Corrado Olmi

Corrado Olmi
File:Corrado Olmi 74.jpg
Born	(1926-10-24) 24 October 1926 Jesi, Ancona
Occupation	Actor

Corrado Olmi (born 24 October 1926) is an Italian actor and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Jesi, Ancona, Olmi at very young age attended some local amateur dramatic companies in his hometown. He later moved to Rome, where he graduated in law and during his studies attended the Peter Sharoff Theatre Academy. He is a very prolific stage actor, with hundreds of credits in works of prose, avanspettacolo, cabaret, operetta. He was also very active in television (in television movies, TV-series and variety shows) and in films, where he was one of the most requested character actors. Olmi is also the author of two autobiographical books, Oltre la scena and Oltre lo schermo.

Selected filmography

• Peccato di castità (1956)
• Un mandarino per Teo (1960)
• A Girl... and a Million (1962)
• Shivers in Summer (1963)
• Slalom (1965)
• Wake Up and Die (1966)
• Sex Quartet (1966)
• Ace High (1968)
• A Stranger in Paso Bravo (1968)
• The Vatican Affair (1968)
• The Archangel (1969)
• Satyricon (1969)
• Armiamoci e partite! (1971)
• A Girl in Australia (1971)
• The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
• Il provinciale (1972)
• My Darling Slave (1973)
• Scandal in the Family (1975)
• Apache Woman (1976)
• Madly in Love (1981)
• Porca vacca (1982)
• Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
• Rich and Poor (1983)
• Il ragazzo del Pony Express (1986)
• Italian Restaurant (1994, TV)
• The Dinner (1998)

External links

• Corrado Olmi at the Internet Movie Database