Paolo Paoloni
Paolo Paoloni (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2019) was an Italian actor.
Paolo Paoloni | |
|---|---|
 Paolo Paoloni in Fantozzi | |
| Born | 24 July 1929 Bodio, Switzerland |
| Died | 9 January 2019 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–2019 |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Biography
A close friend of director Luciano Salce, Paoloni is best known for portraying the role of the Galactic Mega-director in the Fantozzi film saga. Despite being famous for taking part to several comedies, Paoloni took also part in some horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust.
He died on 9 January 2019, at the age of 89.[1] In his final months, Paoloni became mute due to a vocal cord disease.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Black Sheep (1968)
- Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue (1969)
- La ragazza del prete (1970)
- In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
- White Horses of Summer (1975)
- Fantozzi (1975)
- Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976)
- L'altra metà del cielo (1977)
- An Average Little Man (1977)
- Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)
- Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
- The Precarious Bank Teller (1979)
- Cannibal Holocaust (1979)
- Tesoro mio (1979)
- Inferno (1980)
- Il Marchese del Grillo (1981)
- Vieni avanti cretino (1982)
- And the Ship Sails On (1983)
- Stradivari (1988)
- The Miser (1990)
- Stasera a casa di Alice (1990)
- Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990)
- Faccione (1991)
- Voices from Beyond (1991)
- Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
- Fantozzi in paradiso (1993)
- Chicken Park (1994)
- Fantozzi - Il ritorno (1996)
- Double Team (1997)
- Dirty Linen (1999)
- Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione (1999)
- Winter (2002)
- Ripley's Game (2002)
- The Haunting of Helena (2012)
- Si accettano miracoli (2015)
- Blessed Madness (2018)
References
- "Morto Paolo Paoloni, il Megadirettore Galattico di Fantozzi: volto elegante (e feroce) di un Potere che oggi non esiste più". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "È morto Paolo Paoloni, il megadirettore galattico di Fantozzi". Il Post (in Italian). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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