Ernesto Colli
Ernesto Colli was an Italian film, television and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Biella, Colli graduated from liceo classico, then he started acting in some amateur dramatics and starred in two lost Super 8 films. After one year of university he decided to abandon his studies to enroll the Fersen drama school in Rome.
A real life friend of Vittorio Gassman, Colli often acted alongside him, especially on stage, and he made his film debut playing a small role in the Gassman's film The Devil in Love. He then appeared in a large number of movies and TV-series, even if usually in character roles.
He was a character actor who acted actively especially during the seventies.
Equipped with a particularly disturbing face, Ernesto Colli always recited customized roles for him, from the crazy to the delinquent and from the possessed to the weird man; probably the films where he had a most significant part were The Pleasure Shop on 7th Avenue and Deadly Inheritance.
The last role he played was that of a porter of a stable in Rome, in the movie Pierino La Peste Alla Riscossa!, shot a few months before his death and in which he already appeared with the face and the physique excavated by disease.
Selected filmography
1960s
Il morbidone - Monsignor's man Pleasant Nights - BaccioThe Devil in Love Deadly Inheritance - JanotLucrezia - Ambassador VelettoSpirits of the Dead - One of the Manetti brothers - director Faustina - Vespasiano - Lover of Faustina's motherItaliani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate The Conspiracy of Torture - Chief Guard
1970s
Belle d'amore - Magnaccia Quella chiara notte d'ottobre Lady Caliph - A workerLa Poudre d'escampette Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello - GigiPer amore o per forza Maddalena Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte - Parking attendantCaliber 9 - Alfredo Bertolon Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! - Dr. TorresDecameron nº 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio - Renutio Winged Devils - Lieutenant Ernesto del PreteThe Infamous Column - JudgeRugantino Torso - Gianni Tomasso, the scarf vendorNon ho tempo Hospitals: The White Mafia - Patient on the busSeven Hours of Violence - TomassianBuona parte di Paolina Claretta and Ben - RemengoThe Antichrist - Possessed manBello come un arcangelo - Cicillo, sacristanAutopsy - IvoThe Suspect - Party functionary in ParisGiubbe rosse - Photographer The Peaceful Age - House painterGo Gorilla Go - The watchman of Builder's Yard Illustrious Corpses - Detective on night dutyFree Hand for a Tough Cop - RoschettoMeet Him and Die - Settecapelli Puttana galera! Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra - News anchor Il Porno Shop Della Settima Strada - BobSwitch - The sickPierino la Peste Alla Riscossa! - Doorman of Via Piccolomini
1980s
Porca vacca -