# Gigi Reder > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gigi_Reder > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gigi_Reder.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Reder > Source revision: 1356946354 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian actor (1928–1998) Gigi Reder Reder in 1953 Born Luigi Schroeder (1928-03-25)25 March 1928 Naples, Italy Died 8 October 1998(1998-10-08) (aged 70) Rome, Italy Occupations Actor voice actor Years active 1951–1998 Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 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.[1] He also debuted on stage in "[teatro dialettale](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/teatro_dialettale)" and [vaudeville](/source/Vaudeville), then performed in the stage companies of [Peppino De Filippo](/source/Peppino_De_Filippo), [Turi Ferro](/source/Turi_Ferro), [Giorgio Albertazzi](/source/Giorgio_Albertazzi) and [Mario Scaccia](/source/Mario_Scaccia).[1] Reder made his film debut in the early 1950s, but became popular in the 1970s as the sidekick of [Paolo Villaggio](/source/Paolo_Villaggio) in some successful comedies, such as the *[Fantozzi](/source/Fantozzi_series_of_Italian_films)* and *Fracchia* series.[1][2] Reder was best known for the role of Filini in the *[Fantozzi](/source/Fantozzi_series_of_Italian_films)* 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.[3] ## Selected filmography - *[47 morto che parla](/source/47_morto_che_parla)* (1950) - *Bellezze in bicicletta* (1951) - *[Una bruna indiavolata!](/source/Una_bruna_indiavolata!)* (1951) – Cameriere bar stazione - *Stasera sciopero* (1951) - *[Licenza premio](/source/Licenza_premio)* (1951) – Sergente - *[Free Escape](/source/Free_Escape)* (1951) - *[Porca miseria](/source/Porca_miseria)* (1951) - *Carica eroica* (1952) – Cavalry soldier - *[Bread, Love and Dreams](/source/Bread%2C_Love_and_Dreams)* (1953) – Ricuccio - *[Passionate Song](/source/Passionate_Song)* (1953) – Un Turista - *[Bread, Love and Jealousy](/source/Bread%2C_Love_and_Jealousy)* (1954) – Ricuccio - *[The Gold of Naples](/source/The_Gold_of_Naples)* (1954) – Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited) - *[The Belle of Rome](/source/The_Belle_of_Rome)* (1955) – Luigi - *[Wild Love](/source/Wild_Love_(film))* (1956) – Annibale - *[Anna of Brooklyn](/source/Anna_of_Brooklyn)* (1958) - *La cento chilometri* (1959) – The Superstitious Race Walker - *[Il vedovo](/source/Il_vedovo)* (1959) – Avv. Girondi - *[Ferdinando I, re di Napoli](/source/Ferdinando_I%2C_re_di_Napoli)* (1959) – The Customs Officer - *Mina... fuori la guardia* (1961) – Tenente - *Fra' Manisco cerca guai* (1961) – Franceschiello - *[Paris, My Love](/source/Paris%2C_My_Love)* (1962) – Il Portinaio - *[Made in Italy](/source/Made_in_Italy_(1965_film))* (1965) – The Tobacconist (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1") - *[Zingara](/source/Zingara_(film))* (1969) – Direttore ristorante - *[Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence](/source/Giacomo_Casanova%3A_Childhood_and_Adolescence)* (1969) – Salvatore - *[Satiricosissimo](/source/Satiricosissimo)* (1970) – Innkeeper - *Cerca di capirmi* (1970) - *[A Pocketful of Chestnuts](/source/A_Pocketful_of_Chestnuts)* (1970) – Il cameriere - *[Ma che musica maestro](/source/Ma_che_musica_maestro)* (1971) – Benedetto – father of Giulietta - *[Little Funny Guy](/source/Little_Funny_Guy)* (1973) - *[Fantozzi](/source/Fantozzi_(film))* (1975) – Rag. Filini - *[Il secondo tragico Fantozzi](/source/Il_secondo_tragico_Fantozzi)* (1976) – Rag. Filini - *[Il... Belpaese](/source/Il..._Belpaese)* (1977) – Alfredo - *[They Called Him Bulldozer](/source/They_Called_Him_Bulldozer)* (1978) – Curatolo - *[Where Are You Going on Holiday?](/source/Where_Are_You_Going_on_Holiday%3F)* (1978) – Dottor Panunti (segment "Sì buana") - *Riavanti... Marsch!* (1979) – Colonel Luigi Placidi - *[Café Express](/source/Caf%C3%A9_Express_(film))* (1980) – Antonio Cammarota - *[Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario](/source/Rag._Arturo_De_Fanti%2C_bancario_precario)* (1980) – Willy - *[Fantozzi contro tutti](/source/Fantozzi_contro_tutti)* (1980) – Rag. Filini - *[Quando la coppia scoppia](/source/Quando_la_coppia_scoppia)* (1981) – Pier Giorgio Martini - *[L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto](/source/L'onorevole_con_l'amante_sotto_il_letto)* (1981) – Vescovo - *[Fracchia la belva umana](/source/Fracchia_la_belva_umana)* (1981) – Madre della Belva Umana - *[Vieni avanti cretino](/source/Vieni_avanti_cretino)* (1982) – The Man with a toothache - *[Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore](/source/Il_tifoso%2C_l'arbitro_e_il_calciatore)* (1982) – Commendator Pecorazzi - *Gian Burrasca* (1983) – Headmaster - *Stangata napoletana* (1983) - *[Fantozzi subisce ancora](/source/Fantozzi_subisce_ancora)* (1983) – Rag. Filini - *Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone* (1983) – Pellecchia - *[Champagne in paradiso](/source/Champagne_in_paradiso)* (1984) – Director - *Mi faccia causa* (1984) – Lawyer - *[Who Is Afraid of Dracula?](/source/Who_Is_Afraid_of_Dracula%3F)* (1985) – Rag. Filini - *Una donna senza nome* (1985) – L'allevatore - *[Grandi magazzini](/source/Grandi_magazzini)* (1986) – Dott. Kaufmann - *[Superfantozzi](/source/Superfantozzi)* (1986) – Filini - *Le diaboliche* (1987) - *[Fantozzi va in pensione](/source/Fantozzi_va_in_pensione)* (1988) – Rag. Filini - *[Fantozzi alla riscossa](/source/Fantozzi_alla_riscossa)* (1990) – Rag. Filini - *[The Great Pumpkin](/source/The_Great_Pumpkin_(film))* (1993) – Prof. Turati - *[Fantozzi in paradiso](/source/Fantozzi_in_paradiso)* (1993) – Rag. Filini - *A Dio piacendo* (1995) – L'ingegner Camperi - *[Fantozzi – Il ritorno](/source/Fantozzi_%E2%80%93_Il_ritorno)* (1996) – Rag. Filini (final film role) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_1-2) Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. *Gli Attori – Vol.3*. Gremese Editore. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Massimo Giraldi; Enrico Lancia; Fabio Melelli. *100 caratteristi del cinema italiano*. Gremese Editore, 2006. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fulvia Caprara (9 October 1998). "Villaggio: era insostituibile". *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)*. ## External links - [Gigi Reder](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714805/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat National Italy Czech Republic Artists FID Other IdRef --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gigi Reder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Reder) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Reder?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.