Pietro Tordi
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 12, 1906
Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Known For
An Average Little Man
A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.
Ben-Hur
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Divorce Italian Style
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
The Marquis of Grillo
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Rome 11:00
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.
Ho scelto l'amore
A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up street and down canal for the missing bird, he meets and falls in love with luscious flower-girl Maria.
Lion of the Desert
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
In the Name of the Italian People
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?
The Facts of Murder
A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.
Quo Vadis
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Filmography
as Grandpa
as Waiter Giacomo
as Stelvio
as Ettore
as padre di Teresa
as principe d'Orleans
as Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
as Field Marshall
as il carcerato che legge la poesia
as padre di Albino
as The Chaplain in the armed services
as il prete
as Pavanin, a collaborator of Angelo Scotti
as Ragnini
as col. Trombatore
as Hermann Tiller
as vecchio attore napoletano
as Dart Senior
as presidente della commissione istruttoria del Senato
as Generale Bassi-Lega
as Man-Servant
as Maresciallo Falcchetti, Inspector of Police
as Vulfardo - the judge
as Professor Rivaroli
as Le shérif
as Il Pirata John
as Fra' Arduino
as Pastor Steve
as Norman
as Nunzia's Father (segment "La siciliana") (uncredited)
as Saloon Customer
as Black
as Mario Borghi
as direttore generale
as Tungay
as Président de l'assemblée
as Doctor
as commissario
as Le Grand Coërse
as Pietro (Segment "Il complicato")
as barista
as Bidder at Auction in Red Turbant
as Contadino abruzzese
as Old man at the swimming pool (uncredited)
as Il Poeta
as Invitato al party
as L'avvocato
as Il Nostromo
as Attorney De Marzi
as Telamone
as Morobas
as servo muto Bruto
as Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
as Albergatore
as Ubaldo
as Il vero pazzo
as Il parroco
as The Duke
as Chicco Di Grano
as un comunista
as Il sindaco
as Onabar
as Carlo Ferrari
as The Architect
as Orso
as A thug of the suburra (uncredited)
as Gladiator of Gaul
as il diplomatico
as Galba
as Zingaro
as Zio Enrico
as Zeno
as Fiorello
as L'avvocato Gaetano Bertarelli
as Fausto
as Il marito di Emanuela
as Ulano
as Il macchinista elettricista
as Uno dei finti attori