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Peppino De Filippo is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer Italien born on 24 august 1903 at Naples (Italie)

Peppino De Filippo

Peppino De Filippo
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Birth name in Naples, Italy
Nationality Italie
Birth 24 august 1903 at Naples (Italie)
Death 26 january 1980 (at 76 years) at Rome (Italie)

Peppino De Filippo (August 24, 1903 - January 27, 1980) was an Italian actor.

De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as Rome-Paris-Rome, Variety Lights, A Day in Court, Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Boccaccio '70. He is however most remembered for his several artistic partnerships with Totò, on movies such as Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina and La banda degli onesti.

He died in Rome.

Biography

Son of playwright Eduardo Scarpetta and brother of Eduardo e Titina, De Filippo debuted still in his childhood.

After several attempts with different acting companies, as a utility player, in 1931 he and his siblings founded the Compagnia Teatro Umoristico: i De Filippo.
It was a very successful experience, featuring tours all over Italy, new comedies, enthusiastic ratings by critics, and sold out in theaters.

However, in 1944, due to a controversy with his brother, Peppino abandoned the company. The separation would allow him to find his own stylistic footprint as an author, being easily distinguishable from Eduardo's: Peppino's comedies are usually easier and more brilliant.

Peppino repeatedly showed his extraordinary versatility; particularly noteworthy are his performance in Il Guardiano by Harold Pinter and in The Miser by Molière (as Harpagon), where he proved to be a skillful actor whose ability had grown beyond brilliant and dialect plays.

Peppino should be defined an actor as well as a popular TV and cinema star.
His partnership with Totò in many films has been one among the most interesting collaborations in the Italian comical cinema genre. Their movies obtained an outstanding success, despite being snubbed by critics.
Worth a mention are Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina, Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge, and La banda degli onesti.
He worked with Federico Fellini as well, for instance in Boccaccio '70), and with Alberto Lattuada.

He also invented Pappagone, a character for a TV show. He represented a humble servant of Cummendatore Peppino De Filippo (the title of Commendatore is a public honour of the Italian Republic). He performed as a sort of usher, a typical character of the Neapolitan theatre, and coined many funny phrases and an own jargon, that would transform into popular sayings.
He married three times, and his first wife Adele Carloni gave him Luigi, who is successfully carrying on his father's work.

Best films

We Like It Cold (1960)
(Actor)

Usually with

Aldo Fabrizi
Aldo Fabrizi
(20 films)
Totò
Totò
(19 films)
Steno
Steno
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Peppino De Filippo (77 films)

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Atrocious Tales of Love and Death, 1h54
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Ornella Muti, Renato Pozzetto, Zeudi Araya, Michel Piccoli, Capucine
Roles Natale Capece
Rating61% 3.0526353.0526353.0526353.0526353.052635
Naples : Raffaele, un musicien de café, est cajolé pour interpréter une sérénade nocturne à l'extérieur d'un immeuble. Cependant, son jeu de mandoline est brutalement interrompu par des coups de feu et un homme jamaïcain qui tombe d'une fenêtre au-dessus. Un personnage du camp est également éjecté d'une fenêtre et Raffaele est contraint de mener sa propre enquête. Il s'avère qu'un célèbre maestro, Victor Navarro est victime de chantage. Lucia, la belle-fille séduisante de Navarro, était présente à chaque meurtre. Le détective amateur est attiré par elle et se retrouve mêlé à un mystère impliquant des menaces de mort et un secret macabre.
Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum)
Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dolores Palumbo, Little Tony, Enzo Cannavale, Vittorio Congia, Nino Terzo, Giacomo Furia
Roles Peppino Bertozzini
Rating54% 2.745922.745922.745922.745922.74592
Les fils d'un courtier en assurance mélomane prennent des mesures radicales pour assurer leur bonheur et celui de leur entourage, en s'aidant du pouvoir de la musique.
Rita the Mosquito
Directed by Lina Wertmüller
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Giancarlo Giannini, Rita Pavone, Peppino De Filippo, Nino Taranto, Turi Ferro, Milena Vukotic
Roles Carmelo Pappagone
Rating57% 2.8614052.8614052.8614052.8614052.861405
Au pensionnat, la pétillante Rita tombe amoureuse de son professeur de musique et redouble d'ingéniosité pour attirer son attention.
Ischia operazione amore, 1h26
Directed by Vittorio Sala
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Walter Chiari, Hélène Chanel, Anna Campori, Ingrid Schoeller, Evi Marandi, Peppino De Filippo
Roles Gennaro Capatosta
Rating56% 2.8373252.8373252.8373252.8373252.837325
Sur l'île d'Ischia s'entremêlent les aventures de divers personnages.
Made in Italy, 1h40
Directed by Nanni Loy
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Aldo Giuffrè, Walter Chiari, Renzo Marignano
Roles Mimi (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 1")
Rating67% 3.3770853.3770853.3770853.3770853.377085
En una trentaine de sketches, Nanni Loy décrit de façon aiguisée les coutumes des Italiens.
The Shortest Day, 1h35
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Gino Cervi, Totò, Annie Girardot, Peppino De Filippo, Ugo Tognazzi
Roles Zio Peppino
Rating58% 2.9071452.9071452.9071452.9071452.907145
The Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are taken from a small town in Sicily and shipped in the Italian army which has to face the Nazi troops along with U.S. allies in the famous Normandy landings. Franco and Ciccio, more clumsy than ever, having won the war back in Italy, but they are out of work.
Gli onorevoli, 1h46
Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Ruggero Deodato
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Totò, Franca Valeri, Gino Cervi, Peppino De Filippo, Aroldo Tieri, Mario Castellani
Roles Giuseppe Mollica
Rating68% 3.4304453.4304453.4304453.4304453.430445
Cinq candidats sont en lice pour un siège de député. La démocrate-chrétienne Bianca Sereni, féministe avant la lettre, fait poser ses affiches par des prostituées et finit par tomber amoureuse d'un homme payé par les mêmes démocrates-chrétiens pour la photographier dans une situation compromettante. Elle découvre le traquenard et pourtant décide de se retirer et de se mettre avec cet homme.
Totò vs the Four, 1h34
Directed by Steno
Genres Comedy
Actors Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Ugo D'Alessio
Roles cavalier Alfredo Fiore
Rating65% 3.250513.250513.250513.250513.25051
At the Commissioner Antonio is stolen the car during a night. He needs to find her first address four cases of thievery in the city of Rome. The defendants are Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto and Erminio Macario.
I 4 tassisti, 1h40
Directed by Giorgio Bianchi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo, Erminio Macario, Didi Perego, Yvonne Furneaux, Gianrico Tedeschi
Roles Pasquale Scognamiglio
Rating61% 3.0503853.0503853.0503853.0503853.050385
I 4 tassisti présente l'histoire de quatre chauffeurs de taxi dans quatre villes italiennes différentes :
Boccaccio '70, 2h30
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren, Peppino De Filippo, Polidor, Tomás Milián
Roles Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...")
Rating69% 3.497593.497593.497593.497593.49759
In Renzo e Luciana, a young couple tries to hide their marriage and the wife’s supposed pregnancy from the draconian book-keeper of their employer, who has banned female employees from getting married and having children but does not mind a few cheap thrills at their expense himself.