Veriano Ginesi

[Johan Melle]

Veriano Ginesi in Satiricosissimo (1970)

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

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1947

1. Come persi la guerra (uncredited) .... German soldier in the mine
   
   1948
2. Anni difficili (uncredited) .... Fascist in training
3. Ladri di biciclette (uncredited) .... Man in the crowd
   
   1952
4. Era lei che lo voleva (uncredited) .... Walter's friend
5. Serenata amara (uncredited) .... Mario's cornerman
6. Totò e le donne (uncredited) .... Soldier on train platform
   
   1953
7. Ai margini della metropoli (uncredited) .... Man at the trial
8. Capitan Fantasma (uncredited) .... Ship crew member
9. Frine, cortigiana d'oriente (uncredited) .... Arab slave trader
10. I sette dell'orsa maggiore (uncredited) .... Man at the nightclub
11. Il sacco di Roma (uncredited) .... Citizien
12. La nave delle donne maledette (uncredited) .... Officer on the prison ship
    
    1954
13. Un americano a Roma (uncredited) .... German soldier
14. Due notti con Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Roman soldier
15. I tre ladri (uncredited) .... Prisoner
    
    1955
16. Il bidone (uncredited) .... Shanty dweller
    
    1956
17. Il ferroviere (uncredited) .... Man at the union meeting
18. I fidanzati della morte (uncredited) .... Race officer in Germany
19. Una pelliccia di visone (uncredited) .... Man leaving bus
    
    1957
20. Belle ma povere (uncredited) .... Student
21. Femmine tre volte (uncredited) .... Soviet agent
22. Il corsaro della mezza luna (uncredited) .... Pirate
23. La ragazza del palio (uncredited) .... Athlete at street fight
24. Kean: Genio e sregolatezza (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
25. Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Prison inmate
    
    1958
26. Afrodite dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Slave guardian
27. Fortunella (uncredited) .... Wrestling cornerman
28. Il pirata dello Sparviero Nero (uncredited) .... Torturer
29. I soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Inmate
    
    1959
30. I reali di Francia (uncredited) .... role?
31. Il figlio del corsaro rosso (uncredited) .... Pirate
32. Il generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Fascist
33. Il terrore dei barbari (uncredited) .... Barbarian warrior
34. L'arciere Nero (uncredited) .... Torturer
35. L'assedio di Siracusa (uncredited) .... Drummer on slave ship
36. La cento chilometri (uncredited) .... One of the men who take away Cesare and Angela's bed
37. La scimitarra del saraceno (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
38. Noi siamo due evasi (uncredited) .... Prisoner
39. Poveri milionari (uncredited) .... Train passenger
40. Tutti innamorati (uncredited) .... Man attending political meeting
    
    1960
41. A noi piace freddo…! (uncredited) .... German soldier
42. I pirati della costa (uncredited) .... Officer at the prisoner ship
43. Il mattatore (uncredited) .... Prison inmate
44. Il sepolcro dei re (uncredited) .... Egyptian embalmer
45. La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Man in crowd at the miracle
46. Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Pirate
47. Noi duri (uncredited) .... Gangster
48. Revak, lo schiavo di Cartagine (uncredited) .... Rebel
49. Risate di gioia (uncredited) .... Actor in the peplum movie
50. Robin Hood e i pirati (uncredited) .... Pirate
51. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (uncredited) .... Audience member at boxing match
52. Teseo contro il minotauro (uncredited) .... Prisoner guard
    
    1961
53. Costantino il grande (uncredited) .... Torturer
54. I Masnadieri (uncredited) .... role?
55. L'ultimo dei Vikinghi (uncredited) .... Viking
56. Le ambiziose (uncredited) .... Whistling man at beauty contest finale
57. Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (uncredited) .... Executioner
58. Mina... fuori la guardia (uncredited) .... Postman
59. Ursus e la ragazza tartara (uncredited) .... Leader of the horses
    
    1962
60. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Waiter
61. Il mio amico Benito (uncredited) ...Man waiting for Mussolini
62. L'arciere delle mille e una notte (uncredited) .... Bandit with his head on fire
63. Totò contro Maciste (uncredited) .... Soldier in Thebes
64. Totò Diabolicus (uncredited) .... Nando "Bellicapelli", an inmate
    
    1963
65. I dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Roman ship's drummer
66. Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Prisoner guard
67. I mostri - segment ''Presa dalla vita'' (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
68. Maciste contro i mongoli (uncredited) .... Prison guard
    
    1964
69. Due mafiosi nel Far West (uncredited) .... Prisoner
70. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (uncredited) .... Man at the market
71. I due mafiosi (uncredited) .... Man fighting in a club
72. La guerra dei topless (uncredited) .... Bartender
73. Sandokan alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Executioner
74. Totò contro il Pirata Nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
75. Veneri al sole (uncredited) .... Trainer of Andreucci
    
    1965
76. Due marines e un generale (uncredited) .... Bald stage worker
77. La magnifica sfida (uncredited) .... Torturer
78. Le bambole (uncredited) .... Regibar
79. Sette contro tutti (uncredited) .... Innkeeper
80. The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
    
    1966
81. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (uncredited) .... Onlooker at first Tuco hanging
82. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Fat man on the train
83. La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man
84. L'armata brancaleone (uncredited) .... Relaxing bandit
85. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (uncredited) .... Goldfoot's henchman
86. Superargo contro Diabolikus (uncredited) .... Cornerman at the wrestling match
    
    1967
87. Doctor Faustus (uncredited) .... Monk
88. Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Guard on the ship
89. La feldmarescialla (uncredited) .... German soldier
90. Pecos è qui: prega e muori (uncredited) .... Cantina proprietor
91. Le streghe (uncredited) .... Bald, fat man at the stadium
    
    1968
92. Ammazzali tutti e torna solo (uncredited) .... Prisoner queueing for food
93. Colpo sensazionale al servizio del sifar (uncredited) .... Henchman
94. Execution (uncredited) .... Member of circus
95. I due crociati (uncredited) .... Outlaw
96. I nipoti di Zorro (uncredited) .... Executioner
97. Niente rose per OSS 117 (uncredited) .... Henchman at the concert
98. Straziami ma di baci saziami (uncredited) .... Gym worker
    
    1969
99. Fellini Satyricon (uncredited) .... Man at the feast
100. Italiani è severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (uncredited) .... Driver (pic lost)
     
     1970
101. Brancaleone alle crociate (uncredited) .... Follower of the pastor disciple of Pope Gregory
102. I clowns (uncredited) .... Railway man
103. Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica (uncredited) .... role?
104. Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Executioner
     
     1971
105. Il corsaro nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
106. La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (uncredited) .... role?
107. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Giacchesi, a prisoner
108. Homo eroticus (uncredited) .... Man with three ears
109. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Court house usher
110. Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (uncredited) .... Guard
111. Storie dell'anno mille (TV mini series) (credited) .... Monk
     
     1972
112. Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (uncredited) .... Executioner
113. Fiorina la vacca (uncredited) .... role?
114. Roma (uncredited) .... Spectator in theater
     
     1973
115. Amarcord (uncredited) .... Lifeguard
116. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Bank clerk
117. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
118. Lucrezia giovane (uncredited) .... Cardinal
119. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Don Gaetano's henchman
120. Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (uncredited) .... Blacksmith
121. Paolo il caldo (uncredited) .... Friend of motorcyclist
     
     1974
122. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (uncredited) .... Sleeping man in pub
123. Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (uncredited) .... Tuttifrutti's sidekick
124. La mafia mi fa un baffo (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... role?
     
     1975
125. Pasqualino Settebellezze (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
126. Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (uncredited) .... Masseur
     
     1976
127. Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner serving dinner
128. Cuore di cane (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... Cook
     
     1979
129. Assassinio sul Tevere (uncredited) .... Rincojo
130. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
131. Sexual aberration (uncredited) .... Client at Singaporean brothel

FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK

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• Anni facili (1953)
• La peccatrice adolescente (1969)

[Ciavazzaro]

Here in Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966) as a fat man on the train

Here in Giallo napoletano (1979) asylum patient

La mafia mi fa un baffo (1974)

Nice pic of Veriano from Straziami ma di baci saziami (1968) as a gym worker

[Ciavazzaro]

Two new roles for Veriano ! First the credited one in Cuore di cane (1976) very tiny, he hardly speaks two words as the cook

And then in the middle of this crowd in Il mio amico benito (1962), you can see him on the right, and in the second photo he is at the left of Ciccio Ingrassia as they wait for Mussolini

And also two more roles, as cook in Bluff - Storia di truffe ed imbroglioni (1976)

And as kidnapper in I mostri (1963)

[vecchiaguardia]

Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) Rincojo

Veriano in 1947! From Come persi la guerra as a German soldier in the mine

La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (1971)

I soliti ignoti (1958) as an inmate

[carlos]

Paolo il caldo (1973) as Friend of motorcyclist (uncredited) - pic by dusso

Niente rose per oss 117 (1968) as Henchman at the concert - pic by Johan

Il buono il brutto e il cattivo (1966) Bald Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging

Execution (1968) as a member of the circus

[carlos]

Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (1973) as retirement home patient where he mostly wanders around in the background

Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973) as blacksmith

a quite long nice speaking role (uncredited) as one of Riccardo Garrone's (Tutti Frutti) sidekicks called Goldilocks (English version) in Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974)

I nipoti di Zorro (1968) as the executioner

[vecchiaguardia]

Smiling Veriano in La feldmarescialla (1967) as a German soldier

Un americano a Roma (1954) as a German soldier

I fidanzati della morte (1956) as race official in Germany

Ladri di biciclette (1948) as man in the crowd

[Ciavazzaro]

More roles for Veriano ! Some with Amerigo: Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966) as Goldfoot's henchman

2 marines e un generale (1965) as a bald stage worker

Pirate in Il corsaro nero (1971)

Cult role at the stadium in Le streghe (1967)

[vecchiaguardia]

Totò contro Maciste (1962) as a soldier in Tebe

Amarcord (1973) as a lifeguard

Fellini's Roma (1972) as a spectator in theater

[Johan Melle]

And yet another Fellini role in Fellini Satyricon (1969) Man at the feast

In Cine Illustrato N. 36 (published 7 September 1952), there's an article about the film Serenata amara (1952) and a few pictures from the film, including this one. I wasn't able to get a good screenshot of him from that scuzzy-looking old (YouTube) print so I think that picture from Cine Illustrato will do nicely as Mario's cornerman.

Anyway, Veriano plays almost the exact same role in Superargo contro Diabolikus (1966), but this time in the wrestling ring

And here he's a prison guard in Maciste contro i Mongoli (1963)

And as one of the sinful people in La Bibbia (1966)