Veriano Ginesi is one of the most recognizable generici in the history of Italian cinema due to his big, hulking build and bald head. Active since the 1940s, he initially appeared in numerous peplum and swashbuckler films - often playing torturers, executioners, pirates etc. His career, however, continued until the end of the 1970s and includes appearances in pretty much every genre of Italian cinema, and also several films for Fellini. He also appeared in some fotoromanzi. He's very similar in appearance to another generico, Amerigo Santarelli.
Filmography
- Come persi la guerra .... German soldier in the mine (uncredited)
1948 - Anni difficili .... Fascist in training (uncredited)
- La Certosa di Parma .... Man in angry mob (uncredited)
- Ladri di biciclette .... Man in the crowd (uncredited)
1951 - Amor non ho! Però, però... .... One of Maurizio's henchmen (uncredited)
1952 - Era lei che lo voleva .... Walter's friend (uncredited)
- Serenata amara .... Mario's cornerman (uncredited)
- Totò e le donne .... Soldier on train platform (uncredited)
1953 - Ai margini della metropoli .... Man at the trial (uncredited)
- Capitan Fantasma .... Ship crew member (uncredited)
- Frine, cortigiana d'oriente .... Arab slave trader (uncredited)
- I sette dell'orsa maggiore .... Man at the nightclub (uncredited)
- Il sacco di Roma .... Citizien (uncredited)
- La nave delle donne maledette .... Officer on the prison ship (uncredited)
- Nerone e Messalina .... Man throwing rocks at the Christians (uncredited)
1954 - Un americano a Roma .... German soldier (uncredited)
- Canzone d'amore .... Worker at the amusement park (uncredited)
- Due notti con Cleopatra .... Roman soldier (uncredited)
- I tre ladri .... Prisoner (uncredited)
1955 - Il bidone .... Shanty dweller (uncredited)
1956 - Il ferroviere .... Man at the union meeting (uncredited)
- I fidanzati della morte .... Race officer in Germany (uncredited)
- Una pelliccia di visone .... Man leaving bus (uncredited)
1957 - Belle ma povere .... Student (uncredited)
- Femmine tre volte .... Soviet agent (uncredited)
- Il corsaro della mezza luna .... Pirate (uncredited)
- La ragazza del palio .... Athlete at street fight (uncredited)
- Le notti bianche .... Man involved in the fight (uncredited)
- Kean: Genio e sregolatezza .... Man at the tavern (uncredited)
- Ladro lui, ladra lei .... Prison inmate (uncredited)
1958 - Afrodite dea dell'amore .... Slave guardian (uncredited)
- Fortunella .... Wrestling cornerman (uncredited)
- Il pirata dello Sparviero Nero .... Torturer (uncredited)
- I soliti ignoti .... Inmate (uncredited)
1959 - I reali di Francia .... role?
- Il figlio del corsaro rosso .... Pirate (uncredited)
- Il generale Della Rovere .... Fascist (uncredited)
- Il terrore dei barbari .... Barbarian warrior (uncredited)
- L'arciere Nero .... Torturer (uncredited)
- L'assedio di Siracusa .... Drummer on slave ship (uncredited)
- La cento chilometri .... One of the men who take away Cesare and Angela's bed (uncredited)
- La scimitarra del saraceno .... Man in tavern (uncredited)
- Noi siamo due evasi .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- Poveri milionari .... Train passenger (uncredited)
- Tutti innamorati .... Man attending political meeting (uncredited)
1960 - A noi piace freddo…! .... German soldier (uncredited)
- I pirati della costa .... Officer at the prisoner ship (uncredited)
- Il mattatore .... Prison inmate (uncredited)
- Il sepolcro dei re .... Egyptian embalmer (uncredited)
- La dolce vita .... Man in crowd at the miracle (uncredited)
- Morgan il pirata .... Pirate (uncredited)
- Noi duri .... Gangster (uncredited)
- Revak, lo schiavo di Cartagine .... Rebel (uncredited)
- Risate di gioia .... Actor in the peplum movie (uncredited)
- Robin Hood e i pirati .... Pirate (uncredited)
- Rocco e i suoi fratelli .... Audience member at boxing match (uncredited)
- Teseo contro il minotauro .... Prisoner guard (uncredited)
- The Angel Wore Red .... Man listening to speeches (uncredited)
1961 - Barabba .... Guard in the sulphur mines (uncredited)
- Costantino il grande .... Torturer (uncredited)
- Gli invasori .... Viking (uncredited)
- I Masnadieri .... role?
- La vendetta di Ursus .... Spectator at Ursus's trials (uncredited)
- L'ultimo dei Vikinghi .... Viking (uncredited)
- Le ambiziose .... Whistling man at beauty contest finale (uncredited)
- Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan .... Executioner (uncredited)
- Mina... fuori la guardia .... Postman (uncredited)
- Ursus e la ragazza tartara .... Leader of the horses (uncredited)
1962 - Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" .... Waiter (uncredited)
- Il mio amico Benito ...Man waiting for Mussolini (uncredited)
- L'arciere delle mille e una notte .... Bandit with his head on fire (uncredited)
- Totò contro Maciste .... Soldier in Thebes (uncredited)
- Totò Diabolicus .... Nando "Bellicapelli", an inmate (uncredited)
1963 - I dieci gladiatori .... Roman ship's drummer (uncredited)
- Ercole contro Moloch .... Prisoner guard (uncredited)
- I mostri - segment ''Presa dalla vita'' .... Kidnapper (uncredited)
- Maciste contro i mongoli .... Prison guard (uncredited)
1964 - Due mafiosi nel Far West .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- Gli schiavi più forti del mondo .... Man at the market (uncredited)
- I due mafiosi .... Man fighting in a club (uncredited)
- La guerra dei topless .... Bartender (uncredited)
- Sandokan alla riscossa .... Executioner (uncredited)
- Totò contro il Pirata Nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
- Veneri al sole .... Trainer of Andreucci (uncredited)
1965 - Due marines e un generale .... Bald stage worker (uncredited)
- La magnifica sfida .... Torturer (uncredited)
- Le bambole .... Regibar (uncredited)
- Sette contro tutti .... Innkeeper (uncredited)
- The Agony and the Ecstasy .... Man in tavern (uncredited)
1966 - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo .... Onlooker at first Tuco hanging (uncredited)
- Io, io, io... e gli altri .... Fat man on the train (uncredited)
- La Bibbia .... Sinful man (uncredited)
- L'armata brancaleone .... Relaxing bandit (uncredited)
- Le spie vengono dal semifreddo .... Goldfoot's henchman (uncredited)
- Superargo contro Diabolikus .... Cornerman at the wrestling match (uncredited)
- Una questione d'onore .... Head-butting challenger (uncredited)
1967 - Doctor Faustus .... Monk (uncredited)
- Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica .... Guard on the ship (uncredited)
- La feldmarescialla .... German soldier (uncredited)
- Pecos è qui: prega e muori .... Cantina proprietor (uncredited)
- Le streghe .... Bald, fat man at the stadium (uncredited)
1968 - Ammazzali tutti e torna solo .... Prisoner queueing for food (uncredited)
- Colpo sensazionale al servizio del sifar .... Henchman (uncredited)
- Execution .... Member of circus (uncredited)
- I due crociati .... Outlaw (uncredited)
- I nipoti di Zorro .... Executioner (uncredited)
- Niente rose per OSS 117 .... Henchman at the concert (uncredited)
- Straziami ma di baci saziami .... Gym worker (uncredited)
1969 - Fellini Satyricon .... Man at the feast (uncredited)
- Italiani è severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate .... Driver (uncredited) (pic lost)
1970 - Brancaleone alle crociate .... Follower of the pastor disciple of Pope Gregory (uncredited)
- I clowns .... Railway man (uncredited)
- Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica .... role?
- Satiricosissimo .... Executioner (uncredited)
1971 - Il corsaro nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
- La corta notte delle bambole di vetro .... role?
- Detenuto in attesa di giudizio .... Giacchesi, a prisoner (uncredited)
- Homo eroticus .... Man with three ears (uncredited)
- In nome del popolo italiano .... Court house usher (uncredited)
- Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo .... Guard (uncredited)
- Storie dell'anno mille (TV mini series) .... Monk (credited)
1972 - Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) .... Executioner (uncredited)
- Fiorina la vacca .... role?
- Roma .... Spectator in theater (uncredited)
1973 - Amarcord .... Lifeguard (uncredited)
- Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Bank clerk (uncredited)
- Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
- Lucrezia giovane .... Cardinal (uncredited)
- La mano nera .... Don Gaetano's henchman (uncredited)
- Il mio nome è Shangai Joe .... Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Paolo il caldo .... Friend of motorcyclist (uncredited)
1974 - Anche gli angeli tirano di destro .... Sleeping man in pub (uncredited)
- Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno .... Tuttifrutti's sidekick (uncredited)
- La mafia mi fa un baffo .... role? (credited as Veriano Genesi)
1975 - Pasqualino Settebellezze .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
- Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca .... Masseur (uncredited)
1976 - Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. .... Sailor in Amanda's fantasy (uncredited)
- Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni .... Prisoner serving dinner (uncredited)
- Cuore di cane (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... Cook (uncredited)
1979 - Assassinio sul Tevere .... Rincojo (uncredited)
- Caligola .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
- Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
- Sexual aberration .... Client at Singaporean brothel (uncredited)
1984 - Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati .... Mental patient who bends machine gun (uncredited)
Filmography to check
- Anni facili (1953)
- La peccatrice adolescente (1969)
- Kakkientruppen (1977)