Giovanni Baghino, most often credited as Gianni, was a bit part actor working consistantly in Italian films from the late 1940’s until his death in 1995. His floppy black hair (grey from the mid-70’s onwards) and thick eyebrows should make him easily identifiable. Like Mimmo Poli, who he frequently appeared in films with, Gianni often had small speaking parts, but the great majority of these roles were uncredited.
His unconfirmed biographical details, found on all the usual sources, are that he was born on June 25th 1919 in Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy and died in the same location on April 23rd 1995, aged 75. He was credited on a number of occasions with his surname spelled "Bachino", so there's a possibility that could be his real name.
There will certainly be more titles to be discovered for Gianni.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Il passatore (uncredited) .... Bandit
1948 - Fifa e arena (uncredited) .... Guitar player
1949 - Anselmo ha fretta / La sposa non può attendere (uncredited) .... Man with the bicycle
- La fiamma che non si spegne (uncredited) .... Member of the criminal gang
1951 - La città si difende (uncredited) .... Hoodlum
- Sette ore di guai (uncredited) .... Pastry delivery man
1953 - Via Padova 46 (uncredited) .... Pool player
1954 - Il seduttore (uncredited) .... Seller of liqueurs and pastries
- L'arte di arrangiarsi (uncredited) .... Mental patient
- Un americano a Roma (uncredited) .... Theatre patron
- Un giorno in pretura (uncredited) .... Fruit thief
1955 - Accadde al penitenziario (uncredited) .... Burglar
- Buonanotte... avvocato! (uncredited) .... Husband of amputee woman
- Il bidone (uncredited) .... Shanty town dweller
- Il coraggio (uncredited) .... Man in crowd
- La donna più bella del mondo (uncredited) .... Emilio
- La ladra (uncredited) .... The lookout
- Lo scapolo (uncredited) .... Bus passenger
- Piccola posta (uncredited) .... Greengrocer
- Totò e Carolina (uncredited) .... Marco
- Un eroe dei nostri tempi (uncredited) .... Bomb maker
1956 - Amaramente (credited) .... The brigadier
- Il cavaliere dalla spada nera (credited) .... Luca
- Maruzzella (uncredited) .... Man in Piazza Navona
- Mio figlio Nerone (uncredited) .... role?
- Ragazzi di Trastevere (Short film) (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Sartafossi
1957 - La ragazza del palio (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... role?
- Le notti di Cabiria (uncredited) .... Cross bearer
- Padri e figli... (uncredited) .... Man in football stadium
- Susanna tutta panna (uncredited) .... Brigadier
1958 - Afrodite, Dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Guard
- Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Longo
- Mia nonna poliziotto (uncredited) .... Member of the criminal gang
- Ricordati di Napoli (uncredited) .... Client in Taxi Girls nightclub
1959 - Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Man in protest march
- Il cavaliere del castello maledetto (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Il Generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Scalise
- Il mondo dei miracoli (uncredited) .... Camera assistant
- La grande guerra (uncredited) .... Soldier on train
- L'arciere Nero (uncredited) .... role?
- Uomini e nobiluomini (credited as Giovanni Bachino) .... Preacher
1960 - I baccanali di Tiberio (credited as Giovanni Bachino) .... Competitor in the contest
- Il gobbo (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Man kidnapping Nella
- Il mattatore (uncredited) .... René
- La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Man caught in the downpour
- I pirati della costa (credited) .... Sailor
1961 - A noi piace freddo (uncredited) .... Partisan
- Drakut il vendicatore (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Sander
- Il carabiniere a cavallo (uncredited) .... Audello, a flea market seller
- Il segreto dello sparviero nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
- Il terrore dei mari (credited) .... Jack
- I fratelli corsi (uncredited) .... role?
- La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Prisoner
- Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (uncredited) .... Thief
- Una spada nell'ombra (credited) .... Gypsy
1962 - Totò diabolicus (uncredited) .... Gigi "the scarred"
- Una vita violenta (uncredited) .... Rioter hiding in the hospital / actor in "film within the film"
1963 - Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Prison guard
- Golia e il cavaliere mascherato (uncredited) .... Goha, the treasurer
- I due colonnelli (uncredited) .... Barefoot soldier
- Il monaco di Monza (uncredited) .... Drunkard
- Totò contro i quattro (uncredited) .... Gratta
- Totosexy (credited as G. Medici Bachino) .... Prisoner
- Ursus nella terra di fuoco (uncredited) .... Spectator at the contest of strength
- Zorro contro Maciste (credited) .... Guard
1964 - Amore facile (uncredited) .... Tourist guide
- Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia (uncredited) .... Prison guard
- Il colosso di Roma (uncredited) .... Etruscan soldier
- Il segreto del vestito rosso (credited?) .... Dino's neighbour
- Sansone contro il Corsaro Nero (credited) .... Rodrigo's spy
- Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas (uncredited) .... Cowboy in saloon
1965 - Il mistero dell'isola maledetta (uncredited) .... Pirate
1967 - Assalto al tesoro di stato (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Ahmed
- L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Banker at slave auction
- Wanted (uncredited) .... Man guarding Billy Baker
1968 - Spara, Gringo, spara (uncredited) .... Barman who goes for the sheriff
- Straziami ma di baci saziami (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
- Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (uncredited) .... Townsman
1969 - Zenabel (uncredited) .... Tavern customer
1970 - F.B.I. Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore (TV series, Episode 5: Labbra serrate) (uncredited) .... Guest at the reception
- I clowns (uncredited) .... Man in circus ring
- Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (credited as Giovanni Bachino) .... Not found
1971 - Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Prisoner
1973 - Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Spectator at Teatro Caracioni
- Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Paramilitary disguised as a carabiniere
1974 - C'eravamo tanto amati (uncredited) .... Man at the Trevi fountain film shoot
1975 - Due cuori una cappella (credited) .... Tonino
1976 - Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (uncredited) .... Shanty town dweller attacking the police
- Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Himself
- Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Spectator at Teatro Caracioni
- Sturmtruppen (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Not found
1977 - Un borghese piccolo piccolo (uncredited) .... role?
1978 - Return of the Saint (TV series, episode 5: The Village That Sold It's Soul) (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Mario
1979 - Buone notizie (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Fortune teller on TV
- I viaggiatori della sera (uncredited) .... Holiday village guest who wins the lottery
- Il malato immaginario (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Not found
1980 - Arrivano i gatti (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Rivetti
- Un uomo da ridere (TV series, episode 2) (credited as Giovanni Bachino) .... Bachino
1981 - Il Marchese del Grillo (uncredited) .... Man who gets arrested
1982 - In viaggio con papa (uncredited) .... Man stopped in the street
1983 - F.F.S.S. Cioè... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... One of Fellini's faces
- Il tassinaro (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Taxi driver
1984 - Mi faccia causa (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Spectator in court
- Tutti dentro (uncredited) .... Man arrested in bed
1985 - Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Policeman
- Mussolini and I (TV mini-series, episode 3) (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Prison warden
1986 - Troppo forte (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
1987 - I picari (uncredited) .... Tavern keeper
1990 - Il male oscuro (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Not found
- La primavera di Michelangelo (TV mini series) - episode 3 (credited as Giovanni Bachino) .... Builder
1991 - Classe di ferro (TV series, season 2, episode 8: Licenza ordinaria) (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... role?
- Rossini! Rossini! (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Spectator in Argentine theatre
1993 - Mario, Maria e Mario (credited as Giovanni Baghino) .... Bar proprietor
1995 - Romanzo di un giovane povero (uncredited) .... Man at the funeral
Più Baghino!
There are further titles where Gianni 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...
- 11 uomini e un pallone (1948) ANICA
- Suor Maria (1955) ANICA
- Serenata al vento (1956) ANICA
- Primo applauso (1957) ANICA
- Perfide ma belle (1957) ANICA
Manca Gianni!
As always seems to be the case with little-known actors with large online filmographies, there are a number of titles where he is credited somewhere online, but either he does not appear or else I was unable to find him for some reason.
- Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952) Listed by IMDb, no role
- Gastone (1960) Listed by IMDb, no role
- Il boss (1973) Listed by ANICA
- Viaggio con Anita (1978) Listed by ANICA