Personal Info
Birth date
1929-07-30 (96 Years)
Day of death
1976-08-31
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Trieste - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - Italy
Also known as
Umberto D’Orsi
Umberto Dorsi
Umberto d'Orsi
Умберто Д'Орси
Umberto D'Orsi
Biography
Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revue. From 1962 till his death, D'Orsi was a prolific supporting actor, appearing in as many as fifteen films a year. He died in Rome at 47 from a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Umberto D'Orsi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Spirits of the Dead
6.284
Overview:
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
7.8
Overview:
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.Me, Me, Me... and the Others
6.1
Overview:
Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.Touch and Go
4.781
Overview:
North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.Naughty Nun
5.063
Overview:
To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.Ubalda, All Naked and Warm
5.093
Overview:
During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key from him and enjoy herself. The knight’s portly friend has a similar problem with his equally gorgeous wife. And to top it off, both men have designs on the other’s wife — leading them to devise painful methods to discourage the other from trespassing.How We Robbed the Bank of Italy
6.1
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.Complexes
7.015
Overview:
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.Il giovane normale
5.3
Overview:
Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a trio of Americans (an "open" couple and a homosexual) sightseeing in Italy. The husband is an older and worldly professor of archaeology while his wife is interested in exploring living things. The young hitchhiker is seduced by the beautiful wife, while her husband continues to gaze at ancient ruins.The Schoolgirl
3.5
Overview:
18-year-old Patrizia and her three friends learn the art of seduction from the local prostitute, Marilena, and seduce the members of town council to stop a shady lawyer from demolishing their favorite hangout place.The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
5
Overview:
A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.The Black Sheep
6
Overview:
Mario and Filippo are two twin brothers, the honorable one want to bring morality back into Italian political life, as president of the Commission for the investigation of corruption. The other brother is a cynical trickster.The Sensual Man
6.2
Overview:
The Catanese baron Paolo Castorini leaves the closed Sicilian environment and moves to Rome where he enters into erotic relationships with women of all classes. He, however, feels dissatisfied with a life of only the body, compared to his journalist friend Vincenzo and his own father, a sober and serious thinker. But is it too late for him?The Conspiracy of Torture
6.6
Overview:
In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.La cuccagna
6.773
Overview:
Rossella, a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class, looks for a job every day but soon discovers that the "greasy pole", which is the economic miracle, is only an illusion, and the world is far more ruthless than she could believe. But fate brings together Giuliano, the only man who did not ask for anything and who - like her - is not inclined to compromise.Europa canta
NYR
Overview:
Little Europe, a town in the American West, is chosen as the site for a European Music Festival to be internationally broadcast via television. The peace of the village is put in jeopardy when it comes to electing judges because the dormant antagonisms of the descendants of Italian, Spanish, French and Germans will be awakened, but the good sheriff easily resolves the dispute. Then the problem becomes more acute when the lawyer Betty, a comely young lady, who is late in coming to the event because she was seized by the henchmen of an industry bully who wants to influence the victory of one of his favorite songs.Let's Talk About Women
6.2
Overview:
Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.Nel mondo di Alice
NYR
Overview:
On a warm afternoon Alice falls asleep on the lawn and when she wakes up finds herself catapulted into an unreal and colorful world populated by strange characters and talking animals. Following first a white rabbit and then through a mirror, she will have fantastic adventures, amid clumsy talking chessmen and a shrewish duchess, played by Franca Valeri. When she wakes up, everything will return to normal, leaving her with the memory of a frightening but beautiful dream at the same time.I See Naked
6.4
Overview:
Seven sketches including the title sketch "I See Naked" in which a fashion editor begins to see naked women everywhere he goes.Il successo
6.3
Overview:
Giulio has a faithful wife and a true friend, but he is convinced that only with money can one be happy. So he devotes himself to dangerous real estate speculation in Sardinia, even though he does not have the capital to deal with it. To find the necessary money, he is willing to give up even his dignity. And slowly, he alienates his most beloved ones from himself....The Fourth Wall
7
Overview:
Marco Baroni spent four years in an English school. When he returns to Rome, the behavior of his family members finds him unprepared: his father, mother and sister Marzia have changed so much that they have not been recognized. He is deeply troubled by their immoral behavior.The Thursday
7
Overview:
It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day however, he will succeed in establishing a positive relationship with his son and telling the truth about himself.Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
5.3
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.Venus in the Sun
4.6
Overview:
Three episodes: In the first one a girl gets a journalist to help her recover a case with some precious designs in it; in the second a worker keen on helping his boss gets him into trouble instead and in the third one a shy boy who tries to impress women pretending he is tough ends up in hospital and falls in love with a nurse.How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
2.333
Overview:
Playboy magazine darling (and one-time playmate of Hugh Hefner) Barbi Benton is Naughty Cheerleader Lynne Keefe, a small-town, small-brained babe who gets caught up big-time in the sex business. As a high school cheerleader who can really twirl a baton back in hometown Scranton, Lynne gets knocked up by a horny hunk on a motorcycle who then dumps her, sending her into a sexual spiral that takes her to The Catskills, Boston, New York, Miami and Rome.The Return of Halleluja
5.8
Overview:
Ramirez, the general of the Mexican revolution against Maximilian who has been appointed king of Mexico, organizes his forces to attack the king's General, Miranda. Ramirez realizes that the Aztec Indians would be allies of great value, so he offers to return to them an idol statue that has been stolen from them. Only Alleluja is capable of retrieving the idol from the thieves.Acting
1976Friends More Than Before as Unknown
1975Fantozzi: White Collar Blues as Count Diego Catellani
1975Smiling Maniacs as 'Eccellenza'
1975The Schoolgirl as Mayor
1974Nel mondo di Alice (4 Episodes) as Il re di cuori
1974The Crazy Bunch as direttore del manicomio
1974Playing the Field as Il medico
1974Macrò as Unknown
1973The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe as Poker Player
1973Theft in the Evening, a Big Coup Hopefully as Unknown
1973The Sensual Man as Il cavaliere Carmelo
1973Once Upon a Time in the West There Was a Man Called Invincible as Archibald McPherson / McPiedish
1973Cake in the Sky as Unknown
1973Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! as Cardinale
1972The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam as poliziotto
1972Ubalda, All Naked and Warm as Mastro Oderisi
1972The Return of Halleluja as Ferguson
1972Story of Fear and a Knife as Ingegner Brambilla
1972Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? as Romano, Don Salvatore's lawyer
1972Oplà, noi viviamo as Banchiere
1972The Big Deal as Monsignore
1972Naughty Nun as Domenico Mincaglia
1972Snow Job as Vito
1972Decameroticus as Husband of Domitilla
1971I due assi del guantone as Giovanni
1971Touch and Go as Major Bruzzalini
1971Oasis of Fear as Picture buyer
1971The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World as Ambrogio Barillà
1971Ma che musica maestro as onorevole Morbilloni
1971...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? as Dottor Ferrentini
1971Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Commendator Bordiga
1971The Clan of the Two Borsalini as commissario
1970Basta guardarla as Unknown
1970The Two Wizards of the Ball as Commander Cazzaniga
1970Tin Girl as Mago
1970Tears of Love as Commendator Zibiletti
1970Il divorzio as dottore
1970Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest as Orazio Caccamo
1970On the Day of the Lord as Cardinale Ruffo
1970How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? as Peppino Cappanella
1969Pensiero d'amore as Mr. Tibiletti
1969Il giovane normale as Car Driver
1969Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Direttore del circo
1969Unknown Woman as Paolo
1969The Conspiracy of Torture as Inspector
1969Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza as cardinale
1969Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Creditore di Ciccio
1969Il Terribile Ispettore as Onorevole Giulio Scorzarelli-Micci
1969Zingara as il talent scout
1969The Fourth Wall as Unknown
1969I See Naked as Federico
1969Nero Wolfe (1 Episode) as Roger Foote
1969I 2 deputati as Ugo Latterin
1968The Nephews of Zorro as Comandante della Nave
1968The Black Sheep as Roberto Franceschini 'Pampero'
1968Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza as Don Pietro
1968I due Crociati as Goffredo di Buglione
1968Spirits of the Dead as Hans (segment "William Wilson")
1967I due vigili as Capitano Merli
1967Golden Chameleon as Il Dottore
1967Sailors on Deck as Teddy Rodano
1967I Killed Rasputin as Unknown
1967Death Walks in Laredo as Bronson
1966Two Sons of Ringo as Simpson
1966The Big Blackout as Joe Crane
1966The Two Sans-culottes as Deville
1966Europa canta as Nonno / Mr. Lewis
1966How We Robbed the Bank of Italy as Commissario
1966Ischia operazione amore as sindaco
1966Me, Me, Me... and the Others as Man in Railway Station
1966The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen as Germain
1965The Two Parachutists as American ambassador
1965Rita the American Girl as Orazio
1965Money as Cosimi
1965La vedovella as Assessore Raffaele Chianese
1965How We Got Into Trouble with the Army as Hamlet
1965Complexes as Ernesto (I)
1965Con rispetto parlando as Titolare agenzia pompe funebri
1965Hot Frustrations as Unknown
1964Soldiers and corporals as Alfredo Brambilla
1964Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone as Unknown
1964Venus in the Sun as Bevilacqua (segment "Intrigo al mare")
1964Controsesso as Armando (segment "Una donna d'affari")
1964I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully as Filippo Salimbeni
1964Love and Marriage as (segment "Prima notte, La")
1964A Game of Crime as Commissioner Perrotti
1964Il gaucho as Unknown
1964The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) as Emilio Bernasconi
1964The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as L'editore
1964These Mad, Mad Women as Il Commendatore ('La garçonnière')
1964The Lovers of the France as Mister Orgon
1964Via Veneto as Unknown
1964I miserabili (10 Episodes) as Bamatabois
1964Let's Talk About Women as Old Friend
1964The Maniacs as Ilario Baietti (segment "La parolaccia") / Friar Egisto (segment "Il pezzo unico") / The Milanese Businessman (segment "L'autostop")
1964Il treno del sabato as Carlo
1964Summer Frenzy as Il medico
1964Le tardone as Casimiro Bistolfi (episode 'L'armadio')
1964The Thursday as Rigoni
1963The Swindlers as Lucarini (segment "Siciliani")
1963Il successo as Il fascista capitalista
1963Siamo tutti pomicioni as Colonel Jeremy Prescott (segment "Colonnello e signora")
1963The Little Nuns as Giovanni Menegatti detto Spugna
1963The Magnificent Adventurer as Granduca di Toscana
1963Adultero lui, adultera lei as Piero Pelagalli
1963I terribili sette as Maresciallo Toniolo
1963The Verona Trial as Luciano Gottardi
1963The Hours of Love as Ottavio
1963La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as Guido Stanuzzi (segment "La natura vergine")
1963The Girl from Parma as l'ingegnere
1962La cuccagna as Dott. Giuseppe Visonà
1956The Screwball as Unknown