{{Short description|Italian actor (1928–1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = File:Gigi Reder.jpg | name = Gigi Reder | caption = Reder in 1953 | birth_name = Luigi Schroeder | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|03|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Naples]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|10|08|1928|03|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Rome]], Italy | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor}} | years_active = 1951–1998 | height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | spouse = | children = 1 }}
'''Gigi Reder''' (born '''Luigi Schroeder'''; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
== Biography == Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolitan mother, Reder moved to Rome where started his career in radio as host and actor of radio-dramas.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Fabio Melelli |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Gli Attori – Vol.3|publisher=Gremese Editore}}</ref> He also debuted on stage in "[[:it:teatro dialettale|teatro dialettale]]" and [[vaudeville]], then performed in the stage companies of [[Peppino De Filippo]], [[Turi Ferro]], [[Giorgio Albertazzi]] and [[Mario Scaccia]].<ref name=bio/> Reder made his film debut in the early 1950s, but became popular in the 1970s as the sidekick of [[Paolo Villaggio]] in some successful comedies, such as the ''[[Fantozzi series of Italian films|Fantozzi]]'' and ''Fracchia'' series.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite book|author1=Massimo Giraldi |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Fabio Melelli |title=100 caratteristi del cinema italiano|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2006}}</ref>
Reder was best known for the role of Filini in the ''[[Fantozzi series of Italian films|Fantozzi]]'' film series. Filini was Fantozzi's colleague and his closest friend. Filini was used to organize a lot of trips, travels and parties with colleagues. He was an atheist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fulvia Caprara|title=Villaggio: era insostituibile|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=9 October 1998}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''[[47 morto che parla]]'' (1950) * ''Bellezze in bicicletta'' (1951) * ''[[Una bruna indiavolata!]]'' (1951) – Cameriere bar stazione * ''Stasera sciopero'' (1951) * ''[[Licenza premio]]'' (1951) – Sergente * ''[[Free Escape]]'' (1951) * ''[[Porca miseria]]'' (1951) * ''Carica eroica'' (1952) – Cavalry soldier * ''[[Bread, Love and Dreams]]'' (1953) – Ricuccio * ''[[Passionate Song]]'' (1953) – Un Turista * ''[[Bread, Love and Jealousy]]'' (1954) – Ricuccio * ''[[The Gold of Naples]]'' (1954) – Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited) * ''[[The Belle of Rome]]'' (1955) – Luigi * ''[[Wild Love (film)|Wild Love]]'' (1956) – Annibale * ''[[Anna of Brooklyn]]'' (1958) * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) – The Superstitious Race Walker * ''[[Il vedovo]]'' (1959) – Avv. Girondi * ''[[Ferdinando I, re di Napoli]]'' (1959) – The Customs Officer * ''Mina... fuori la guardia'' (1961) – Tenente * ''Fra' Manisco cerca guai'' (1961) – Franceschiello * ''[[Paris, My Love]]'' (1962) – Il Portinaio * ''[[Made in Italy (1965 film)|Made in Italy]]'' (1965) – The Tobacconist (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1") * ''[[Zingara (film)|Zingara]]'' (1969) – Direttore ristorante * ''[[Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence]]'' (1969) – Salvatore * ''[[Satiricosissimo]]'' (1970) – Innkeeper * ''Cerca di capirmi'' (1970) * ''[[A Pocketful of Chestnuts]]'' (1970) – Il cameriere * ''[[Ma che musica maestro]]'' (1971) – Benedetto – father of Giulietta * ''[[Little Funny Guy]]'' (1973) * ''[[Fantozzi (film)|Fantozzi]]'' (1975) – Rag. Filini * ''[[Il secondo tragico Fantozzi]]'' (1976) – Rag. Filini * ''[[Il... Belpaese]]'' (1977) – Alfredo * ''[[They Called Him Bulldozer]]'' (1978) – Curatolo * ''[[Where Are You Going on Holiday?]]'' (1978) – Dottor Panunti (segment "Sì buana") * ''Riavanti... Marsch!'' (1979) – Colonel Luigi Placidi * ''[[Café Express (film)|Café Express]]'' (1980) – Antonio Cammarota * ''[[Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario]]'' (1980) – Willy * ''[[Fantozzi contro tutti]]'' (1980) – Rag. Filini * ''[[Quando la coppia scoppia]]'' (1981) – Pier Giorgio Martini * ''[[L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto]]'' (1981) – Vescovo * ''[[Fracchia la belva umana]]'' (1981) – Madre della Belva Umana * ''[[Vieni avanti cretino]]'' (1982) – The Man with a toothache * ''[[Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore]]'' (1982) – Commendator Pecorazzi * ''Gian Burrasca'' (1983) – Headmaster * ''Stangata napoletana'' (1983) * ''[[Fantozzi subisce ancora]]'' (1983) – Rag. Filini * ''Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone'' (1983) – Pellecchia * ''[[Champagne in paradiso]]'' (1984) – Director * ''Mi faccia causa'' (1984) – Lawyer * ''[[Who Is Afraid of Dracula?]]'' (1985) – Rag. Filini * ''Una donna senza nome'' (1985) – L'allevatore * ''[[Grandi magazzini]]'' (1986) – Dott. Kaufmann * ''[[Superfantozzi]]'' (1986) – Filini * ''Le diaboliche'' (1987) * ''[[Fantozzi va in pensione]]'' (1988) – Rag. Filini * ''[[Fantozzi alla riscossa]]'' (1990) – Rag. Filini * ''[[The Great Pumpkin (film)|The Great Pumpkin]]'' (1993) – Prof. Turati * ''[[Fantozzi in paradiso]]'' (1993) – Rag. Filini * ''A Dio piacendo'' (1995) – L'ingegner Camperi * ''[[Fantozzi – Il ritorno]]'' (1996) – Rag. Filini (final film role) {{div col end}}
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