Ginesi, Veriano

[Johan Melle]

Satiricosissimo - Veriano Ginesi.jpg

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 .... German soldier in the mine (uncredited)
   
   1948
2. Anni difficili .... Fascist in training (uncredited)
3. La Certosa di Parma .... Man in angry mob (uncredited)
4. Ladri di biciclette .... Man in the crowd (uncredited)
   
   1949
5. Black Magic .... Trouble maker at the fair (uncredited)
   
   1951
6. Amor non ho! Però, però... .... One of Maurizio's henchmen (uncredited)
7. Io sono il Capataz .... Parazuelan revolutionary (uncredited)
   
   1952
8. Era lei che lo voleva .... Walter's friend (uncredited)
9. Serenata amara .... Mario's cornerman (uncredited)
10. Totò e le donne .... Soldier on train platform (uncredited)
    
    1953
11. Ai margini della metropoli .... Man at the trial (uncredited)
12. Anni facili .... Fascist (uncredited)
13. Capitan Fantasma .... Ship crew member (uncredited)
14. Frine, cortigiana d'oriente .... Arab slave trader (uncredited)
15. I sette dell'orsa maggiore .... Man at the nightclub (uncredited)
16. Il sacco di Roma .... Citizen (uncredited)
17. La nave delle donne maledette .... Officer on the prison ship (uncredited)
18. Nerone e Messalina .... Man throwing rocks at the Christians (uncredited)
    
    1954
19. Un americano a Roma .... German soldier (uncredited)
20. Canzone d'amore .... Worker at the amusement park (uncredited)
21. Due notti con Cleopatra .... Roman soldier (uncredited)
22. I tre ladri .... Prisoner (uncredited)
    
    1955
23. Il bidone .... Shanty dweller (uncredited)
    
    1956
24. Helen of Troy .... Greek overseer (uncredited)
25. Il ferroviere .... Man at the union meeting (uncredited)
26. Peccato di castità .... Man at the station (uncredited)
27. Una pelliccia di visone .... Man leaving bus (uncredited)
28. Una voce una chitarra un po' di luna .... Inmate (uncredited)
    
    1957
29. Belle ma povere .... Student (uncredited)
30. Femmine tre volte .... Soviet agent (uncredited)
31. I fidanzati della morte .... Race officer in Germany (uncredited)
32. Il corsaro della mezza luna .... Pirate (uncredited)
33. Interpol .... Plane passenger departing for Naples (uncredited)
34. La ragazza del palio .... Athlete at street fight (uncredited)
35. Le notti bianche .... Man involved in the fight (uncredited)
36. Kean: Genio e sregolatezza .... Man at the tavern (uncredited)
37. Ladro lui, ladra lei .... Prison inmate (uncredited)
    
    1958
38. Afrodite dea dell'amore .... Slave guardian (uncredited)
39. Fortunella .... Wrestling cornerman (uncredited)
40. I soliti ignoti .... Prisoner (uncredited)
41. Il conte di Matera .... Spectator at the final fight (uncredited)
42. Il pirata dello Sparviero Nero .... Torturer (uncredited)
    
    1959
43. Ferdinando I° re di Napoli .... Prison guard (uncredited)
44. I reali di Francia .... Citizen (uncredited)
45. Il generale Della Rovere .... Fascist (uncredited)
46. Il terrore dei barbari .... Barbarian warrior (uncredited)
47. L'arciere Nero .... Torturer (uncredited)
48. L'assedio di Siracusa .... Drummer on slave ship (uncredited)
49. La cento chilometri .... One of the men who take away Cesare and Angela's bed (uncredited)
50. La scimitarra del saraceno .... Pirate (uncredited)
51. Noi siamo due evasi .... Prisoner (uncredited)
52. Poveri milionari .... Train passenger (uncredited)
53. Tutti innamorati .... Man attending political meeting (uncredited)
54. Un uomo facile .... Ginesi, ex boxer (uncredited)
    
    1960
55. A noi piace freddo…! .... German soldier (uncredited)
56. I pirati della costa .... Officer at the prisoner ship (uncredited)
57. Il mattatore .... Prison inmate (uncredited)
58. Il sepolcro dei re .... Egyptian embalmer (uncredited)
59. La dolce vita .... Man in crowd at the miracle (uncredited)
60. Morgan il pirata .... Pirate (uncredited)
61. Noi duri .... Gangster (uncredited)
62. Revak, lo schiavo di Cartagine .... Rebel (uncredited)
63. Risate di gioia .... Actor in the peplum movie (uncredited)
64. Robin Hood e i pirati .... Pirate (uncredited)
65. Rocco e i suoi fratelli .... Audience member at boxing match (uncredited)
66. Teseo contro il minotauro .... Prisoner guard (uncredited)
67. The Angel Wore Red .... Man listening to speeches (uncredited)
    
    1961
68. Barabba .... Guard in the sulphur mines (uncredited)
69. Che femmina!! e... che dollari! .... Tattoed thug (uncredited)
70. Costantino il grande .... Torturer (uncredited)
71. Gli invasori .... Viking (uncredited)
72. I Masnadieri .... Grain guard whose ear gets bitten (uncredited)
73. La vendetta di Ursus .... Spectator at Ursus's trials (uncredited)
74. L'ultimo dei Vikinghi .... Viking (uncredited)
75. Le ambiziose .... Whistling man at beauty contest finale (uncredited)
76. Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan .... Overseer of the prisoners (uncredited)
77. Mina... fuori la guardia .... Postman (uncredited)
78. Romanoff and Juliet .... Russian officer (uncredited)
79. Ursus e la ragazza tartara .... Leader of the horses (uncredited)
    
    1962
80. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" .... Waiter (uncredited)
81. Il mio amico Benito ...Man waiting for Mussolini (uncredited)
82. L'arciere delle mille e una notte .... Bandit with his head on fire (uncredited)
83. Sodoma e Gomorra .... Man watching the Hebrews leaving (uncredited)
84. Totò contro Maciste .... Soldier in Thebes (uncredited)
85. Totò diabolicus .... Nando "Bellicapelli", an inmate (uncredited)
    
    1963
86. Ercole contro Moloch .... Prison guard (uncredited)
87. I dieci gladiatori .... Gerioli (uncredited)
88. I mostri - segment "Presa dalla vita" .... Kidnapper of Ms. Ceccarelli (uncredited)
89. Il processo di Verona .... Spectator in the court (uncredited)
90. Le monachine .... Man on the film set (uncredited)
91. Maciste contro i mongoli .... Prison guard (uncredited)
    
    1964
92. Due mafiosi nel Far West .... Prisoner (uncredited)
93. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo .... Man at the market (uncredited)
94. I due mafiosi .... Man fighting in a club (uncredited)
95. La guerra dei topless .... Bartender (uncredited)
96. Sandokan alla riscossa .... Executioner (uncredited)
97. Totò contro il Pirata Nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
98. Veneri al sole .... Trainer of Andreucci (uncredited)
    
    1965
99. Due marines e un generale .... Bald stage worker (uncredited)
100. La magnifica sfida .... Torturer (uncredited)
101. Le bambole .... Regibar (uncredited)
102. La meravigliosa Angelica .... Member of Rodogone's band (uncredited)
103. Lo scippo .... Man at the funeral (uncredited)
104. Sette contro tutti .... Innkeeper (uncredited)
105. The Agony and the Ecstasy .... Man in tavern (uncredited)
     
     1966
106. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo .... Onlooker at first Tuco hanging (uncredited)
107. Io, io, io... e gli altri .... Fat passenger on the train (uncredited)
108. L'armata Brancaleone .... Resting soldier (uncredited)
109. La Bibbia .... Sinful man (uncredited)
110. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo .... Goldfoot's henchman (uncredited)
111. Superargo contro Diabolikus .... Cornerman at the wrestling match (uncredited)
112. Testa di rapa .... Guest at the reception (uncredited)
113. Una questione d'onore .... Head-butting challenger (uncredited)
     
     1967
114. Doctor Faustus .... Monk (uncredited)
115. Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica .... Guard on the ship (uncredited)
116. La feldmarescialla .... German army drunk driver (uncredited)
117. Le streghe .... Fan of Giovanna (uncredited)
118. Pecos è qui: prega e muori .... Cantina proprietor (uncredited)
     
     1968
119. Ammazzali tutti e torna solo .... Prisoner queueing for food (uncredited)
120. Cin cin... cianuro .... Barman-Rubino henchman (uncredited)
121. Colpo sensazionale al servizio del sifar .... Henchman (uncredited)
122. Execution .... Member of circus (uncredited)
123. I due crociati .... Outlaw (uncredited)
124. I nipoti di Zorro .... Executioner (uncredited)
125. Niente rose per OSS 117 .... Henchman at the concert (uncredited)
126. Straziami ma di baci saziami .... Cleaning man in the gym (uncredited)
     
     1969
127. Fellini Satyricon .... Man at the feast (uncredited)
128. Häschen in der Grube .... Mr. Genese (credit unknown)
     
     1970
129. Brancaleone alle crociate .... Follower of the pastor disciple of Pope Gregory (uncredited)
130. Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica .... Inmate (uncredited)
131. I clowns .... Railway man (uncredited)
132. Satiricosissimo .... Executioner (uncredited)
     
     1971
133. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio .... Giacchesi, a prisoner (uncredited)
134. Homo eroticus .... Man with three ears (uncredited)
135. Il corsaro nero .... Pirate (uncredited)
136. In nome del popolo italiano .... Court house usher (uncredited)
137. Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo .... Guard (uncredited)
138. La corta notte delle bambole di vetro .... Dead girl's father (uncredited)
139. Storie dell'anno mille (TV mini series) Ep. 1 .... Monk (credited)
     
     1972
140. Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) .... Executioner (uncredited)
141. Fiorina la vacca .... role unknown (uncredited)
142. Roma .... Spectator in theater (uncredited)
     
     1973
143. Amarcord .... Lifeguard (uncredited)
144. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Paymaster (uncredited)
145. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
146. Il mio nome è Shangai Joe .... Blacksmith (uncredited)
147. La colonna infame .... Man sick with the plague (uncredited)
148. La mano nera .... Don Gaetano's henchman (uncredited)
149. Lucrezia giovane .... Cardinal (uncredited)
150. Paolo il caldo .... Friend of motorcyclist (uncredited)
     
     1974
151. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro .... Sleeping man in pub (uncredited)
152. Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno .... Tuttifrutti's sidekick (uncredited)
153. La mafia mi fa un baffo .... Barile (credited as "Veriano Genesi")
154. Paolo il freddo .... Bald friar (uncredited)
     
     1975
155. Pasqualino Settebellezze .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
156. Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca .... Masseur (uncredited)
     
     1976
157. Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. .... Sailor in Amanda's fantasy (uncredited)
158. Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni .... Prisoner serving dinner (uncredited)
159. Cuore di cane .... Cook (credited as "Veriano Genesi")
     
     1977
160. Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer .... Nazi surgeon (uncredited)
     
     1978
161. Diario di un giudice (TV mini-series) Ep. 2 .... Man in nightmare sequence (uncredited)
     
     1979
162. Assassinio sul Tevere .... Rincojo (uncredited)
163. Caligola .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
164. Due pezzi di pane .... Inmate (uncredited)
165. Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
166. Sexual aberration .... Client at Singaporean brothel (uncredited)
     
     1982
167. Ricomincio da zero .... Scagnozzo di Filicudi (uncredited)
     
     1984
168. Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati .... Mental patient who bends machine gun (uncredited)

Filmography to check

• Italiani è severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (1969) as Driver (uncredited) - this title was in the filmography, but we have no entry or image for it
• Kakkientruppen (1977)

[Ciavazzaro]

La mafia mi fa un baffo (1974) as Barile, credited as "Veriano Genesi"

Veriano Ginesi - La mafia mi fa un baffo.jpg

[Ciavazzaro]

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

Veriano Ginesi - Il mio amico benito1.jpg

Veriano Ginesi - Il mio amico benito2.jpg

[vecchiaguardia]

Assassinio sul Tevere (1979), as Rincojo

Veriano Ginesi - Assassinio sul Tevere.jpg

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

Veriano Ginesi - Come persi la guerra.jpg

I soliti ignoti (1958), as an Inmate

Veriano Ginesi - I soliti ignoti.jpg

[carlos]

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

Veriano Ginesi - Paolo il caldo.jpg

Execution (1968) as a member of the circus

VerianoGenesi (circus member) Execution.jpg

[carlos]

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

VerianoGinesi (hospice) Provvidenza2.jpg

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Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973) as blacksmith

VerianoGenesi (blacksmith) ShangaiJoe.jpg

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)

Veriano Ginesi - Tresette2.jpg

[vecchiaguardia]

Un americano a Roma (1954), as German soldier

Veriano Ginesi - Un americano a Roma.jpg

[Ciavazzaro]

Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966), as Goldfoot's henchman

Veriano Ginesi - Le spie vengono dal semifreddo.jpg

[vecchiaguardia]

Fellini's Roma (1972), as a Theatre spectator

Veriano Ginesi - Fellini's Roma.jpg

[Johan Melle]

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.

Veriano Ginesi - Serenata amara.jpg