# Mimmo Poli

Mimmo Poli (born Domenico Poli, April 11, 1920 – April 4, 1986) was an Italian film character actor.

## Career

Poli was one of the best known and most active characters of Italian cinema; in his thirty-five-year career, he appeared in over 200 films. He started from a young age by treading the stages and reciting in Roman dialect.
In 1951 he had a small part in the film Toto and the King of Rome directed by Mario Monicelli. Federico Fellini. He played characters such as bartenderd, a docker, a prisoner in the films of the Monnezza to those of Bernardo Bertolucci.
Notable films Poli appears in include The Overcoat (1952) by Alberto Lattuada; Toto in Color (1952) by Steno; Termini Station (1953) by Vittorio De Sica; Beat the Devil by John Huston; Nights of Cabiria (1956) by Federico Fellini; Poor, But Handsome (1956) by Dino Risi; You're on Your Own (1959) by Mauro Bolognini; Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) by Sergio Corbucci; The Betrayer (1961) by Roberto Rossellini. He also appeared in many films of Franco and Ciccio. His last film appearance was with I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1985).

## Death

Due to serious health problems, he was forced to leave the scene in the mid-eighties. He died from a heart attack on April 4, 1986, at the age of 65.

## Selected filmography

* Anna (1951, directed by Alberto Lattuada) – L'infermiere grasso (uncredited)
* Licenza premio (1951, directed by Max Neufeld)
* Toto in Color (1952, directed by Steno)
* Poppy (1952)
* Inganno (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) – Un cliente della trattoria
* Toto and the King of Rome (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli)
* Toto and the Women (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) – Male nurse (uncredited)
* We Two Alone (1952, directed by Steno and Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi) – Man at the Bus Stop (uncredited)
* Seven Hours of Trouble (1952, directed by Vittorio Metz, Marcello Marchesi) – 'Sfilatino'
* Il tallone d'Achille (1952, directed by Mario Amendola and Ruggero Maccari)
* The Three Pirates (1952, directed by Mario Soldati)
* The Overcoat (1952, directed by Alberto Lattuada)
* Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953, directed by Duilio Coletti)
* The Unfaithfuls (1953, directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno) – Scorza (uncredited)
* Terminal Station (1953, directed by Vittorio De Sica) – Il grassone nel treno (uncredited)
* At the Edge of the City (1953, directed by Carlo Lizzani, Massimo Mida) – Signore (uncredited)
* Roman Holiday (1953, directed by William Wyler) – Worker Hugging the Three Out Side Police Station (uncredited)
* Beat the Devil (1953, directed by John Huston) – Barman (uncredited)
* Ulysses (1954, directed by Mario Camerini) – Procio (uncredited)
* Una pelliccia di visone (1956, directed by Glauco Pellegrini) – Prisoner (uncredited)
* Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – The Man who Pays the Bet (uncredited)
* Nero's Mistress (1956, directed by Steno)
* Allow Me, Daddy! (1956, directed by Mario Bonnard) – Il primo facchino
* Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – The Bandits' Cook (uncredited)
* Poor, But Handsome (1957) – The laughing Customer at 'Antica Roma' (uncredited)
* Fathers and Sons (1957) – Man into the Stadium (uncredited)
* Nights of Cabiria (1957, directed by Federico Fellini) – Man Eating in the Nightclub (uncredited)
* Pirate of the Half Moon (1957, directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese) – Il corsaro grasso
* Pretty But Poor (1957) – Richetto (uncredited)
* Rascel-Fifì (1957, directed by Guido Leoni) – Malone
* La zia d'America va a sciare (1957, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero) – Bit Part (uncredited)
* La chiamavan Capinera... (1957)
* Love and Chatter (1958, directed by Alessandro Blasetti)
* Fortunella (1958, directed by Eduardo De Filippo) – Orso Bruno, the wrestler (uncredited)
* Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958, directed by Luigi Zampa) – Remo (uncredited)
* Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958, directed by Mario Monicelli) – Prigioniero (uncredited)
* Slave Women of Corinth (1958, directed by Mario Bonnard) – Un Commerciante (uncredited)
* Toto in Paris (1958, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – Il grassone del treno
* Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958, directed by Siro Marcellini) – Il grassone
* L'amore nasce a Roma (1958) – Tancredi
* Men and Noblemen (1959) – The snoring Prisoner (uncredited)
* Everyone's in Love (1959) – Man in Lavatory (uncredited)
* Poor Millionaires (1959) – Fat Man on Train (uncredited)
* The Son of the Red Corsair (1959, directed by Primo Zeglio) – Tavern's Patron
* The Moralist (1959, directed by Giorgio Bianchi) – The Policeman on a Bicycle (uncredited)
* La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero)
* You're on Your Own (1959, directed by Mauro Bolognini) – Chicken Vendor (uncredited)
* La cento chilometri (1959, directed by Giulio Petroni) – The Bald Remover (uncredited)
* Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959, directed by Mauro Bolognini)
* Il vedovo (1959, directed by Dino Risi) – Man in the Night-club (uncredited)
* Attack of the Moors (1959) – Peasant (uncredited)
* Simpatico mascalzone (1959) – Spettatore a teatro
* Perfide... ma belle! (1959, directed by Giorgio Simonelli) – The fat Lodger at 'Pensione Tecla' (uncredited)
* Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959) – Fat Man at the Bar (uncredited)
* Il raccomandato di ferro (1959) – Lawyer on the Telephone (uncredited)
* Tipi da spiaggia (1959, directed by Mario Mattoli) – Il 'Bagnone' (uncredited)
* Love and Larceny (1960, directed by Dino Risi) – Cook of the Big Restaurant (uncredited)
* Messalina (1960, directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) – Drunken Transvestite
* Il principe fusto (1960, directed by Maurizio Arena)
* La strada dei giganti (1960, directed by Guido Malatesta) – Barman (uncredited)
* Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960, directed by Mario Mattoli) (uncredited)
* It Started in Naples (1960, directed by Melville Shavelson) – Man in Bar (uncredited)
* My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Rufio
* Caccia al marito (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Antonio – the lifeguard (uncredited)
* Morgan the Pirate (1960, directed by André De Toth and Primo Zeglio) – Pirate (uncredited)
* Un dollaro di fifa (1960, directed by Giorgio Simonelli) – Zaccaria
* I Teddy boys della canzone (1960, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Un telespettatore (uncredited)
* Ferragosto in bikini (1960, directed by Marino Girolami) – Il padrone del locale
* A qualcuna piace calvo (1960, directed by Mario Amendola) – Uomo alla finestra (uncredited)
* Le Ambiziose (1961, directed by Tony Amendola) – L'onorevole alla festa
* La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo (1961, directed by Marino Girolami) – John Allison
* Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Un Ladruncolo (uncredited)
* Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961, directed by Carlo Lizzani) (uncredited)
* Come September (1961, directed by Robert Mulligan) – Commissario (uncredited)
* The Fascist (1961, directed by Luciano Salce) (uncredited)
* The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961, directed by Francesco De Feo)
* Vanina Vanini (1961, directed by Roberto Rossellini) – Il boia (uncredited)
* Le magnifiche 7 (1961, directed by Marino Girolami) – Il capitano
* Queen of the Seas (1961, directed by Umberto Lenzi) – Fat man falling
* Duel of the Titans (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Pastore
* The Two Marshals (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Portalettere
* Barabbas (1961) – Man in Tavern (uncredited)
* Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961, directed by Armando William Tamburella) – Un frate
* Totò Diabolicus (1962, directed by Steno) – Il postino
* Samson Against the Sheik (1962, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Chambelain
* Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962, directed by Lucio Fulci) – L'oste
* Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – L'Uomo panchina (uncredited)
* Sodom and Gomorrah (1962, directed by Robert Aldrich) – Queen's Cupbearer (uncredited)
* The Changing of the Guard (1962) – Autista dei fascisti (uncredited)
* I motorizzati (1962, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) – Vittorio (uncredited)
* Carmen, 70 (1962) – Customer Eating Spaghetti (uncredited)
* Sexy Toto (1963, directed by Mario Amendola) – Un galeotto – inmate #1
* The Two Colonels (1963, directed by Steno) – Fat Soldier (uncredited)
* The Monk of Monza (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Il frate cercatore
* Torpedo Bay (1963, directed by Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati) – Nightclub Owner
* Gli onorevoli (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – MSI supporter (uncredited)
* Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1963, directed by Mario Amendola)
* I marziani hanno 12 mani (1964) – Tifoso allo stadio
* Indios a Nord-Ovest (1964)
* Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964) – Saloon Patron
* I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964, directed by Lucio Fulci) – Speaker
* Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964, directed by Nick Nostro) – Tavern Owner (uncredited)
* Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964, TV Mini-Series) – Un carceriere
* I Kill, You Kill (1965) – Sicilian man (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
* Challenge of the Gladiator (1965, directed by Domenico Paolella) – Roman at Orgy (uncredited)
* Sons of the Leopard (1965, directed by Sergio Corbucci) – Farm manager
* Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) – Sugar – Barman (uncredited)
* Hercules the Avenger (1965, directed by Maurizio Lucidi) – Gerone
* Highest Pressure (1965, directed by Enzo Trapani) – Il salumiere
* Colorado Charlie (1965, directed by Roberto Mauri) – Jack, Springfield Barman
* Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) (uncredited)
* All the Way to Paris (1966) – Italian Butcher
* Vacanze sulla neve (1966, directed by Filippo Walter Ratti)
* After the Fox (1966) – Fat Actor
* For a Few Extra Dollars (1966) – Saloon Patron (uncredited)
* Trappola per sette spie (1966)
* The Hellbenders (1967) – Man in Saloon (uncredited)
* Up the MacGregors (1967) – Barman (uncredited)
* The Honey Pot (1967) – Cook (uncredited)
* Il magnifico Texano (1967, directed by Luigi Capuano) – Barman #2 (uncredited)
* How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967) – Gustavo Dupont (uncredited)
* On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967) – Minor Role
* Untamable Angelique (1967) – Offerer (uncredited)
* Bang Bang Kid (1967, directed by Giorgio Gentili and Luciano Lelli) – Bartender
* The Crazy Kids of the War (1967) – German Soldier (uncredited)
* Gli altri, gli altri,... e noi (1967)
* Se vuoi vivere... spara! (1968) – Bartender
* Gunman Sent by God (1968) – Barman
* Brutti di notte (1968) – Man in Piazza Navona
* A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968, directed by Franco Giraldi) – Man in Saloon (uncredited)
* Spirits of the Dead (1968) – Taxi Driver / Party Guest (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
* Donne... botte e bersaglieri (1968) – Lo Giudice (uncredited)
* A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968) – Shopkeeper (uncredited)
* Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968, directed by Giovanni Grimaldi) – Tavern customer
* The Great Silence (1968) – Barman (uncredited)
* Stuntman (1968) – Man with caravan
* Bootleggers (1969, directed by Alfio Caltabiano) – Suitor
* Il ragazzo che sorride (1969, directed by Aldo Grimaldi) – Porter
* I quattro del pater noster (1969) (uncredited)
* Sabata ì (1969) – Hotel Workman (uncredited)
* The Thirteen Chairs (1969) – De Seta's Caretaker (uncredited)
* Agguato sul Bosforo (1969) – Informer at Club (uncredited)
* The Specialist (1969) – Barman
* Zorro marchese di Navarra (1969, directed by Franco Montemurro) – Taverner
* Poppea's Hot Nights (1969) – Prurient Roman at Market Place (uncredited)
* La donna a una dimensione (1969, directed by Bruno Baratti) – Fatman on TV (uncredited)
* Satiricosissimo (1970) – Party Guest (uncredited)
* Nel giorno del Signore (1970)
* Mio padre monsignore (1971, directed by Antonio Racioppi) – Storyteller
* Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (1971) – Barman del saloon (uncredited)
* Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) – Owner of 'Cornuto' Restaurant
* When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong (1971)
* Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria (1971) – Old Man with Prostitute
* Roma (1972) – Roman Eating in Terrace (uncredited)
* Boccaccio (1972) – Spettatore grasso
* His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972) – Barman
* My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow (1972, directed by Juan Bosch) – Innkeeper (uncredited)
* Man Called Amen (1972, directed by Alfio Caltabiano) – Bell Ringer (uncredited)
* More Sexy Canterbury Tales (1972) – Frate grasso (uncredited)
* Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972) – Barman al party
* Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) – Spot's Actor (uncredited)
* Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972)
* The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire (1972) – Oste
* Storia di fifa e di coltello – Er seguito d'er più (1972)
* Colpo grosso a Porto Said (1972, directed by Luigi Batzella)
* We Want the Colonels (1973) – Man who sees the flare (uncredited)
* Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose (1973) – Friar
* Flatfoot (1973) (uncredited)
* Polvere di stelle (1973) (uncredited)
* Diario di una vergine romana (1973) – Livia Fat Customer (uncredited)
* The Arena (1974) – Man at the Orgy (uncredited)
* Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975) – Saloon Owner
* La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! (1975)
* Hit Squad (1976) – Gaetano Bozzetti
* 1900 (1976) – Fascist (uncredited)
* The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976) – Vittorio Raganelli detto Il Mussulmano
* The Last Round (1976, directed by Stelvio Massi) – Garage Owner
* Paura in città (1976, directed by Giuseppe Rosati)
* Destruction Force (1977) – Barman
* Messalina, Messalina! (1977) – Man in Tavern (uncredited)
* Highway Racer (1977) – Peppone – the informer
* Squadra antitruffa (1977) – Milady (uncredited)
* Il figlio dello sceicco (1977) – Abdul
* Brothers Till We Die (1978) – Salvatore (uncredited)
* La Cage aux Folles (1978) – Le barman (uncredited)
* Odds and Evens (1978) – Shop Owner (uncredited)
* The Gang That Sold America (1979) – Arab (in pre-title sequence) (uncredited)
* Neapolitan Mystery (1979) – Asylum cook (uncredited)
* La Luna (1979) – Piano Mover
* La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1979) – Uomo scippato
* Sexual aberration - Sesso perverso (1979, directed by Bruno Mattei) – Asian
* Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
* City of Women (1980) – Party Guest (uncredited)
* Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980) (uncredited)
* I'm Getting a Yacht (1980) – Car park attendant
* Delitto a Porta Romana (1980)
* Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (1981) – Er Buiaccaro
* Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981) – Gasparotto
* Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) – Oste (uncredited)
* Bomber (1982) – Cook (uncredited)
* Delitto sull'autostrada (1982) – Oste (uncredited)
* Monsignore (1982) – Sicilian Priest
* Pronto... Lucia (1982) – Barman ristorante in Austria (uncredited)
* Dio li fa poi li accoppia (1982) – The Taxi Driver in Rome (uncredited)
* Count Tacchia (1982) – Priest (uncredited)
* La sai l'ultima sui matti? (1982) – Matto
* Vieni avanti cretino (1982)
* La casa stregata (1982)
* Il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1983) – Tassista
* A tu per tu (1984)
* Mi faccia causa (1984)
* Big Deal After 20 Years (1985) – Cesare