{{Short description|Italian actor (1911–1993)}} {{Infobox person | name = Giulio Marchetti | image = Giulio Marchetti.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|6|9}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Spain | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|12|1|1911|6|9|mf=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor | years_active = | spouse = | awards = }}'''Giulio Marchetti''' (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/16936805/giulio_marchetti/|title=Giulio Marchetti (1911-1993)|website=data.bnf.fr|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/Stock-Images/Rights-Managed/MDO-AA376978|title=Giulio Marchetti at a petrol station. Italian actor and TV host Giulio Marchetti (Giulio...|website=agefotostock|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
== Life and career == Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatrical artistic director Adriano.<ref name="LanciaBio">{{cite book |first=Enrico |last=Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2 |year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003 |isbn=8884402697}}</ref>
After completing high school in Bologna, he began his stage career as a vaudeville actor and singer in the style of the American minstrel show performers.<ref name="LanciaBio"/> He achieved significant popularity between early 1940s and mid-1950s, thanks to a series of successful revues.<ref name="LanciaBio"/> He was also active as a character actor in a number of films and television series, often working alongside Totò.<ref name="LanciaBio"/>
Marchetti was also well known in Italy as presenter of the show ''Giochi senza frontiere'' for many years.<ref name="LanciaBio"/><ref name=Grasso>Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}.</ref> In the early 1970s he abandoned show business and became the owner of a service station.<ref name="LanciaBio"/>
== Partial filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) - Paquito * ''Adam and Eve'' (1949) - Il naufrago americano * ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - Attrazione internazionale, Himself * ''Fugitive Lady'' (1950) - Giovanni * ''L'inafferrabile 12'' (1950) - Il commissario * ''I cadetti di Guascogna'' (1950) * ''Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951) - Il baritono russo * ''My Heart Sings'' (1951) - Friend of Russo (uncredited) * ''Stranger on the Prowl'' (1952) - Signor Raffetto * ''Vacations in Majorca'' (1959) - Barman (uncredited) * ''Giuseppina'' (1960) - Petrol Station Owner/Father (Filmed 1959) * ''Conspiracy of Hearts'' (1960) - Italian Soldier * ''Tough Guys'' (1960) - Bernabeu * ''I piaceri del sabato notte'' (1960) - Un altro cliente svizzero * ''Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Meck * ''Totò Diabolicus'' (1962) - Private Detective * ''Roaring Years'' (1962) * ''The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan'' (1962) - The King * ''Swordsman of Siena'' (1962) - Carlos' servant * ''The Executioner of Venice'' (1963) - Bartolo * ''The Lion of St. Mark'' (1963) - Gualtiero * ''Sandokan to the Rescue'' (1964) - Sagapar * ''The Secret Invasion'' (1964) - Italian Officer * ''Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak'' (1964) - Sagapar * ''Le tardone'' (1964) - Manuele (episode "L'armadio") * ''Stranger in Sacramento'' (1965) - Sheriff Joe * ''The Adventurer of Tortuga'' (1965) - Father of the Bride * ''The Rover'' (1967) - Peyrol's first mate * ''The Biggest Bundle of Them All'' (1968) - Lt. Naldi * ''La vuole lui... lo vuole lei'' (1968) * ''{{ill|Captain Typhoon|de|Käpt’n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli}}'' (1971) - Dr. Castell (uncredited) * ''{{ill|Man spricht deutsh|de}}'' (1988) - Receptionist in high-class hotel (final film role) {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0545567}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchetti, Giulio}} Category:1911 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Male actors from Barcelona