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

1947

1. Come persi la guerra (uncredited) .... German soldier in the mine
   
   1948
2. Ladri di biciclette (uncredited) .... Man in the crowd
   
   1952
3. Era lei che lo voleva (uncredited) .... Walter's friend
4. Serenata amara (uncredited) .... Mario's cornerman
5. Totò e le donne (uncredited) .... Soldier on train platform
   
   1953
6. Ai margini della metropoli (uncredited) .... Man at the trial
7. Frine, cortigiana d'oriente (uncredited) .... Arab slave trader
8. I sette dell'orsa maggiore (uncredited) .... Man at the nightclub
9. Il sacco di Roma (uncredited) .... Citizien
10. La nave delle donne maledette (uncredited) .... Officer on the prison ship
    
    1954
11. Un americano a Roma (uncredited) .... German soldier
12. Due notti con Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Roman soldier
13. I tre ladri (uncredited) .... Prisoner
    
    1956
14. I fidanzati della morte (uncredited) .... Race officer in Germany
    
    1957
15. Belle ma povere (uncredited) .... Student
16. Il corsaro della mezza luna (uncredited) .... Pirate
17. Kean: Genio e sregolatezza (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
18. Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Prison inmate
    
    1958
19. Afrodite dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Slave guardian
20. Fortunella (uncredited) .... Wrestling cornerman
21. Il pirata dello Sparviero Nero (uncredited) .... Torturer
22. I soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Inmate
    
    1959
23. I reali di Francia (uncredited) .... Role?
24. Il figlio del corsaro rosso (uncredited) .... Pirate
25. Il generale Della Rovere (uncredited) .... Fascist
26. Il terrore dei barbari (uncredited) .... Barbarian warrior
27. L'arciere Nero (uncredited) .... Torturer
28. L'assedio di Siracusa (uncredited) .... Drummer on slave ship
29. La cento chilometri (uncredited) .... One of the men who take away Cesare and Angela's bed
30. La scimitarra del saraceno (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
31. Noi siamo due evasi (uncredited) .... Prisoner
32. Poveri milionari (uncredited) .... Train passenger
33. Tutti innamorati (uncredited) .... Man attending political meeting
    
    1960
34. I pirati della costa (uncredited) .... Officer at the prisoner ship
35. Il mattatore (uncredited) .... Prison inmate
36. Il sepolcro dei re (uncredited) .... Egyptian embalmer
37. Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Pirate
38. Noi duri (uncredited) .... Gangster
39. Risate di gioia (uncredited) .... Actor in the peplum movie
40. Robin Hood e i pirati (uncredited) .... Pirate
41. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (uncredited) .... Audience member at boxing match
42. Teseo contro il minotauro (uncredited) .... Prisoner guard
    
    1961
43. Costantino il grande (uncredited) .... Torturer
44. I Masnadieri (uncredited) .... Role?
45. L'arciere delle mille e una notte (uncredited) .... Arab with his head in flames
46. L'ultimo dei Vikinghi (uncredited) .... Viking
47. Le ambiziose (uncredited) .... Whistling man at beauty contest finale
48. Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (uncredited) .... Executioner
49. Mina... fuori la guardia (uncredited) .... Postman
50. Ursus e la ragazza tartara (uncredited) .... Leader of the horses
    
    1962
51. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Waiter
52. Il mio amico Benito (uncredited) ...Man waiting for Mussolini
53. Totò contro Maciste (uncredited) .... Soldier in Thebes
54. Totò Diabolicus (uncredited) .... Nando "Bellicapelli", an inmate
    
    1963
55. I dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Roman ship's drummer
56. Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Prisoner guard
57. I mostri - segment ''Presa dalla vita'' (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
58. Maciste contro i mongoli (uncredited) .... Prison guard
    
    1964
59. Due mafiosi nel Far West (uncredited) .... Prisoner
60. Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (uncredited) .... Man at the market
61. I due mafiosi (uncredited) .... Man fighting in a club
62. La guerra dei topless (uncredited) .... Bartender
63. Sandokan alla riscossa (uncredited) .... Executioner
64. Totò contro il Pirata Nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
65. Veneri al sole (uncredited) .... Trainer of Andreucci
    
    1965
66. Due marines e un generale (uncredited) .... Bald stage worker
67. La magnifica sfida (uncredited) .... Torturer
68. Sette contro tutti (uncredited) .... Innkeeper
69. The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
    
    1966
70. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (uncredited) .... Onlooker at first Tuco hanging
71. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Fat man on the train
72. La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man
73. L'armata brancaleone (uncredited) .... Relaxing bandit
74. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (uncredited) .... Goldfoot's henchman
75. Superargo contro Diabolikus (uncredited) .... Cornerman at the wrestling match
    
    1967
76. Doctor Faustus (uncredited) .... Monk
77. Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Guard on the ship
78. La feldmarescialla (uncredited) .... German soldier
79. Pecos è qui: prega e muori (uncredited) .... Cantina proprietor
80. Le streghe (uncredited) .... Bald, fat man at the stadium
    
    1968
81. I due crociati (uncredited) .... Outlaw
82. Execution (uncredited) .... Member of circus
83. I nipoti di Zorro (uncredited) .... Executioner
84. Niente rose per OSS 117 (uncredited) .... Henchman at the concert
85. Straziami ma di baci saziami (uncredited) .... Gym worker
    
    1969
86. Fellini Satyricon (uncredited) .... Man at the feast
87. Italiani è severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (uncredited) .... Driver
    
    1970
88. Brancaleone alle Crociate (uncredited) .... Role?
89. I clowns (uncredited) .... Railway man
90. Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica (uncredited) .... Role?
91. Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Executioner
    
    1971
92. Il corsaro nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
93. La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (uncredited) .... role?
94. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Giacchesi, a prisoner
95. Homo eroticus (uncredited) .... Man with three ears
96. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Court house usher
97. Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (uncredited) .... Guard
98. Storie dell'anno mille (TV mini series) (credited) .... Monk
    
    1972
99. Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (uncredited) .... Executioner
100. Fiorina la vacca (uncredited) .... Role?
101. Roma (uncredited) .... Spectator in theater
     
     1973
102. Amarcord (uncredited) .... Lifeguard
103. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Bank clerk
104. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
105. Lucrezia giovane (uncredited) .... Cardinal
106. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Don Gaetano's henchman
107. Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (uncredited) .... Blacksmith
108. Paolo il caldo (uncredited) .... Friend of motorcyclist
     
     1974
109. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (uncredited) .... Sleeping man in pub
110. Di Tressette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (uncredited) .... Tuttifrutti's sidekick
111. La mafia mi fa un baffo (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... Role?
     
     1975
112. Pasqualino Settebellezze (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
     
     1976
113. Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Prisoner serving dinner
114. Cuore di cane (credited as Veriano Genesi) .... Cook
     
     1979
115. Assassinio sul Tevere (uncredited) .... Rincojo
116. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
117. Sexual aberration (uncredited) .... Client at Singaporean brothel

FILMOGRAPHY TO BE VERIFIED

• 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)