Aristide Caporale

[Emiliano]

Aristide Caporale in Amarcord (1973)

«Le manine scoincidono nel nostro paese con la primavera.
Sono delle manine di cui che girano, vagano qua e vagano anche là.
Sorvolano il cimitero di cui tutti riposano in pace.
Sorvolano il lungomare come i tedeschi... datesi che il freddo non lo sentono, loro.
Ai... al... vagano, vagano. Girollanz... gironzano... gironzzalon.
Vagano, vagano, vagano!» (Amarcord)

Alias: Aristide Caporali

Acerra, June 9, 1921 - Rome, April 24, 1990.

Aristide was a cinema extra with a face marked by poverty: broken nose, deep wrinkles like those of an old sailor, from which two large blue eyes stand out. He appears many times credited with small roles. It seems he also worked on the TV.

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Filmography

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1963

1. I compagni .... Factory worker (uncredited)
   
   1964
2. Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone .... Prisoner (uncredited)
   
   1965
3. La mandragola .... Man listening to the friar preacher (uncredited)
4. Made in Italy - segment "Cittadini, Stato e Chiesa" .... Man at theatre (uncredited)
5. Menage all'italiana .... Farmer (uncredited)
6. Racconti italiani della resistenza: L'ammiraglio (TV) .... Fascist officer (uncredited)
   
   1967
7. C'era una volta .... A witch (uncredited)
8. Indomptable Angélique a.k.a. L'indomabile Angelica .... Rower on the ship (uncredited)
   
   1968
9. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Old woman(!) on bicycle (uncredited)
10. Romeo e Giulietta .... Citizen at funeral (uncredited)
    
    1969
11. Fellini Satyricon .... Servant at the feast (uncredited)
12. Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera .... Creditor of 1000 guineas for a loan of 300 (uncredited)
13. Zorro marchese di Navarra .... townsman (uncredited)
    
    1970
14. Contestazione generale - segment "Il prete" .... Bar customer (uncredited)
15. I clowns (TV) .... Railwayman / Clown (uncredited)
16. Il divorzio .... Beggar (uncredited)
17. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto .... Man at police headquarters (uncredited)
18. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... .... The hanged man (uncredited)
19. Ninì Tirabusciò, la donna che invento la mossa .... Striker on the march (uncredited)
    
    1971
20. ...e le stelle stanno a guardare - Ep. 6 (TV mini-series) .... Man of the people (uncredited)
21. ...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo .... Horse seller (credited)
22. Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 .... Peddler (uncredited)
23. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio .... Prisoner (uncredited)
24. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Man in the casino (uncredited)
25. Il gatto a nove code .... Man in the billiard hall (uncredited)
26. Il provinciale .... Mover (uncredited)
27. La supertestimone .... Convict who likes to knit (uncredited)
28. Per grazia ricevuta .... Man at underwear stall (uncredited)
29. Scusi, ma lei le paga le tasse? .... Postman that pee his pants (uncredited)
30. Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria .... Man at courthouse (uncredited)
31. Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate .... Delivery man (uncredited)
    
    1972
32. Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo .... Gambler in the barn (uncredited)
33. Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano, fuggendo con le brache in mano, riuscì a conservarlo sano .... Sexton (uncredited)
34. Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) .... Cecco (uncredited)
35. Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi .... Old man saved from the river (uncredited)
36. ...e poi lo chiamarono il Magnifico .... Prisoner (uncredited)
37. Fratello sole, sorella luna .... Derelict (uncredited)
38. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... Ex-convict (uncredited)
39. Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero .... Leper (uncredited)
40. Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra .... Maranzano underboss (uncredited)
41. L'etrusco uccide ancora .... Construction worker (uncredited)
42. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini-series) .... Tellinaro (uncredited)
43. Lo scopone scientifico .... Neighborhood man (credited)
44. Meo Patacca .... Jew in the ghetto (uncredited)
45. Roma .... Giudizio (uncredited)
46. Tutti fratelli nel West... per parte di padre .... Leader of the cowboys (uncredited)
47. Un animale chiamato uomo .... Horse seller (uncredited)
    
    1973
48. Amarcord .... Giudizio (credited)
49. Anna, quel particolare piacere .... Street vendor (uncredited)
50. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella .... Convict (uncredited)
51. Il delitto Matteotti .... Communist at secret meeting (uncredited)
52. La mano nera .... Audience in the courtroom (uncredited)
53. Senza ragione .... Man at street market (uncredited)
    
    1974
54. 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre .... Parking attendant (uncredited)
55. C'eravamo tanto amati .... Man bothering Fellini (uncredited)
56. Il colonnello Buttiglione diventa generale .... Farmer (uncredited)
57. Colpo in canna .... Waiter (uncredited)
58. La poliziotta .... Worker (uncredited)
59. Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette .... Grave-digger (credited)
60. Romanzo popolare .... Giulio's fellow villager (credited)
    
    1975
61. Amori, letti e tradimenti .... Bastiano (credited)
62. Das Netz (L'undicesimo comandamento) .... Trash collector (uncredited)
63. Il medaglione insanguinato .... Nazareno, the factotum (uncredited)
64. Malía (Vergine, e di nome Maria) .... Peasant (uncredited)
65. Macchie solari .... Man in the alley (uncredited)
    
    1976
66. Colpita da improvviso benessere .... Market worker (uncredited)
67. Febbre da cavallo .... Augustarello (uncredited)
68. Italia a mano armata .... Prisoner (uncredited)
69. L'affittacamere .... Printer (uncredited)
70. Nella tua vita (TV mini series) - ep. 2 .... role? (credited)
71. Per amore di Cesarina .... Luigi, Alessia's husband (credited)
72. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza .... Delinquenti n the bar (uncredited)
    
    1977
73. Anima persa .... Man in the casino (uncredited)
74. Casa privata per le SS .... role?
75. Corleone .... Storyteller at village festival (uncredited)
76. Il passatore (TV mini-serie) - ep: 3 .... Bruson (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
77. I nuovi mostri - segment "L’elogio funebre" .... Man at the funeral (uncredited)
78. Kakkientruppen .... Prisoner (credited)
79. La banda del gobbo .... role? (uncredited)
80. Maschio latino cercasi - segment "Accadde a Napoli" .... Suitcase thief (uncredited)
81. Nerone .... Nut at Villa Bianca (credited?)
82. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 .... Grandpa (uncredited)
83. Tanto va la gatta al lardo... - segment "Fuga nella valigia" .... Maria's father (uncredited)
    
    1979
84. Caligola .... Man by the pool in Tiberius' grotto (uncredited)
85. L'ingorgo .... Truck driver (uncredited)
86. La cicala .... Bretella (credited)
87. La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta - segment "Amore e manette" .... Attacker (credited)
88. Lo scugnizzo .... Carrier (credited)
    
    1980
89. Arrivano i gatti .... Romeo (uncredited)
90. La cicala .... Wedding guest (credited)
91. L'avvertimento .... Informer (uncredited)
92. Prestami tua moglie .... Troupe member (credited)
93. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino .... Worker (uncredited)
    
    1981
94. Carcerato .... "Dracula", prisoner (uncredited)
    
    1983
95. E la nave va .... Fire room worker (uncredited)
    
    1984
96. Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno .... Blind old beggar (credited)
    
    1987
97. Teresa .... role? (uncredited)

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Filmography to check

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• Pinocchio e le sue avventure (1954)
• Il sole nella pelle (1971) .... Caretaker of the villa)
• Ah si? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro (1975) .... Guest in the inn
• Pasqualino settebellezze (1975) .... Madman
• Attenti al buffone (1975) .... Slaughterhouse worker
• Grazie tante - arrivederci (1977)
• Il ginecologo della mutua (1977)
• Melodrammore e vissero felici e contenti (1978) .... Godfather of the duel
• L'étrange monsieur Duvallier (TV series, 1979) - ep. "Bing-Banque" .... An attendant)
• The Name of the Rose (1986) .... Monk

[Emiliano]

Aristide appears to have been a beloved favorite of Federico Fellini, who used him in at least four films:

In Fellini Satyricon (1969) he's a servant at the feast (uncredited) - pic by Johan Melle

In I clowns (TV) (1970) he has an uncredited double role - pics by Ghibarian

first as a railwayman

and then later as a clown

He also has a small uncredited role at the start of Roma (1972) - pic by Johan Melle

And finally in the famous Amarcord (1973) where he is credited

The following year, he has a funny uncredited cameo in Ettore Scola's C'eravamo tanto amati (1974) as a man who's bothering Fellini pic by mortimer

[Emiliano]

Credited role for him as a grave-digger in Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette (1974) pic by Johan Melle

Great close-up in Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971) as delivery man (uncredited) - pic my mortimer

...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo (1971) as a horse seller in the town - pic by T.R.S.

Small but credited role as a prisoner in Kakkientruppen (1977) - pic by Johan Melle

Briefly visible as a man in the billiard hall in Il gatto a nove code (1971) - pic by Johan Melle

Senza ragione (1973) - pic by Johan Melle

[Emiliano]

La banda del gobbo (1978) pic by cinemaitaliano

Nice (uncredited) role as an ex-convict in Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972) - originally discovered by Ghibarian, new pic by Johan

Uncredited as a street vendor in Anna quel particolare piacere (1973) - pic by mortimer

Uncredited as a printer in L'affittacamere (1976) - pic by Ghibarian

L'ingorgo (1979) as a truck driver. Sadly no close-ups - pic by mortimer

Aristide as a knitting prisoner in La supertestimone (1971) - pic by Ciavazzaro

[Emiliano]

Aristide in the great children's TV series Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972), where he has a little talking role as a "tellinaro" - pic by Johan Melle

He's also a construction worker in L'etrusco uccide ancora (1972) - pic by Johan Melle

I nuovi mostri (1977) - segment 'L’elogio funebre' (uncredited) .... Man at the funeral - pic by Ghibarian

Aristide appears in Nerone (1977) as nut at Villa Bianca.
Here 1 pic I found on YT, but he appears also later in a close-up - pic by Ghibarian

Il medaglione insanguinato (1975) uncredited as Nazareno, the factotum - pic by mortimer

Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (1977) pic from http://users.skynet.be/cinema.populaire/

[Emiliano]

Seen very briefly as a man in the waiting rool at the police headquarters in Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) - originally discovered by Ghibarian, new pic by Johan

Maschio latino cercasi - segment "Accadde a Napoli" (1977) as a suitcase thief (uncredited) - pic by Ghibarian

Roma l'altra faccia della violenza (1976) - pic by Johan Melle

Colpita da improvviso benessere (1976) - pic by mortimer

[Emiliano]

Credited in Prestami tua moglie (1980) as troupe member - pic by mortimer

Yet another role as a prisoner in Italia a mano armata (1976) (uncredited) - pic by mortimer

Corleone (1977) - uncredited as storyteller at the village festival - pic by me

He is a convict in the same cell with Fangareggi and Giuffrè in
Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella (1973) (uncredited) - pics by Ghibarian

Made in Italy - segment "Cittadini, Stato e Chiesa" (1965) as man at the theatre (uncredited) - pic by Ghibarian

Per grazia ricevuta (1971) as man at underwear stall (uncredited) - pic by Ghibarian

[Emiliano]

La poliziotta (1974) (uncredited) .... Worker - pic by Ghibarian

As a trash collector in Das Netz a.k.a. L'undicesimo comandamento (1975) - pic by Der Hexer

Il provinciale (1971) (uncredited) .... Mover - pic by Ghibarian

Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (1980) (uncredited) .... Worker - pic by Ghibarian

Il colonnello Buttiglione diventa generale (1974) (uncredited) .... A farmer - pic by UomoBlooper

[Emiliano]

Meo Patacca (1972) (uncredited) as Jew in the ghetto

Il delitto Matteotti (1973) (uncredited) as Communist at secret meeting

Quite a nice little role for Aristide in Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) (uncredited) .... Cecco

pic by Johan Melle

Menage all'italiana (1965) (uncredited) as Farmer

pic by mortimer

Contestazione generale - segment "Il prete" (1970) (uncredited) as Bar customer

pic by mortimer

...e le stelle stanno a guardare - Ep. #6 (1971) (TV mini-series) (uncredited) .... Man of the people

pic by Ghibarian

4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre (1974) (uncredited) as Parking attendant

Casa privata per le SS (1977) (uncredited)
This scene is a blatant imitation of a similar sequence in Salon Kitty (1975)

pic by Ghibarian

Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero (1972) (uncredited) as Leper

pic by Ghibarian

Colpo in canna (1975)

pic by vecchiaguardia

The earliest role found so far: as one of the slaves in Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone (1964) (uncredited)

pic by Johan Melle

As one of the prisoners in Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (1971) (uncredited)

pic by Johan Melle

Aristide as a peddler in Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 (1971)

pic by mortimer

Man in the alley in Macchie solari (1975)

pic by mortimer

Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (1970) as the hanged man discovered by Indio

pic by carlos

[Emiliano]

Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969) as Creditor of 1000 guineas for a loan of 300
Aristide is the protagonist of a very funny moment. Twice in the movie, while chasing Ciccio, along with other creditors, he ends up in the sea (of course there is a stunt in the water).