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

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)