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