Amedeo Trilli


Amedeo Trilli was an Italian film and television actor.

Life and career

Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and later he started working on stage. He made his film debut in the early days of the sound films, and from the 1940s his presence on the big screen became continuous. One of the most active character actors in Italian genre cinema, Trilli also got some leading roles in a number of low budget films, sometimes credited as Amedeo Novelli.

Selected filmography

Pergolesi La Wally Princess Tarakanova Cardinal Messias The Two Tigers Document Z-3 The Gorgon A Little Wife The Ten Commandments Turri il bandito Father's Dilemma Il richiamo nella tempesta The Cliff of Sin Destiny Tomorrow Is Another Day The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo Il prezzo dell'onore Guilt Is Not Mine Frontier Wolf Francis the Smuggler Peppino e la vecchia signora Disowned Serenata a Maria Revolt of the Mercenaries Hawk of the Caribbean I diavoli di Spartivento Revolt of the Praetorians Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens Treasure of the Petrified Forest Giant of the Evil Island