Personal Info
Birth date
1922-10-05 (103 Years)
Day of death
2003-04-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Also known as
Francesco Ingrassia
Ciccio Ingrassia
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ciccio Ingrassia (5 October 1922 - 28 April 2003) was an Italian comedian. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly as a duo with comedian Franco Franchi. During the 1980s he also did television work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciccio Ingrassia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.5
Overview:
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.Paths of War
6
Overview:
Two Sicilian royalist soldiers flee the island in a trunk at the arrival of Garibaldi's republican troops. They end up in the Far West with the army fighting the Indians and with their ineptitude they contribute to the army's defeat.The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
6.5
Overview:
Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Gauthier. In the story, the company stops at a castle owned by the scruffy young Baron de Sigognac, who is deeply smitten with the charms of the middle-aged (and somewhat morose) beauty Serafina. He decides to travel with the company, and Serafina perversely tries to get him to woo the youngest of the company, the newly bereaved Isabella.I Kill, You Kill
3.667
Overview:
Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.2 samurai per 100 geishe
5
Overview:
Two Sicilian cousins are forced to go to Japan to collect an inheritance. Once they arrive they realize they will have to adapt to the local customs. The tour will turn into a long series of troubles: the Sicilian cousins, to obtain the inheritance, will have to turn into real samurai.How We Robbed the Bank of Italy
6.118
Overview:
Dim-wits Franco and Cicco try to come up with a plan to rob the safes of the Bank of Italy, but with one muddle after another, they find themselves empty-handed after each attempt to do so.The Shortest Day
6.22
Overview:
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.What Are the Clouds?
8.5
Overview:
Some puppets come to life in a theater with no windows. This time the puppets interpret William Shakespeare's Othello.Corpse for the Lady
5.1
Overview:
Laura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and Giovanna in the meantime become a nun to collect the amount requested.Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
5.353
Overview:
Italy's best loved comedy duo play rival priests in the neighboring towns of Roccapizzone and San Antonio. Did Franco crash his bike through Ciccio's new stained glass window on purpose or was he just in town for their mutual confession? Their main beef with each other concerns their opposing football teams and this feud takes up a great deal of the picture.2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
6
Overview:
For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual faculties, are enrolled in the police force in New York.Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop
4.7
Overview:
A cop has a cousin who is a thief, and one day while he is chasing him he ends up in a room with a murdered man. The two are photographed at the murder scene and believed to be the assassins. The police however believe in their innocence and send the odd couple on the trail of the real murderer who is thought to be working in a circus.The Tall, The Short, The Cat
5.6
Overview:
Two dim-witted servants to an elderly, wealthy woman learn that they are to inherent the late woman's money, on the condition that they have to care for her rambuncous pet cat, which is not an easy thing to do so.Giovani e belli
3
Overview:
Luca, a young man from a rich family, travels to Rome. Here he encounters Gino, who makes a living with petty theft.Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
5.136
Overview:
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...I due maggiolini più matti del mondo
5.3
Overview:
Two Sicilian shopowners who live in Rome pick up some beatnik hitchhikers and the group gate-crashes their seaside villa. In the meantime the two men's wives smell something fishy going on and go to the villa themselves. To make things worse the place is also invaded by three prison fugitives who terrorize the lot.The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid
5.8
Overview:
Two POWs learn of a treasure of gold hidden in a cemetery, and escape from their POW camp to look for it.How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
5.333
Overview:
Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.On the Day of the Lord
3.5
Overview:
Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed herself. Fornarina is sentenced to death. Will Raphael manage to prove her innocent?Those Sweet Creatures
5.1
Overview:
An Italo-American singer and as he arrives at the airport he is accused of being a draft dodger and is drafted. He soon begins a love story with his commander's daughter.They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least
6
Overview:
A penniless Prince and a petty thief become associates in a con game and when they end up in prison, the Prince, who is a compulsive gambler, loses all his money to the other and becomes his servant.All the Gold in the World
4
Overview:
The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?
5.962
Overview:
Sicily 1943 to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio are hiding in the mountains. Two American paratroopers steal their clothes leaving him in exchange uniforms, so our "heroes" are captured by the Germans and deported to Germany. Evade, take refuge on a farm and will be involved in mishaps chain. After the war, they thought dead, are safe and sound, up there in Germany.These Mad, Mad Women
4.3
Overview:
Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.Two Escape from Sing Sing
5.6
Overview:
Two attendants in a public toilet in New York save the life of the Mafia boss Attanasia. Attanasia turns one of them into a successful boxer by setting up his matches and makes the other into his right hand. When a gang war starts the two are accused of the murders and are sentenced to death. When the execution day comes they refuse to leave their cell, even when they are proved innocent.Acting
2006Fellini dice... as Self
2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as Self (archive footage)
1996Giovani e belli as Re degli Zingari
1995Camerieri as Loppi
1991Condominio as Mar. Gaetano Scarfi
1990Journey of Love as The Priest
1990The Voyage of Captain Fracassa as Pietro, Sigognac's servant
1989You Jane, Me Tarzan (4 Episodes) as Serafino
1988It's Happening Tomorrow as Gianloreto Bonacci
1988La Bohème as Parpignol
1985Buona Domenica (1 Episode) as Partecipazione
1984Kaos as Don Lollò (segment "La giara")
1983Uno storico pasticcio as Ciccio
1983Fellini nel cestino as Self
1981Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika as Ossobuco
1979Traffic Jam as Sick Man in Ambulance
1976Due ragazzi incorreggibili (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Domenica In (2 Episodes) as Self
1976One Way or Another as Voltrano
1976Friends More Than Before as Unknown
1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza as Salvatore, the Wizard of Noto
1975White Horses of Summer as Il pescatore muto
1975The Exorciccio as Esorciccio
1974Farfallon as Barone di Vistacorta
1974Paolo the Cool as Franz Mandraky / Voice of Paolo il caldo
1974Franco e Ciccio superstars as Unknown
1973Amarcord as Teo, Titta's Uncle
1973Il cortile degli Aragonesi as Il Barone di Bagheria
1973Dirty Weekend as Person on Film #2 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972The Adventures of Pinocchio as Volpe
1972The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam as Ciccio, il giornalista
1972Story of Fear and a Knife as Ciccio Pennisi
1972Two Sons of Trinity as Ciccio Trinità
1972The Adventures of Pinocchio (3 Episodes) as Volpe
1972They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least as Francesco Ribanera Mendoza d'Espinoza
1972Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo as Ciccio Ingrassetti
1972The Sicilian Checkmate as Ferdinando Giacalone
1971I due assi del guantone as Ciccio Trapani
1971The Two Big Shots as Ciccio
1971Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as Ciccio
1971Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras? as Ciccio de Ingras
1971The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World as Ciccio
1971It's a Woman's War as Mar. Ciccio La Rosa
1971Ma che musica maestro as Ciccio
1971...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? as Dott. Felice Cavaterra
1971Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Ciccio Merendino
1971The Clan of the Two Borsalini as Prof. Francesco Ingrassini
1970The Two Wizards of the Ball as Ciccio Ingrassetti
1970Two Whites in Dark Africa as Ciccio Rapisarda
1970Those Sweet Creatures as Ciccio La Rosa
1970Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Francesco, il maggiordomo
1970I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Ciccio
1970Who Gave You the License? as Ciccio
1970Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest as Don Ciccio
1970Paths of War as Ciccio
1970On the Day of the Lord as Carceriere
1970Satiricosissimo as Ciccio
1969Lisa with the Blue Eyes as funzionario Centro Spaziale #2
1969Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Ciccio Chiappalone
1969Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Ciccio
1969Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? as Ciccio La Rapa
1969I 2 deputati as Dott. Francesco Grassiani
1968The Two Magnificent Fresconi as Ciccio
1968The Nephews of Zorro as Ciccio La Vacca
1968Two Firefighters as Ciccio Barrese
1968Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as Ciccio
1968Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza as Don Chisciotte
1968I due Crociati as Ciccio Visconte di Braghelunge
1968American Secret Service as Unknown
1968Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows as Ciccio Fulgenzi
1968Caprice Italian Style as Roderigo
1968What Are the Clouds? as Roderigo
1968Ugly at Night as Ciccio - Rosaspina Brother
1968All the Gold in the World as Ciccio
1968How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Ciccio
1967The World's Gold as Ciccio
1967The Sicily Barbers as Ciccio Lo Persico
1967I due vigili as Ciccio Merendino
1967Tonight I'll Throw Me as Bath attendant
1967I Zanzaroni as Unknown
1967Two R-R-Ringos from Texas as Ciccio Stevens
1967The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid as Il cretino - Ciccio Ingrassy
1967The Tall, The Short, The Cat as Ciccio
1966Two Sons of Ringo as Ciccio Magrì / Gringo
1966Gli altri, gli altri e noi as Ciccio
1966The Two Sans-culottes as Ciccio La Capra
1966Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Ciccio
1966How We Robbed the Bank of Italy as Ciccio
19662 Mobsters Against Al Capone as Ciccio
1965The Two Parachutists as Ciccio Impallomeni
1965War Italian Style as Joe Acampora
1965002 Operation Moon as Ciccio / Major Borovin
1965The Amazing Doctor G as Ciccio Pecora
1965How We Got Into Trouble with the Army as sergente Camilloni
1965Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Ciccio La Pera
1965Latin Lovers as Ciccio
1965Veneri in collegio as Ciccio Barbi
1965The Sons of the Leopard as Ciccio / Barone Fifi
1965Fistful of Knuckles as Ciccio
1965Wrong Beds as Ciccio (Segment "La seconda moglie")
1965I Kill, You Kill as Alfio (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi") / Ciccio (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
1964Two Public Enemies as Ciccio
1964Soldiers and corporals as Ciccio
1964Venus in the Sun as Francesco Pattané (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
1964A Monster and a Half as Paolo il professore
1964I due toreri as Ciccio Scontentezza
1964Seduced and Duped as Ciccio
1964Oh! Those Most Secret Agents as Ciccio Passalacqua
1964Easy Love as Ciccio (segment "Un uomo corretto")
1964Primitive Love as Ciccio
1964Two Escape from Sing Sing as Ciccio
1964Corpse for the Lady as Luigi
1964The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) as Avvocato Ingrassia
1964Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Ciccio Capone / Il nonno di Ciccio / Ciccia la sedotta
1964The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as Lo scrittore di fantascienza
1964Songs, Bullies and Chicks as Turi
1964These Mad, Mad Women as Ciccio Pipitone ('Siciliani a Milano')
1964The Maniacs as Thief #2 (segment 'Il week-end)
1964Le tardone as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
19642 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge as Ciccio Di Magria
1964The Two Mafiosi as Ciccio Spampinato
1963Scandal Nudes as polizziotto Ciccio Smith
1963The Swindlers as Napoleone (segment "Siciliani")
1963Everything is Music as Anemia
1963Target: Girls as caporale Ciccio
1963La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as Calogero Merendino (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
1963The Shortest Day as Francesco Coppola
1963Adventure at the Motel as Ciccio
1962Vino, whisky e acqua salata as cuoco
1962I motorizzati as Un ladro di gomme
1962The Masseuses as Ciccio - Nightwatchman #2
19622 samurai per 100 geishe as Ciccio Santuzzo
1962Those Two in the Legion as Ciccio Fisichella
1962The Three Enemies as Rocco
1962Il mio amico Benito as Terrorista
1961Dying as Hierarchs as Cariddi
1961Fists, Girls and Sailors as Rosario
1961The Last Judgment as disoccupato
1961Hercules in the Valley of Woe as Ingrassiade
19615 marines per 100 ragazze as factotum
1961The Honored Society as Rosolino
1960Appointment in Ischia as Contrabbandiere Alto