Ernesto Colli
Acting
Biography
Ernesto Colli was an Italian film, television and stage actor.
Born: May 16, 1940
Place of Birth: Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Known For
Caliber 9
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss. Caliber 9 is the first part in Di Leo's "Milieu" Trilogy of poliziotteschi films. It was followed by "The Italian Connection" (1972) and "The Boss" (1973).
Lost in the City of Sarzana
The film is set in the period of fascism and is represented through the story of the general inspector Vincenzo Trani.
Go Gorilla Go
Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.
Illustrious Corpses
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.
Hospitals: The White Mafia
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.
Torso
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
The Conspiracy of Torture
In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.
The Suspect
Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistleblowers.
Pleasant Nights
A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.
Filmography
as Un capitano
as portinaio
as Ramella
as Settecapelli
as Roschettov
as Arrigo
as Detective notturno
as The Watchman of Builder's Yard (uncredited)
as Maggiordomo di Cabrini
as funzionario di partito a Parigi
as Ivo
as Possessed Man
as Cicillo
as Tomassian
as Operaio
as Inquisitor
as Un giudice
as Gianni Tomasso, the Scarf Vendor
as Renutio (segment "The Mummy")
as Dr. Torres
as Usciere
as Alfredo Bertolon
as Ernesto del Prete
as Prison inmate
as parcheggiatore
as Private detective
as Un ouvrier
as Innkeeper
as Chief of the guards
as Vespasiano - Lover of Faustina's mother
as Valetto ambasciatore
as Manetti Brother (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
as Janot
as Baccio
as il Cit