Ugo Attanasio (1887 - 1969)[1] was the father of the actress Carla Del Poggio (Maria Luigia Attanasio)[2] and therefore father-in-law of the the director Alberto Lattuada. He began his film career already at an advanced age but he got many small roles in cinema, in successful films, the most showy of which is undoubtedly Fellini's Lo sceicco bianco (1952), in which he plays the austere uncle of the protagonist, the actor Leopoldo Trieste.
[1] From the book "Federico Fellini - Il libro dei film" (2009) by Tullio Kezich.
[2] From the book "Federico Fellini, la vita e i film" (2002) by Tullio Kezich.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (uncredited) .... Party guest
1952 - Lo sceicco bianco (credited) .... Ivan's uncle
1954 - La spiaggia (uncredited) .... Piest on the train
1955 - Scuola elementare (credited) .... Primary school headmaster
1962 - Mafioso (credited) .... Don Vincenzo
1963 - Il fornaretto di Venezia (credited) .... Role?
- Il successo (credited) .... Monsignor
- I mostri - segment "La giornata dell'onorevole" .... General Olivazzi
1964 - L'ultimo gladiatore (uncredited) .... Pontifex Maximus
- Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta (credited) .... Senator
1965 - La mandragola (credited) .... The old wizard
1966 - Come svaligiammo la Banca d'Italia (uncredited) .... One of the Franco and Ciccio's defense lawyers
1967 - Don Giovanni in Sicilia (credited) .... The priest
- Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (credited) .... The admiral invited to the party
- Matchless (uncredited) .... American meeting functionary
FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK
- Core 'ngrato (1953) cinematografo.it
- Bufere (1953, uncredited)