Ginesi, Veriano

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

Filmography to check

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• Anni facili (1953)
• Häschen in der Grube / La peccatrice adolescente (1969)
• Kakkientruppen (1977)

[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)

[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
Images upgraded here


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

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