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. Costantino il grande (uncredited) .... Torturer
57. Gli invasori (uncredited) .... Viking
58. I Masnadieri (uncredited) .... role?
59. L'ultimo dei Vikinghi (uncredited) .... Viking
60. Le ambiziose (uncredited) .... Whistling man at beauty contest finale
61. Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (uncredited) .... Executioner
62. Mina... fuori la guardia (uncredited) .... Postman
63. Ursus e la ragazza tartara (uncredited) .... Leader of the horses
    
    1962
64. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Waiter
65. Il mio amico Benito (uncredited) ...Man waiting for Mussolini
66. L'arciere delle mille e una notte (uncredited) .... Bandit with his head on fire
67. Totò contro Maciste (uncredited) .... Soldier in Thebes
68. Totò Diabolicus (uncredited) .... Nando "Bellicapelli", an inmate
    
    1963
69. I dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Roman ship's drummer
70. Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Prisoner guard
71. I mostri - segment ''Presa dalla vita'' (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
72. Maciste contro i mongoli (uncredited) .... Prison guard
    
    1964
73. Due mafiosi nel Far West (uncredited) .... Prisoner
74. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (uncredited) .... Man at the market
75. I due mafiosi (uncredited) .... Man fighting in a club
76. La guerra dei topless (uncredited) .... Bartender
77. Sandokan alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Executioner
78. Totò contro il Pirata Nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
79. Veneri al sole (uncredited) .... Trainer of Andreucci
    
    1965
80. Due marines e un generale (uncredited) .... Bald stage worker
81. La magnifica sfida (uncredited) .... Torturer
82. Le bambole (uncredited) .... Regibar
83. Sette contro tutti (uncredited) .... Innkeeper
84. The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
    
    1966
85. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (uncredited) .... Onlooker at first Tuco hanging
86. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Fat man on the train
87. La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man
88. L'armata brancaleone (uncredited) .... Relaxing bandit
89. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (uncredited) .... Goldfoot's henchman
90. Superargo contro Diabolikus (uncredited) .... Cornerman at the wrestling match
91. Una questione d'onore (uncredited) .... Head-butting challenger
    
    1967
92. Doctor Faustus (uncredited) .... Monk
93. Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Guard on the ship
94. La feldmarescialla (uncredited) .... German soldier
95. Pecos è qui: prega e muori (uncredited) .... Cantina proprietor
96. Le streghe (uncredited) .... Bald, fat man at the stadium
    
    1968
97. Ammazzali tutti e torna solo (uncredited) .... Prisoner queueing for food
98. Colpo sensazionale al servizio del sifar (uncredited) .... Henchman
99. Execution (uncredited) .... Member of circus
100. I due crociati (uncredited) .... Outlaw
101. I nipoti di Zorro (uncredited) .... Executioner
102. Niente rose per OSS 117 (uncredited) .... Henchman at the concert
103. Straziami ma di baci saziami (uncredited) .... Gym worker
     
     1969
104. Fellini Satyricon (uncredited) .... Man at the feast
105. Italiani è severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (uncredited) .... Driver (pic lost)
     
     1970
106. Brancaleone alle crociate (uncredited) .... Follower of the pastor disciple of Pope Gregory
107. I clowns (uncredited) .... Railway man
108. Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica (uncredited) .... role?
109. Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Executioner
     
     1971
110. Il corsaro nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
111. La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (uncredited) .... role?
112. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Giacchesi, a prisoner
113. Homo eroticus (uncredited) .... Man with three ears
114. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Court house usher
115. Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (uncredited) .... Guard
116. Storie dell'anno mille (TV mini series) (credited) .... Monk
     
     1972
117. Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (uncredited) .... Executioner
118. Fiorina la vacca (uncredited) .... role?
119. Roma (uncredited) .... Spectator in theater
     
     1973
120. Amarcord (uncredited) .... Lifeguard
121. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Bank clerk
122. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
123. Lucrezia giovane (uncredited) .... Cardinal
124. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Don Gaetano's henchman
125. Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (uncredited) .... Blacksmith
126. Paolo il caldo (uncredited) .... Friend of motorcyclist
     
     1974
127. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (uncredited) .... Sleeping man in pub
128. Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (uncredited) .... Tuttifrutti's sidekick
129. La mafia mi fa un baffo (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... role?
     
     1975
130. Pasqualino Settebellezze (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
131. Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (uncredited) .... Masseur
     
     1976
132. Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner serving dinner
133. Cuore di cane (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... Cook
     
     1979
134. Assassinio sul Tevere (uncredited) .... Rincojo
135. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
136. 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)