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Polidor is a Actor Italien born on 19 may 1887 at Bayonne (France)

Polidor

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Birth name Ferdinand Guillaume
Nationality Italie
Birth 19 may 1887 at Bayonne (France)
Death 3 december 1977 (at 90 years) at Viareggio (Italie)

Polidor, nom de scène de Ferdinand Guillaume, né le 19 mai 1887 à Bayonne (France) et mort le 3 décembre 1977 à Viareggio (Italie), est un acteur et réalisateur italien.

Biography

Né dans une famille de gens du cirque, descendants de noblesse française, Ferdinand Guillaume fut formé à cette école pluridisciplinaire. Il tourne en Italie dès 1910 Une erreur de Tontolini (Uno sbaglio di Tontolini), première et cocasse aventure d'un personnage précurseur de celui de Charlot.

Rapidement, « Tontolini » cède la place à « Polidor » qui devient son nom de scène, notamment dans les productions de la Pasquali Film de Rome. De La Clarinette de Tontolini (Il clarino di Tontolini) en 1911 jusqu'aux Créateurs de l’impossible (I creatori dell'impossibile) en 1922, Polidor réalise près d'une cinquantaine de courts métrages burlesques du cinéma muet.

L'arrivée du cinéma parlant le relègue aux troisièmes rôles, voire à celui de figurant avec Le Corsaire noir (Il corsaro nero) d'Amleto Palermi (1937). Ensuite, alors qu'il n'a pas encore soixante ans, il devient l'éternel « vieil homme » de troisième plan du cinéma italien.

Federico Fellini en fait sa mascotte, en souvenir des films burlesques où, enfant, il découvrit Polidor au cinéma. L'acteur devient omniprésent dans les films du Maestro, des Nuits de Cabiria (1957) jusqu'aux Histoires extraordinaires (1968) où Fellini lui rend un hommage public par la bouche du présentateur qui l'accueille dans le sketch Toby Dammit : « Un artiste qui depuis tant et tant d'années a su dispenser à foison les rires et l'allégresse, qui nous a tant fait rire aux larmes en se donnant tout entier avec cet enthousiasme qui caractérise les vrais, les grands artistes ».

Usually with

Nino Rota
Nino Rota
(6 films)
Leo Catozzo
Leo Catozzo
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Polidor (20 films)

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Actor

Spirits of the Dead, 2h1
Directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about suicide, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about horses, Demons in film, Ghost films, Road movies, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, Brigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Serge Marquand
Roles le vieil acteur
Rating63% 3.1985853.1985853.1985853.1985853.198585
Les étranges rapports d'amour que la comtesse Frederica, débauchée notoire, mais cavalière émérite, entretient avec un superbe étalon noir en qui elle voit la réincarnation de son vertueux cousin Wilhelm qui l'a dédaignée et dont elle se culpabilise de la disparition dans l'incendie de son écurie qu'elle a commandité par vengeance…
Cyrano and d'Artagnan, 2h25
Directed by Abel Gance, Nathan Juran
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Themes Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors José Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina, Daliah Lavi, Philippe Noiret, Rafael Rivelles
Roles Théophile
Rating61% 3.092263.092263.092263.092263.09226
En 1642, dans un contexte de complots agitant le règne de Louis XIII, Cyrano de Bergerac rejoint les Cadets de Gascogne et fait la connaissance de d'Artagnan, Mousquetaire du roi. Les deux Gascons deviennent amis et vivent diverses aventures et histoires sentimentales. Le récit suit les liaisons fictives des deux héros avec Ninon de Lenclos et Marion Delorme, et les fait intervenir lors de la conspiration de Cinq-Mars contre le Cardinal de Richelieu.
8½
(1963)
, 2h18
Directed by Giulio Paradisi, Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmüller
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about films, Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
Roles le clown
Rating80% 4.0012454.0012454.0012454.0012454.001245
Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous Italian film director, is suffering from "director's block". Stalled on his new science fiction film that includes veiled autobiographical references, he has lost interest amid artistic and marital difficulties. As Guido struggles half-heartedly to work on the film, a series of flashbacks and dreams delve into his memories and fantasies; they are frequently interwoven with reality.
The Conjugal Bed, 1h30
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Marina Vlady, Linda Sini, Walter Giller, Achille Majeroni, Polidor
Rating69% 3.483063.483063.483063.483063.48306
A girl, a friend of the family of Phillips, arrives in southern Italy to visit them. She discovers that the husband is a rough and domineering man, but full of weaknesses, as his wife, not at all calls and weakened by that behavior, behaves in a whimsical tone with very demanding. Then the husband decides to get rid of.
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 un colleur d'affiche
Rating69% 3.497083.497083.497083.497083.49708
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.
Accattone
Accattone (1961)
, 1h55
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Adriana Asti, Polidor, Sergio Citti, Monica Vitti
Roles Becchino
Rating76% 3.8012953.8012953.8012953.8012953.801295
Vittorio (Franco Citti), nicknamed "Accattone" (meaning 'beggar' in Italian), leads a mostly serene life as a pimp until his prostitute, Maddalena, is hurt by his rivals and sent to prison. Finding himself without a steady income, and not much inclination for working himself, he discovers the naive Stella and tries to lure her into prostituting herself for him. She is willing to try, but when a client begins pawing her she cries and gets out of the car. Accattone tries to support her, but gives up on honest labor after one day, and following a bizarre vision of his own death, is killed in a traffic accident when he tries to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.
La Dolce Vita, 2h47
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about religion
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
Roles Pagliaccio
Rating80% 4.000854.000854.000854.000854.00085
Based on the most common interpretation of the storyline, the film can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue (see also Structure, below). If the evenings of each episode were joined with the morning of the respective preceding episode together as a day, they would form seven consecutive days, which may not necessarily be the case.
Nights of Cabiria, 1h50
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Gino Buzzanca, Aldo Silvani, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Roles Friar (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.048854.048854.048854.048854.04885
A happy, laughing Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) is standing on a river bank with her current boyfriend and live-in lover, Giorgio (Franco Fabrizi). Suddenly he pushes her into the river and steals her purse which is full of money. She cannot swim and nearly drowns, but is rescued by a group of young boys and revived at the last possible moment by helpful ordinary people who live a little further down the river. In spite of just saving her life, she treats them with disdain and starts looking for Giorgio.
Marisa la coquette, 1h26
Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marisa Allasio, Renato Salvatori, Francisco Rabal, Ángel Aranda, Ettore Manni, Ennio Girolami
Roles The porter
Rating61% 3.0743553.0743553.0743553.0743553.074355
La vendeuse de glaces Marisa apprécie d'être courtisée par les garçons de Civitavecchia, mais ce sera un marin étranger qui en fera la conquête.
Il Folle di Marechiaro
Directed by Roberto Roberti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Aldo Silvani, Polidor, Diana Dei, Tatiana Farnese, Sergio Leone
Roles Il vecchio pescatore
Rating56% 2.81662.81662.81662.81662.8166