreto dello Sparviero Nero (uncredited) .... Man arguing in the tavern
76. La vendetta della maschera di ferro (credited) .... Farmer
77. La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Prisoner at the mines
78. Le avventure di Mary Read (uncredited) .... Etiquette teacher
79. Le Baccanti (uncredited) .... Citizen of Thebes
80. Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (uncredited) .... Spectator at the ceremony
81. Una spada nell'ombra (credited) .... Prison guard
    
    1962
82. Caterina di Russia (uncredited) .... Officer
83. Dieci italiani per un tedesco (credited) .... Prisoner priest
84. Gli eroi del doppio gioco (credited) .... Riccio's aide
85. I sette gladiatori (uncredited) .... Role?
86. Il colpo segreto di d'Artagnan (credited) .... Conspirator
87. Il naufrago del Pacifico (credited) .... Governor
88. La monaca di Monza (uncredited) .... Vicar's second envoy
89. La Tigre dei Sette Mari (uncredited) .... Pirate
    
    1963
90. D'Artagnan contro i tre Moschettieri (uncredited) .... Role?
91. Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Citizen
92. Golia e il Cavaliere Mascherato (uncredited) .... Prison warder
93. I dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Role?
94. Il boom (uncredited) .... Doctor chasing Giovanni
95. Io Semiramide (credited) .... Shabli
96. L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato (credited?) .... Nicolas
97. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (uncredited) .... The shepherd
98. Totò e Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Senator
99. Zorro e i tre moschettieri (uncredited) .... Servant
    
    1964
100. Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa (uncredited) .... Citizen watching Apollodoro
101. Coriolano eroe senza patria (credited) .... Furio
102. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (uncredited) .... Spectator at the tournament
103. I maniaci (uncredited) .... Footballer
104. I tre centurioni (uncredited) .... Role?
105. Il colosso di Roma (uncredited) .... Agitated citizen
106. L'ultimo gladiatore (uncredited) .... British ambassador
107. La vendetta di Spartacus (uncredited) .... Role?
108. Sandokan alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Role?
109. Una spada per l'Impero (credited) .... Ottavio
110. Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi (credited) .... Amko
     
     1965
111. El diablo también llora / Il delitto di Anna Sandoval (uncredited) .... Private investigator
112. The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Nobleman on the battlefield
     
     1966
113. Django spara per primo (uncredited) .... Cooper
114. I criminali della galassia (credited as Peter Pastor) .... Scientist on Planet Delos
115. I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (uncredited) .... Officer under Martian control
116. Il pianeta errante (uncredited) .... Peter
117. Io, io, io.... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Man who takes Peppino's jacket

Additional credits

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• Una vita violenta (1962) seen in a scene from Il Generale della Rovere in a cinema

Più Piero!

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There are plenty more titles where Piero is rumoured to appear that I have been unable to find copies of, so if anybody has any of the titles below you know what to do...

• Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme (1930) IMDb
• Trois balles dans la peau (1934) IMDb as Policeman No.2
• Porto (1935) ANICA as Salvatore
• Milizia territoriale (1936) ANICA as Soldier Grotta
• Stasera alle undici (1938) ANICA as Willy
• Fanfulla da Lodi (1940) IMDb as Marco
• Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941) ANICA
• Orizzonte dipinto (1941) ANICA
• Il fanciullo del West (1942) ANICA as William Donovan
• Oro nero (1942) ANICA as Marco
• La figlia del mendicante (1950) ANICA
• Il bivio (1951) ANICA as De Vecchi
• Il capitano di Venezia (1952) ANICA as Barbaro Corazza (translated by Google as "Armour Barbarian")
• Gli amanti del passato (1953) ANICA
• Anni facili (1953) ANICA
• Condannatelo! (1953) ANICA
• Il bivio (1953) ANICA as Cheater at dice
• Legione straniera (1953) IMDb as Il Baro ai Dadi
• L'amante di Paride (1954) ANICA as Sinone
• Da qui all'eredità (1955) ANICA
• Storia di una minorenne (1956) ANICA as Indutriale discografico (translated by Google as "record industry")
• Operazione notte (1956) ANICA
• I fidanzati della morte (1957) ANICA as Bertola
• Gagliardi e pupe (1958) ANICA as Sr. Ezio

No Pastore!

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As always seems to be the case with little-known actors with large online filmographies, there are a few titles where he is credited somewhere online, but either he does not appear or else I was unable to find him for some reason.

• L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) Listed by ANICA with no role given.
• Senza bandiera (1951) IMDb with no role. I've looked through the film closely and couldn't find Piero.
• When in Rome (1953) Listed by IMDb as Customs man
• Barabba (1961) Listed by ANICA as Nicodemus.
• La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin (1967) Listed by ANICA with no role given.

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There are plenty of images and articles to be found online from Piero's footballing career and his transition into acting. Here are a small selection gathered from various sources.

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Piero began his film career at the start of the sound era, in Ragazze non scherzate (1929), role uncertain. I have been unable to find a copy of the film, but he is credited, as Pietro Pastore, with images, in this piece of publicity found on IMDb, which I assume is from a contemporary programme for the film.

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La leggenda di Wally (1930) as Hagenbach (to be confirmed). Piero is credited prominently, as Pietro Pastore, on this poster.

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Acciaio (1933) credited, as Mario Velini.

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Aldebarán (1935) credited as Pietro Pastore, as Sailor.

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Sotto la croce del sud (1938) credited, as Casale

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Io, suo padre (1939) credited, as Sandro

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Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (1939) credited, as a Peasant

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La corona di ferro (1941) as Sestio